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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MA, MS

Tamara Sharifov is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Washington, DC, with ten years in practice, also licensed in California. She works with adults, older adults and couples on trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief, life transitions and burnout. Her clients come from many cultures and backgrounds, including diplomats, humanitarian workers and human rights professionals, and her work is shaped by international affairs and a social justice perspective. She specializes in third-wave contextual behavioral therapy and uses experiential methods that engage emotion and the body, on the view that deep pain often needs to be felt and processed, not only understood. She sees clients in person in Washington and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW

Matt McQuilkin is a licensed clinical social worker in Washington, DC, practicing in the Barracks Row and Capitol Hill area, with six years in practice. He is also licensed in Maryland and Michigan. He works with adults on anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship and family concerns, questions of identity and sexuality, life transitions, and substance use or recovery, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients and men's issues. His approach is psychodynamic, relational and attachment-based, exploring how earlier experiences and relationships shape the present while moving at the client's own pace. He offers sessions in person in Washington, DC, and online.