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About Us Our Practice Metropolitan Counseling Associates,LLC, is an interdisciplinary practice committed to providing comprehensive mental health, and educational services to children, adolescents and adults in one centralized location. Our associates are highly educated, well-trained tutors, mental health providers, neuropsychologists, college counselors, and psychiatrists. While each associate offers a unique variety of specialized services, all of our associates have in common their extensive experience in working with adolescents. Our experience has shown us again and again that children and families do their best when the supports in their lives work together. This is next to impossible when therapists, psychiatrists, tutors, college counselors, and other professionals, are spread throughout the city. We have found that although the DC metropolitan area is saturated with excellent mental health and educational resources, rarely do those service providers collaborate on their client’s behalf. This lack of synchronization can leave people who need a variety of support services burdened with playing the role of the coordinator. Even for the most astute individuals and families, this role can be overwhelming, time-consuming and unproductive. At Metropolitan Counseling Associates, we offer a rarely found team approach whereby our clients are at the center of their own individualized team. Our Model Whether we are providing evaluation, counseling and/or educational services, we use a bio-psycho-social model to thoroughly assess and meet each individual’s unique needs. Specifically, we take into consideration the biological, psychological and social factors that may influence an individual’s learning style, thought process, feelings, and behavior. This comprehensive approach enables us to provide our clients with the highest quality of care during any period across the life span. Our Commitment At Metropolitan Counseling Associates, we believe that our job is to work ourselves out of a job. Each child, adolescent, adult and/or family comes to us with a specific need. Some come with a wish to achieve something absolute such as a certain SAT score, admission to college, an understanding of one’s learning style, a higher grade in a class and/or a sense of mastery in a certain academic subject. Others come to better understand themselves, feel greater satisfaction in their family relationships and friendships, heal from painful experiences, or learn coping strategies to better manage stress. Regardless of why a client comes to us, we are committed to helping them accomplish their goals by working with specialists who put these goals at the center of their work. Furthermore, while we hate goodbyes, we know that saying goodbye to our clients is the sign of a job well done. |
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