Therapy for Black and Brown
Women + Girls

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support, and sisterhood

resilience can be a double edged sword

You’ve been carrying heavy burdens for a long time, holding it all together for yourself and everyone you love. Resilience is often praised, but it can be a double-edged sword. Strength becomes an expectation rather than a choice, something others lean on while you’re left with no room to falter. You’ve had to work twice as hard for half as much.

Therapy offers a space to heal, reclaim your strength, and navigate the pressures without doing it all alone. We’re here to help provide you with space to break, to breathe, to be held instead of always holding it all together.

you’re exhausted from having to transcend what feels impossible

You’ve always been the strong one. The dependable one. But deep down, you’re exhausted. You keep going because you feel like you have to. You’ve put everyone else’s needs before your own, shouldering responsibilities that were never meant to be yours alone, and yet have had to be.

It’s time to find community, support, and sisterhood. Your well-being matters just as much as the people you care for. It’s time to take care of you, not just so you can keep going—but so you can feel whole, too.

you feel alone, like an imposter sometimes

You’ve been told told to present yourself perfectly—to polish every detail, especially in professional spaces. There’s an unspoken expectation to fit into standards that were never made for you, to perform a version of yourself that feels safer, more acceptable for everyone else around you. There is a pressure to fit certain standards, to play a part that isn’t authentic to you.

These expectations can lead to imposter syndrome, making you feel like you're not enough. The pressure to be a certain way to achieve success can take a toll on your self-esteem, and even foster internalized self-doubt and self-hate.

You are worthy simply as you are. Your voice, your presence, your existence in its fullness—is powerful. Find a space to explore who you are authentically.

internalized oppression

You may have found yourself distancing from your true identity, absorbing harmful messages, and carrying the weight of self-doubt—or even self-rejection. The pressure to fit into a world shaped by systemic bias and exclusion can be so pervasive that it influences behaviors without us even realizing it. For so long, you’ve had to navigate prejudice and racism, constantly adapting, constantly proving yourself.

But here’s the truth: We are the global majority. Our existence is powerful. Our cultures, our histories, our voices—they matter. The path forward begins with decolonizing ourselves and unlearning the lies we’ve been told about ourselves and embracing the truth of our worth, strength, and beauty.

Celebrate all that is black and brown girl magic

what we believe

We believe in recognizing your gifts, celebrating them, and creating space for you to flourish.

We believe you deserve softness. A life where you don’t have to carry the weight of the world just to be seen.

We believe in dismantling cultural assumptions—challenging the narratives that have tried to define you, limit you, or make you feel like you don’t belong.

We see you. Not as an expectation, not as a role to fill, but as your whole, authentic self.

We believe in putting you at the center instead of making you fit into a preconceived mold. This world wasn’t built for Black and Brown women to thrive. And while therapy may not fix everything, we can heal, flourish, and reclaim our power, even in spaces not designed for us.

We believe in therapy that truly sees you. That honors your intersectional identities within a multicultural framework. That integrates evidence-based treatments—like interpersonal therapy, CBT, ACT, and DBT—to support you, not just as a client, but as a whole person.

Because you deserve care that reflects who you are. And you deserve to thrive.

Hey sis, it’s giving…

Here with us, you wont have to code switch. You will be accepted as you are. we’re here to meet you where you’re at. We’re here to truly, authentically, and fully connect with you.

We have extensive expertise in a wide range of areas.

If you’re looking for guidance with all things couples, kink, sex positive, sex exploration, women, dating, relationships, reconnecting and finding joy even when times are hard, neurodivergence and quirks, owning your own story, then Angelique Bush, LCSW is your girl.

If you are looking for support with renegotiating roles and dynamics in relationships, understanding the adverse impact of stress, strengthening your talents, building confidence in your gifts and purpose, balancing success and ambition, value identification, exploring your identity, then Dr. Joi Burnham is your jam.

If you need assistance with gender exploration, lifestyle and wellness, family and children dynamics, black and brown girls and teens, value exploration, high achievement, academic stressors, finding your voice, building and discovering self-confidence, hit up Dr. Gwenna Blanden.

All of us can help support you with ..

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Trauma

• Racial Trauma

• Relationship Concerns

• Spirituality

• Identity Concerns

• Sexual Orientation Identity Development

• LGBTQ+ Queer Issues

• Gender Identity

• Self-Esteem

• Empowerment and Self-Love

• Self-Acceptance and Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin

• Academic Stressors

• Finding and Developing Community, Civic Engagement

• Expressing Emotions

It is important that you find the therapist that is the best fit for you. Therefore, we invite you to learn more about us, read our blog, and to read about getting started and frequently asked questions. When you are ready, you can reach out to us to ask a question or to schedule an initial consultation appointment.

You are not alone. We are here to help.

Hope+Wellness provides therapy for black and brown women of color with depression, anxiety, stress, life adjustment, trauma, and more. We serve Falls Church, McLean, and Arlington, as well as Tysons Corner, Vienna, Reston, Great Falls, Fairfax, Merrifield, and Alexandria, as well as Washington DC and Maryland. Telehealth is available across 20+ other states.

We provide exceptional psychotherapy services to empower people to live happier, healthier lives. Our services are grounded in evidence-based treatments that suggest an important interconnectedness between mind, body, life experience, and wellness, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based therapies. We will work together to help you heal and develop the skills to live fully aware, fully resilient, fully peaceful, mindful, and alive.