About Our Team

We are a team of all queer and gender diverse identifying psychotherapists who are dedicated to bringing clinicians with lived experience into the therapy space for LGBT+ clients, their family members, and allies. We also value improving the standards of treatments for therapists, promoting work/life balance, and building queer community within our client base and colleagues. 

We are founded in 2023 by SC Nealy, LPC, ACS, a lesbian, gender fluid therapist and mother who is dedicated to improving lives of the queer community in the Washington, DC area personally, professionally, and politically. 

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Comprehensive Collaboration
Our team works uniquely together on all of our cases, including overlapping co-counseling of families, couples, and individuals as needed to best suit the client needs. For example, if one of our therapists is working with a couple, the individuals in the couple might be working with two other therapists at our practice, and then all three therapists will be actively working together to best suit the client needs. We also actively seek out consultation and partnerships with other organizations, medical providers, non-profits, and therapists to give our clients as much of a multi-disciplinary team approach as possible. Lastly, we value being team members and having coworkers we enjoy seeing every day and consulting with. 

Accessibility

It's incredibly important to us that we're able to meet the needs of our clients in ways that are accessible to their needs, including addressing financial, safety, and privacy concerns. We work hard to offer 25% of our services to pro bono and sliding scale clients, while still making sure our therapists are able to make a living wage themselves. While we can't be everything for everyone, we do our best to meet the needs that we can and hold this as an important value.

Advocacy

Everyone on our team is dedicated to improving the lives of the LGBT+ population in Virginia and nationwide. We are actively involved in our community both by giving our time and money to causes and local movements that further this mission. We regularly meet with elected leaders and advocate for our client's needs on legislative levels, and make sure that our voices and our client's voices are heard.

2025 Best LGBT+ Owned Business in Washington, DC
October 2025 | Washington Blade

2025 Queer Leader Award, We Create Spaces
For Creating Inclusive Workplaces in America

2025 Rainbow Shield Award, May 2025

Moderm Military Association of America

2025 Best Business Award Finalist, May 2025

Arlington County Chamber of Commerce

2025 Women (Person) of Vision Award Recipient to SC Nealy, LPC

Commission on the Status of Women | Arlington County, VA

2024 Humanitarian and Caring Person of the Year Award by Virginia Counselors Association to SC Nealy, LPC

November 2024 | Virginia Beach, VA

Most LGBT+ Friendly Workplace in Washington, DC Area to LGBT+ Counseling Collaborative

October 2024 | Washington Blade