The Center Clinic is a community mental health center housed within the George Washington University Professional Psychology Program. All of the clinicians, referred to as clinical externs, are graduate students in clinical psychology supervised by licensed professionals. The Center Clinic is staffed by advanced doctoral students in the George Washington University Professional Psychology Program. These therapists are supervised by licensed, highly-experienced professionals.

The Clinic provides mental health services to adults, adolescents, and children in the Washington, D.C., area who may otherwise not have access to needed care. These services include individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy, as well as psychological assessment. Patients may also be referred for a psychiatric consultation through a partnership with the University's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. The Clinic also contributes to local community service agencies (such as public and charter schools, homeless shelters, and addiction recovery programs) by providing needed consultation, assessment, and therapeutic services free of charge.

Services Offered

Individual Psychotherapy
We provide services to adults, adolescents, children, and parents.

Possible areas of focus:
* self-esteem
* general anxiety
* depression
* grief and loss
* stress management
* family issues
* relational difficulties
* trauma
* sexual orientation
* cultural factors, including acculturation

Couples Therapy
Couples therapy can help couples better understand one another and their ways of relating, resolve conflicts, and improve the level of satisfaction in their relationships. Couples therapy provides both partners with tools to better communicate and negotiate differences. In couples therapy, the clinician works collaboratively with you and your partner to identify the areas of conflict within your relationship, and will help you decide what changes are needed.

Group Therapy
* Adult process therapy group: Group members explore various issues of life, with a special emphasis on exploring the nature of their relationships.

* Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Support and Process group: This group provides a safe environment to explore relationship experiences, coming out, discrimination, and issues related to being engaged in the gay community. The exploration of these issues can increase members' self awareness, comfort with their identities, and enhance interpersonal functioning.

* Transsexual Support group: The goal of the group is to provide a safe, trans-supportive environment where members of the trans community can share their experiences. Group members work together to find lasting personal comfort with the gendered self in order to maximize overall well-being and self-fulfillment.

* Adult Women's group: This group provides a place to express and explore a variety issues that may be uniquely experienced by women. The goal of the group is to offer support and a forum for women with a variety of concerns and experiences.

Fees and Payment

The Clinic contributes to local community service agencies (such as public and charter schools, homeless shelters, and addiction recovery programs) by providing needed consultation, assessment, and therapeutic services free of charge.

This is a non-profit agency.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
Bilingual

Payment:
Sliding Scale