The DCTC Team are a group of dedicated DC Therapist Connect community volunteers who manage our growing and vibrant group. Some of us alternate months managing our Google and Facebook groups and others have discrete responsibilities. We connect regularly to ensure that DCTC maintains it’s culture of kindness, compassion and growth.
DCTC Team Members:
Andrew P. Darby, LCSW-C, LCADAS (He/Him)
Contact: andrew@darby-integrative-counseling.com
Andrew is the Executive Director and Founder of Darby Integrative Counseling. He is a consultant to other organizations and psychotherapy practices throughout the United States. Andrew’s MD-based group psychotherapy practice, Darby Integrative Counseling, provides in-person and telehealth mental health, trauma, and substance abuse services. The physical office is located in Silver Spring, MD, and telehealth is provided to states throughout the USA via PSYPACT providers and multi-state licensed therapists and counselors. The therapists at the practice take an integrative approach to healing. They meet the needs of clients using multiple evidenced-based practices to assist them in awakening to their full healing potential. Learn more about Andrew’s practice.
Amanda Van Emburgh (she/her) (She/Her)
Contact: amanda@familyandchildtherapy.com
Amanda Van Emburgh (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (VA, and with PSYPACT) and a Registered Play Therapist – Supervisor (RPT-S). She owns Family & Child Therapy in Vienna VA. She specializes in treating those who have experienced trauma, parents of neurodivergent children, neurodivergent young adults, and those transitioning to college or taking time off after high school. She is also an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Certified therapist. Learn more about Amanda’s practice.
Savanna Martin, LPC (She/Her)
Contact: Savanna@aspenvalleycounselingservices.com
Savannah is the owner of Aspen Valley Counseling Services PLLC. She is licensed in VA, DC, FL, and CO. She specializes in trauma, anxiety, and addiction. Learn more about Savanna’s practice.
Melanie Ricaurte, Psy.D., M.Ed (She/Her)
Contact: drmelaniericaurte@gmail.com
Melanie is the Clinical Director of Harmony Holistic in Rockville, MD. Melanie is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, an AASECT Certified Sex Therapy Supervisor, and a hypnotherapist. She is an advocate, educator, and therapist; focusing her work on issues related to human sexuality, and marriage equality. A focus of her work is helping individuals and couples navigate the challenges faced when different aspects of their identity are in conflict. Melanie welcomes people of all religious faiths, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, erotic orientations, and lifestyles. She offers a warm collaborative approach to her work with clients. Learn more about Melanie’s practice.
Gloria Saez, LICSW, LCSW, LCSW-C (She/Her)
Contact: lcgsaez@gmail.com
Gloria is licensed in MD, DC, VA, and IL and is a social work board approved supervisor in MD and VA. Her Hispanic heritage and fluency in Spanish affords her the opportunity to serve the hispanic community in Spanish. Diversity and inclusion are important aspects of her practice. Thriving and living our best lives are the goal of service. Gloria is EMDR certified and has trainings in IFS, DNMS, Imago, crisis response, other modalities. She is a member of the VA Crisis Response Network (VCRN) community, which offers free, emergency response EMDR services to mass casualty events in the Commonwealth of VA and is a part of the Victim Crisis Assistant And Response Team (VCART). Learn more about Gloria’s practice, Salus Vita, LLC.
Margie Underwood, LCPC (She/Her)
Contact: margie@underwoodcounseling.com
Margie is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private telehealth practice in MD. She has over 20 years of experience supporting individual adolescents and adults, as well as couples and families. Margie helps clients address issues such as relationship challenges (including separation and divorce), parenting and coparenting, LGBTQIA+ identity and unique challenges, family conflict, depression, anxiety, and major life transitions. Margie is bilingual and offers all services in both English and Spanish. She takes a strength-based approach and uses humor in her work, believing that laughter is a critical factor in healing. Margie strives to create a safe space where her clients feel respected, supported, and fundamentally understood. She sees herself as a guide, helping clients gain insight into the roots of their challenges, and empowering them to take conscious steps toward decreased stress, and increased joy and peace. Learn more about Margie’s practice.
Emily Wietmarschen, LPC, LCPC (She/Her)
Contact: eajwtherapy@gmail.com
Emily is the Clinical Director of Rock Creek Therapy, a women-owned group psychotherapy practice in Washington, DC. Emily is a trauma therapist who believes in the power of connection – with a passion for collaborating with clients to create better lives for themselves. She uses EMDR, DBT, & expressive arts interventions in support of this goal. Her therapeutic style is collaborative, direct, humorous, and authentic. She is a lifelong learner and collaborator licensed in MD, DC, VA, & practices telehealth in FL. She is also a board approved supervisor in MD & VA. Learn more about Emily’s practice.