At Capital Crescent Collective, we’ll pave the path that’s right for you — with you.

How Therapy Can Help

Therapy at Capital Crescent Collective (Emily Cook Therapy) is helpful because it provides tools for self-understanding, emotional regulation, and improved coping skills. Therapy can help individuals work through past traumas, manage conditions like anxiety and depression, and build stronger relationships. Therapy also helps people set and achieve personal goals, increase resilience, and gain a healthier perspective on life’s challenges.

At Capital Crescent Collective, therapy is a safe and affirming space where all are welcome to learn, heal, and grow toward their goals. Our therapists, with their diverse styles and specialties, are trained to support you in many ways and tailor their approach to your needs. Whether your problem is new or you have had it for a long time, therapy means you do not have to face it alone. We are honored to support you when life becomes overwhelming or difficult, as well as when you are building a strong foundation to prevent problems or building on good you have already established. We are here to accompany you as you:

Learn.

Learn. 

In therapy we can build knowledge needed to make sense of ourselves, others, our situations, and our world. With your therapist you might explore your own perspectives, values, personality, family and relationship history, and needs to build greater self-awareness. You may have space to consider the perspectives and ideas of others and build curiosity toward the important people in your life so you can get to know them better. In addition, your therapist may share useful information about emotions, relationships, healing, and more so that you do not have to figure everything out on your own. This knowledge and wisdom can fill in gaps that anxiety, sadness, and fear often try to fill while empowering us to make more informed decisions in our daily lives.

Heal.

Heal. 

In the presence of care and safety during therapy, both people and relationships have the opportunity to heal accumulated stress, hurt, and injury. Your therapist may help you or your family name important needs, identify barriers to meeting them, and set up a more nourishing life. Therapy may let you process past relationships, traumas, and difficult experiences to honor their impact on your life and relationships. This allows for better understanding and greater compassion both for yourself and between you and others. Your therapist can empower you to break old cycles that keep you stuck or hurt you so that you can create new habits and dynamics that support you. Your therapist is also here for you or your family as you navigate major life changes and transitions, giving you space to see what resources you have, what no longer works, and how you want to give and receive care.

Grow.

Grow. 

Therapy can also serve as a protected space to grow intentionally. This is true whether you want to feel more confident and empowered, build greater connection with important people in your life, have more tools for managing difficult situations and emotions, or align with your values in any other ways. You and your therapist may work together to create a clearer vision for your future that accounts for the needs of both you and your loved ones. Your therapist may support you in learning new skills related to caring for yourself, others, and your relationships that you can practice both in and out of sessions. As you build these practices and see the impacts in your life, you likely will find your confidence growing as well. After all, while we are here to help you, you are the one who gets to put into practice making your life better!

Click the links below to learn more about our broad range of therapy services.

Therapists are available by appointment virtually to clients in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. Rates start at $180 for 50 minutes and vary by therapist.

You may also be curious about therapy or counseling in general — here, we discuss our perspectives on a few of the most common myths about therapy.

Holistic care for your needs

At Capital Crescent Collective, we are committed to providing you options for your holistic care. No matter the challenge you are facing, individual, couple, and family therapy can all be effective ways to empower healing and create change in your life. Children, teens, and adults of all neurotypes and from all walks of life can benefit from both having their own space to process and build skills and having shared space with loved ones in therapy to heal and grow together. Whether you would like individual therapy to focus on your own needs and growth, couple therapy to tend to your relationship, family therapy to come together as a team in caring for each other, or multiple types of therapy, our providers are eager to support you.

All therapists at Capital Crescent Collective are systemically trained, meaning we are specifically practiced and experienced at seeing you and your relationships in context. Regardless of the kind of therapy you choose, you will have the benefit of a therapist who knows that your relationships and environments matter for your health and well-being. Rather than focusing only on your thoughts and behaviors in isolation, our therapists will help you notice who and what has a role in your journey and include them in your vision and plans for change.

The care you receive should be thoughtful of you and your life. Rather than add another stressful commute to your already busy schedule, we are proud to provide telehealth therapy for all of our available services so that you can access what you need from the comfort and convenience of your own home.