Individual and Couples Therapy - Attachment Based, Relationship Focused

Woodside Therapy offers sessions to address anxiety, depression, grief and loss, and relationship issues. Awareness is the first step toward transformation. “Discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes" - Marcel Proust
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Awareness, Acceptance, and Active Change

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING 'What worries you, masters you' - John Locke Are worries and fears causing imbalance in your life? Individual counseling offers the opportunity to identify core beliefs and assumptions, and shift patterns and behaviors that no longer serve you. You can clarify and define hopes and goals, and learn new perspectives and coping skills. I have experience working with clients on issues including: Anxiety Depression Trauma Family dynamics Grief and loss Work/life balance COUPLES COUNSELING 'Love does not dominate; it cultivates' - Goethe Love may conquer all, but relationships require work, curiosity, and trust. Couples counseling provides a safe, nonjudgmental, distraction-free space to explore challenges, identify strengths, reconnect and mutually gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your partner. I have experience working with couples on issues including: Premarital counseling Unhealthy family dynamics Infertility Communication and conflict management Intimacy Attachment styles Parenting Pre-separation and/or preparing for divorce Couples counseling is not covered by insurance and is not the same as family therapy. The fee is $200 per session, and sessions last one hour. Therapy is a mutual commitment. If you are ready to dedicate time and emotional energy for weekly sessions, reach out! I am licensed to serve clients in Maryland and Virginia via Telehealth, and Maryland, Virginia, and DC clients in person. Woodside Therapy has an office at 7000 Carroll Avenue in Takoma Park, Maryland for in person sessions. 'Things do not change; we change' - Henry David Thoreau
Monica Rene Testa, LCSW-C (she/her/hers)
Individual and Couples Psychotherapist

Services

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Trauma
  • Adoption
  • Attachment Issues
  • Social Anxiety
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Career Counseling
  • Couples Counseling
  • Divorce
  • Grief
  • Parenting
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Relationship Issues
  • Foster and Kinship Care Support

Approaches

  • Behavioral Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Family/Marital Therapy
  • Attachment-Based
  • Compassion Focused
  • Interpersonal
  • Trauma Focused
  • Strength-Based
  • Narrative
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Contextual DBT
  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)

Insurance Accepted

  • Out of Network

Fees

  • Fee Description: $160 - $200
  • Individual session: $160 - $175
  • Couples session: $200

Testimonials

“This was my first experience with an individual therapist...it was invaluable. Monica was non-judgmental, helped me understand and accept myself, and...empowered me to act to help myself. I will be forever grateful for her knowledge, and what she taught me.”

Former Client

“Monica listened, reassured me, and gave me the tools I need to keep moving forward and figuring things out as I go. I truly appreciated our time together. ”

Former Client

“Working with Monica was the first time that I sought therapy. I began to create healthier patterns and begin my transformation. Monica does a great job asking questions that I seem to know the answers to; she lets me go through the process of self-discovery.”

Former Client