Dupont Circle Couples Counseling

Specialties

Are you experiencing relationship problems and feeling stuck? Whether you’re a heterosexual or LGBT couple, I can help you resolve issues that may feel overwhelming. I specialize in helping couples build healthier relationships, improve communication, strengthen sexual intimacy, heal from affairs, restore trust, clarify commitment issues, and resolve other problems.

You’ll find a comfortable and accepting place to explore your relationship issues. Clients have told me that they appreciate my warm, non-​judgmental, and collaborative approach to couples counseling.

I provide couples counseling, marriage counseling, premarital and precommitment counseling, and individual relationship therapy. Serving Dupont Circle, Logan Circle, Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights, U St., Woodley Park, Cleveland Park, and Metro Washington DC.

Meet the Business Owner

Lisa S.

Business Owner

Lisa Smith is a psychotherapist and couples counselor who specializes in helping couples with communication, intimacy, and relationship problems. Her training includes an MS in Counseling from Johns Hopkins University and an MS and PhD training in Sociolinguistics (interpersonal communication) from Georgetown University. She has postgraduate training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), Imago Couples Therapy, and Gottman Couples Therapy, and is experienced in multicultural and LGBTQ affirmative counseling. Previous experience includes NIH’s Clinical Center, the Counseling & Career Center of the Montgomery County Commission for Women, and American University’s Kogod Center for Career Development. She has taught at Georgetown University and Chiang Mai University. Lisa works with Aida Therapy-​The Dupont Circle Therapy Group.