Megan Gregory, LCSW
/in Maryland Telehealth, North Carolina Telehealth, Wilmington, NC Maryland, North Carolina /by Hannah Pace
Megan Gregory is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 5+ years of experience serving couples and individuals. Megan utilizes a variety of clinical approaches and has studied Gottman and Emotionally Focused therapy models. She works with all couples and relationships as has special interests helping couples recover from infidelity and helping couples caught in high conflict or communication breakdowns. “Years and years of marriage leave every couple with scars…and stories of storms they have weathered together. I’m constantly telling couples, “it’s your willingness to adapt and fight for one another, despite all the twists and turns life has thrown at you, that holds the hope for your future together.” Marriage counseling is simply extra support when the storms get too heavy or too rough. I’m a friendly, upbeat, and warm person. My style offers positive direction and guidance throughout the therapeutic experience. I’m a collaborator with you. I’m active with you. I’m constantly working to point out, interrupt, and change recurring feedback loops within your relational interactions. We start by searching for the strengths (perhaps lost or hidden) in your relationship. As we work to solve problems I’m quick to celebrate successes. Gradually the successes outnumber the problems as couples find each other again and rekindle their connection and intimacy. I consider it a privilege to help support you with the inner workings of your deepest relationship.”
Meet Megan Gregory:
Education
Trainings and Certifications
Quintin Talley, LPC, LCPC
/in Bethesda, Fairfax, Maryland Telehealth, Virginia Telehealth Maryland, Virginia /by Hannah Pace
Quintin Talley, LPC, LCPC
Office Locations & Numbers:
Fairfax, VA (571) 495-1731
Betheda, MD (301) 364-4312
Quintin Talley is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 10+ years of experience serving couples, individuals and families. Quintin utilizes a variety of clinical approaches and has studied Gottman and Emotionally Focused therapy models. He works with all couples and relationships and has special interests helping couples recover from infidelity and helping couples caught in high conflict or communication breakdowns.
Education
- M.A., Counseling Psychology, Towson University
Trainings, Certifications, and Continuing Education
- The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy: Differentiation, Attachment, and Brain Science (Year Long Intensive, Couples Institute), 2022
- Board Certified Supervisor in the state of Maryland, supervised graduate level clinicians on successfully working with marriages and couples
- 6+ Years of Peer Reviewed Research Reviews, regarding various topics associated with marriage, long-term relationships, and divorce
- Training and Experience related to Addictions (including gambling addiction)
- Literature Review and Practice of the works of John Gottman, PhD
- CBT Intervention Training
- Training in Play Therapy including Parent-Child Relational Therapy
- EMDR Training in process
- 6+ Years of Independent Learning Related to Relationship Success, Courtship, Marriage, and Dating
Lisa Lavitt, LCSW-C
/in Frederick, Maryland Telehealth Maryland /by Chet Denlinger
Lisa Lavitt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15+ years of experience serving couples and families. She utilizes a variety of clinical approaches and offers a strengths-based, evidence-backed framework for relationship counseling. Lisa works with all couples and relationships including couples who have experienced an affair, couples who are “fighting all the time”, and couples who have lost that “spark” for each other. “Clients tell me I’m down to earth, open, and approachable as a therapist. My couples joke my office is their “Switzerland” and that I work hard to help them bring their honest experiences to the table for each other. As a couples specialist, my job is to help each of you find your voice, identify your needs, and help you safely lean into one another. Committed relationships are hard and are going to hurt at times. Relationship counseling is here to help you through those rough patches. My greatest hope for you is that you are able to reclaim your passion, love, and belief in one another. It’s an honor to be part of that journey with you.”
Meet Lisa Lavitt:
Education
- M.S.W., University of Maryland
Trainings, Certifications, and Continuing Education
- The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy: Differentiation, Attachment, and Brain Science (Year Long Intensive, Couples Institute), 2021
- The Marriage Meeting Program: A Strength Based Approach for Successful Relationship
- Cross-Cultural Human Sexuality
- Spousal or Partner Abuse Assessment, Detection and Intervention Strategies
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Family Therapy
- Tokens of Affection – Reclaiming Your Marriage After Postpartum Depression
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Sexual Diversity
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Addicted to Toxic Relationships
Alex Honigman, LCSW
/in Alexandria, California Telehealth, Dana Point, Fairfax, Glendale, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Pasadena, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Temecula, Valencia, Virginia Telehealth, Washington DC Telehealth, Washington, DC California, Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. /by Chet Denlinger

Alex Honigman, LCSW
Office Locations & Numbers:
Alexandria, VA (571) 378-6900
Fairfax, VA (571) 495-1731
Washington, DC (202) 792-6294
California Offices (323) 484-1037
Alex Honigman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15+ years of experience serving couples and families. Alex has significant knowledge and practice working with couples in all stages of life, development, and areas of difficulty (intimacy, infidelity, communication). He utilizes a tailored, client focused approach to produce lasting results.
Meet Alex Honigman:
Education
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- M.S.W., California State University Long Beach
Trainings, Certifications, and Continuing Education
- The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy: Differentiation, Attachment, and Brain Science (Year Long Intensive, Couples Institute), 2020
- Level 1 Gottman Couples Therapy: Bridging the Couple Chasm
- Level 2 Gottman Couples Therapy: Assessment, Intervention, and Co-Morbidities
- Gottman Institute Treating Affairs & Trauma
- The Marriage Meeting Program: A Strength Based Approach for Successful Relationships
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Topics in Human Sexuality: Sexual Compulsivity
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Topics in Human Sexuality: Sexual Disorders and Sex Therapy
- Treating Complex Trauma: Using Emotive Writing
- Attachment, Regulation Theory, Relational Trauma
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy – Individual & Group Therapy Through the Lifespan
Ellen Singer, LCSW-C
/in Bethesda, Columbia, Maryland Telehealth, Rockville Maryland /by Chet Denlinger
Ellen Singer, LCSW-C
In-Person Office Locations & Numbers:
Rockville, MD (240) 252-7888
Columbia, MD (443) 583-5957
Virtual Telehealth Office Locations & Numbers:
Bethesda, MD* (301) 364-4312
*For anyone who lives in Maryland and can do Telehealth
Ellen Singer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has specialized in helping couples and families for 35+ years. She was able to personally train with Dr. Richard Schwartz in the evidence-based Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapeutic model. She’s also studied and incorporates tools from highly reputable Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman Therapy, and Imago Therapy. She sees all couples and specializes in high conflict, infidelity/affairs, intimacy/sexual relationships, ADHD impact, and coping with parent-related concerns. She also specializes in working with couples experiencing infertility, adult adoptees, adoptive parents, expectant/birth parents and blended-families. Ellen welcomes all LGTBQ relationships.
Meet Ellen Singer:
Education
Trainings, Certifications, and Continuing Education
Publications
Christy Van Horn, LCPC
/in Bethesda, Maryland Telehealth, Rockville, Virginia Telehealth Maryland, Virginia /by Chet Denlinger
Christy Van Horn, LCPC
Office Locations & Numbers:
Rockville, MD (240) 252-7888
Bethesda, MD (301) 364-4312
Christy Van Horn is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 15+ years of experience serving couples and families. Christy has studied various clinical approaches in marriage counseling as well as “coaching” strategies and protocols. She works with all couples and relationships including couples who have experienced an affair, couples who are “fighting all the time”, and couples who have lost that “spark” for each other.
Meet Christy Van Horn:
Education
- M.A., Expressive Arts Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, Cambridge MA
Trainings, Certifications, and Continuing Education
- The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy: Differentiation, Attachment, and Brain Science (Year Long Intensive, Couples Institute), 2020
- The Gottman method and approach to Improving relationships, various trainings
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Dr. Sue Johnson, various workshops
- Intimacy and Infidelity in Couples Therapy, Esther Perel, various webinars
- Low Sex and Sexless couples
- Managing the Crisis of Infidelity, Dr. Ellyn Bader, The Couples Institute
- The Choice: How to make Dramatic Breakthroughs with Difficult Couples, Dr. Ellyn Bader, The Couples Institute
- Leadership and working with Hostile-Angry Couples, Dr. Ellyn Bader, The Couples Institute
- The Big Picture: How to Make Dramatic Breakthroughs with with Difficult Couples, Dr. Ellyn Bader, The Couples Institute
- Taking Sexy Back: Female Sexual Self-Awareness in the Age of #MeToo
Marissa Josiah, LCPC
/in Bethesda, Columbia, Maryland Telehealth, Virginia Telehealth, Washington DC Telehealth Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C. /by Chet Denlinger
Marissa Josiah, LCPC
Office Locations & Numbers:
Bethesda, MD (301) 364-4312
Columbia, MD (443) 583-5957
Marissa Josiah is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with over 15 years of experience serving couples and families. She has studied researched-backed models in the couples therapy field (Gottman, Imago, etc) and has advanced experience treating trauma. Marissa specializes in helping couples who are fighting all the time, have experienced infidelity, past or on-going trauma, and couples who have lost that “spark” for each other.
Meet Marissa Josiah:
Education
Trainings, Certifications, and Continuing Education
Lori Shapiro, LCSW-C, LICSW
/in Bethesda, Maryland Telehealth, McLean, Washington DC Telehealth, Washington, DC Maryland, Washington D.C. /by Website Administrator
Lori Shapiro, LCSW-C, LICSW
Office Locations & Numbers:
Bethesda, MD (301) 364-4312
Washington, DC (202) 792-6294
McLean, VA (571) 297-2625
Lori Shapiro is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has made helping couples and families her specialty for 20+ years. Her areas of expertise include helping couples overcome infidelity, couples who are “fighting all the time,” and couples who have seen their relationship spark grow stale. Lori is LGBTQ friendly as well as alternate lifestyle friendly. In addition to being a couples specialist with multiple relationship-focused trainings, Lori is also an AASECT certified sex therapist and is comfortable helping couples explore intimacy and connection.
Meet Lori Shapiro:
Education
- M.S.W., Barry University
- Certified Sex Therapist, The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists
- PhD., Sexology (expected 2021)
Trainings, Certifications, and Continuing Education
- The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy: Differentiation, Attachment, and Brain Science (Year Long Intensive, Couples Institute), 2020
- Level 1 Gottman Couples Therapy: Bridging the Couple Chasm
- Emotionally Focused Therapy, Sue Johnson
- The State of Affairs: Rethinking our clinical attitudes toward infidelity, Esther Perel
- Love Talk, Personally hosted radio show
- Sex Talk with the Siegel Brothers, frequent guest appearances
- Low Sex and Sexless Couples, The Rediscovery of Pleasure, Tammy Nelson, 2019
- Seminar Single 2 Mingle: Episode 16: Psychology of Sexual Attraction

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