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Collaborate in-person, individually, with couples, in groups, via telehealth, educational events, and therapy sessions to support your mental health.

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The Imago Center

Is counseling effective when I am anxious, depressed, or struggling to be connected?

If you are longing for connection, looking for ways to manage your emotional state, needing support with life and issues that arise, we have effective, current models of therapy to support your growth and healing.

We work collaboratively with clients in-person, individually, with couples, in groups, and use telehealth, educational events, and therapy sessions to support your mental health.

We believe that therapy effectively supports becoming a fully alive being in the world today.  Each client is seen as a unique person and celebrated for their individuality. We look for strengths and help clients to be regulated and able to co-regulate with others. We invite our clients’ curiosity. We use a relational paradigm. We are respectful of differences and explore ways to cross the bridge to find areas of safety and connection.

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Workshops / Classes

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Rewriting the Ties that Bind
Support Your Partner’s Depression and Strengthen Your Relationship
divorce, widowed, breakup support group
“The Stealthy Symptoms of Depression: Easy to Disregard, Difficult to Identify”
Woman grieving in bed
Make Meaning: Are You Navigating the Grief Journey?
Couple folding clothes together on bed
How Does it Feel to Be a Housewife in 2023?
Virtual Support Group
Keeping the Love You Find™ a workshop for individuals
Help! How to Write My Wedding Vows
DRY JANUARY IS OVER, Now What?
Blame, Shame, and Criticism in Your Relationship is Toxic
Should everyone have a therapist? Yes!
New Relationship Resolutions for 2023
Don’t know much about biology
Keep Calm and Merry On!
Talking Values with Teens
Reclaim Your Lost Parts, You are Worth It
chronic pain
Grief is a Journey of Self Discovery
5 Lessons from a Recovering People Pleaser
What to Expect in a Break Up
Do you want to change your relationship? Change your Lens!
Group Therapy or Counseling is Helpful During a Breakup

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Featured Therapist

Hayley Hoffman, MA, LPC
What I want you to understand is: we are equally driven to survive AND to be in relationship with each other. When we are unable to meet the biological imperative for connection, we feel frustrated and bereft. Using Imago Relationship Therapy offers individuals and couples the tools and pathway to be connected to other people in a healthy, warm, intentional way.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Internship Program

The Imago Center of Washington DC’s counseling internship program offers graduate students and postgraduate students an opportunity to be a part of an in-depth training program in Imago Couples Therapy. Within the internship program, advanced students from graduate programs in social work, pastoral counseling, marriage and family therapy, and psychology offer sliding scale counseling for individuals, families, and groups with an emphasis on couples. Students will also be given opportunities to connect with, learn from and/or contribute to the local, national, and global communities of Imago relationship therapists. This is a vibrant, diverse, welcoming, fun, and relational group of practitioners who are dedicated to human connection and growth. Our internship program meets both academic as well as licensing requirements for VA, DC, and MD.

 

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Careers

Work with clients in a relational paradigm, learn Imago Relationship Therapy, join a team of dedicated, talented colleagues. Work in a sociocratic structure: where every voice is equal, and compensation is thoughtfully equitable. Build a niche with the Imago Center.

 

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Training

Are you thinking about doing couples therapy but don’t really know where to start? Have you tried working with couples, but at times gotten really stuck? When you use the Imago approach, couples often feel much more connected…even after their very first session! The Imago structure can help couples create conscious, loving relationships, and clinicians often find renewed confidence and excitement with couples work!

 

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