To join any of our groups, individuals are required to meet with the group leader for 1-3 individual sessions first to make sure the client is a good fit for the group and is ready for group therapy.
While it is not a requirement to be in individual counseling while also in group therapy, it is strongly encouraged to have regular individual check-ins with the group leader to best facilitate your experience in group.
Groups are currently 60-75 minutes in length both in person and virtual and between $100-130/session. Sliding scale options are available. Before seeking group counseling, check with your insurance company about out of network reimbursement. Ask the following questions:
1. What is my out of network deductible?
2. What percentage is reimbursed before and then after that deductible is hit?
3. What is the specific reimbursement/coverage for CPT codes 90853 (group counseling)?
Email info@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to be considered for group therapy today or book a consultation below.
Led by Roland Scheppske, LPC, this weekly in person process group is for those identifying as gay cis men ages 18+ years old. This group is capped at 8 participants and focuses on boundary setting, families of origin, self-compassion, trauma, self-esteem, relationships, interpersonal skills building, self-advocacy, identity formation, and more.
Email roland@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to join the group.
Led by Yessenia Arias, LPC and Imani Fraser, LPC-R, this weekly in person process group is for those 17-28 year olds identifying as queer/trans and BIPOC. This group is capped at 8 participants and focuses on self-advocacy, independence building, boundary setting, families of origin, self-compassion, trauma, relationships, interpersonal skills building, racial and cultural identity formation, and more.
Email info@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to join the group.
Returning Fall 2025 virtually (date/time TBD), this group will focus on psychoeducation around religious trauma, breaking down shame/judgment, restructuring relational patterns, exploring identity outside of religious doctrines, purity culture, the impact on LGBT identities and shame, perfectionism, boundary setting, and increasing autonomy in individual choices toward or away from spirituality and/or religion. This group is open to anyone from any religious background and is intended to help clients reach their own personal goals for religion which may include staying in a religion, growing in a religion, or leaving a religion. All are welcome. This group is capped at 6 individuals.
Email snealy@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to join the group.
SC Nealy leads two weekly process groups for those identifying as female in their 20s and 30s. One is on Fridays at 4p in person and the second group is Monday evenings at 6:45p in person in Arlington, VA.
Both groups are capped at 8 participants and focus on self-compassion, trauma, self-esteem, relationships, interpersonal skills building, self-advocacy, identity formation, and more. Please email to join one of the process groups today if there are openings.
Email snealy@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to join the group.
On the first Wednesday of every month at 7p virtually, Chloe Goldbach, PhD (she/her) who identifies as a trans woman leads a drop-in, no commitment support group for those who have medically or surgically transitioned genders and for those questioning and considering transition. The groups goal is to provide a safe place to ask questions, seek advice, and facilitate support. The group is $35 per person, and sliding scale/free options are available.
Email chloe@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to join the group.
We have seen that the aromantic and asexual demographic of the queer community is vastly underserved and underrepresented. Roland Scheppske, LPC and Chloe Goldbach, PhD wants to create a place that clients can feel accepted, embraced, and work through the impact of their orientation and identity on their lives and relationships.
Chloe Goldbach, PhD and Roland Scheppske, LPC are leading an ongoing process group for anyone 18+ years old who identifies on the asexual or aromantic spectrums. Email info@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to join the group.
SC Nealy leads a Queer Relationship Process Group for Romantic Partners is in person from 9a - 10:15a every other Friday. This group previously hosted only Mixed Orientation Relationships, in which two or more people's sexual and/or gender identity are not the same or partnerships that were at one point traditional cishet relationships and since then, one or more in the partnership has transitioned gender identity or sexual orientation. It is now open to Queer Couples of all make up, but is limited to 2 people per relationship.
This group is capped at 6 partnerships and is fully virtual. Please email snealy@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to be considered for membership today.
This is an 8-week sexual psychoeducational course that expands on the sexual education information people weren't taught in school for anyone assigned female at birth. We lightly utilize the Come As You Are Workbook by Dr. Emily Nagoski and focus on empowerment and self-advocacy in sexual situations and within one's own body The next session begins again in 2025 and is VIRTUAL ONLY.
Email snealy@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to join the group.
Chloe Goldbach, PhD and Roland Scheppske, LPC are going to be leading an ongoing process group for anyone 18+ years old who identifies on the asexual or aromantic spectrums that is virtual only in the Spring. Email info@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to join the group.
Coming in late 2025 by Roland Scheppske, LPC for 16-26 year olds struggling with delayed independence of "failure to launch" symptoms. Email roland@lgbtcounselingdmv.com to discuss further.
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