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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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Navigating Holidays: Imago Style
Empathic Relationships: Prioritizing Serving over Fixing and Helping
Embrace Your Crazy Teenager
The Importance of Military Culture in Caring for Veterans
5 Things You Can Do to Create Connection
Being a Couples Therapist Has Taught Me About Friendship
Surviving or Thriving?
Imago on the Spectrum
Dream Relationship Checklist
GROWING UP: THE JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD
Widow Support Group
Waiting for the other relationship shoe to drop
Loving Again
Welcoming a New Baby, a Multi-Generational Perspective
Divorce/Breakup: Unveiling the Benefits of a Support Group
The Ties that Bind Adult Children and Parents
Support Your Partner’s Depression and Strengthen Your Relationship
divorce, widowed, breakup support group
“The Stealthy Symptoms of Depression”
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Make Meaning: Are You Navigating the Grief Journey?
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How Does it Feel to Be a Housewife in 2023?

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Featured Therapist

Caitlin Wick, MSEd, LGPC, (she/her)
With the belief that empathy and compassion are the most effective therapeutic tools, I work from an eclectic, client-centered approach and draw upon humanistic and psychodynamic theories, in addition to Imago Relationship Therapy. I work with individuals and couples to co-create a collaborative, supportive environment for change, healing, and connection.
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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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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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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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