Licensed Clinical Psychologist serving MD, DC, VA, OH & PSYPACT States
Therapy that Makes Space for All of who you are
Depth-Oriented Virtual Therapy for Adults & Couples Navigating Identity and Relationships
HOW I WORK
A Space to Reconnect—with Yourself and Others
From the outside, life looks stable. But internally, something feels strained, unsettled, or hard to name.
Let’s slow down.
Together, we’ll begin noticing the patterns beneath the surface — the ones shaping how you relate, respond, and protect yourself.
Hi, I’m Dr. Oni, a licensed clinical psychologist.
My work is relational, collaborative, and gently challenging. I don’t approach therapy as advice-giving or surface-level problem solving.
Instead, we slow down and begin making sense of the moments that feel stuck, painful, overwhelming, or repetitive — especially in the relationships and environments that matter most to you. We look at what gets activated and how you tend to respond.
I’ll reflect what I’m noticing — sometimes directly, sometimes with a bit of lightness — always without judgment. Over time, things begin to feel less random and more understandable. Not labels. Just clarity. Therapy with me feels conversational, grounded, and human, even when we’re talking about hard things.
Beneath that ease, the work is intentional and depth-oriented. We’re here for meaningful, lasting change.
The Work Behind the Work
I became a psychologist to offer the kind of care I once needed.
Culturally responsive therapy rooted in research, identity, and lived experience.
As a Nigerian-born psychologist and daughter of immigrants, I founded this practice to offer culturally responsive therapy that honors the complexity of identity, relationships, and lasting change.
I relate deeply to many of the experiences my clients carry. I know what it’s like to fight for emotional openness in spaces where vulnerability is seen as weakness—and to move through a world that often overlooks or misinterprets our struggles.
Like many of the clients I work with, I’ve navigated the layered expectations of culture, society, identity, and family—while holding the roles of a Black professional woman, immigrant, daughter, friend, wife, mother, and more.
“Our backgrounds, values, and identities shape how we experience pain and hardship…Let’s unpack this together.”
These experiences shaped my clinical lens and led me to pursue specialized training and research grounded in theories and models that attend to culture, identity, attachment, and systemic context — integrating these elements directly into evidence-based care rather than treating them as secondary to the work.
My doctoral research focused on supporting immigrant and second-generation communities in accessing and engaging with mental health care. That work deepened my understanding of how cultural identity, family dynamics, and systemic factors influence both distress and the process of seeking support.
While my expertise is especially grounded in supporting immigrant and BIPOC clients, the principles of culturally responsive, identity-centered care benefit anyone seeking deeper, more aligned change.
Because too often, we minimize our needs — or worry that needing help makes us too much… or somehow broken.
It doesn’t.
therapy Approach
I draw from Relational-Cultural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and trauma-informed approaches to help you move through emotional stuck points and reconnect with your sense of self. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, relationship stress, cultural tension, or identity shifts, we’ll explore how old patterns are showing up—and create space for something more aligned to emerge.
We might work on:
Understanding the root of your inner critic or self-doubt
Processing cultural, relational, or generational trauma
Untangling guilt or people-pleasing tied to family or identity
Making room for grief or transitions
Building a deeper, more compassionate relationship with yourself
For Individuals
You may be high-functioning on the outside but emotionally exhausted underneath. You’ve done what was expected of you—professionally, relationally, or culturally—and now find yourself wondering if those expectations ever really fit. I support individuals who feel pulled between honoring their needs and maintaining relationships, especially when those relationships are layered with love, loyalty, and unspoken pain.
In our work together, you'll learn to hold space for your full self—messy emotions, evolving values, and all—and make decisions that reflect clarity rather than obligation.
For Couples
Couples sessions are structured, respectful spaces for real dialogue—not just surface-level communication tips. I draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Gottman Method tools to guide you in identifying patterns, increasing emotional safety, and building stronger connection.
But tools alone aren’t enough. I also help you move beyond conflict cycles by gently uncovering the deeper emotions and unmet needs beneath your reactions. This emotional processing creates the foundation for more empathy, intimacy, and mutual understanding.
Whether you're navigating cultural or family dynamics, rebuilding after trust has been broken, or simply feeling out of sync, our work will support both partners in reconnecting—not just with each other, but with their own clarity and voice.
If you’re ready to do the kind of work that brings you back to yourself—and strengthens the relationships that matter most—I’d be honored to walk alongside you. Let’s begin this process together.
Issues we can address in our work together
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Whether through individual or couples work, therapy can help address a number of different relationship concerns, including issues with communication, boundary setting, assertiveness, grief/loss, family dynamics, dating and/or romantic relationships, workplace stressors, peer relationships, and more.
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Stress and anxiety is something we can experience on a daily basis, but can impact us all in different ways. Signs that you may be experiencing stress and/or anxiety can include:
Excessive worrying
Difficulty controlling your thoughts
Physical symptoms (e.g., heart rate increases, headaches, sleep disturbances)
Panic attacks
Social anxiety
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These are stressors that may arise as a result of being an immigrant/ Child of immigrants in this country:
Generational differences
Trouble balancing two cultures
Assimilation and acculturation issues
Immigration trauma
First Gen/ Second Gen issues, etc.
Third culture phenomenon
Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational trauma is when the impact of trauma experienced by your family is passed down to further generations. This can be reflected through parenting styles, family dynamics, expectations, behavioral and emotional functioning, traumatic experiences.
If you are tired of carrying generations of pain/ trauma and need a safe place to be heard and supported as you work to unburden yourself, therapy can help.
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Therapy can help identify ways to navigate within oppressive systems. Areas related to racial and/or cultural stress may include:
Marginalization
Discrimination
Racism
Cultural expectations
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Therapy can help overcome perfectionistic tendencies and increase self-esteem. Signs you may have perfectionistic tendencies and low self-esteem may include:
Setting excessively high and unrealistic standards of yourself and experiencing distress when those standards are not met
Self-criticism
Fear of failure
Low self-worth
Difficulties acknowledging your strengths
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People pleasing tendencies can look like
Putting other’s needs before your own
Difficulty saying no, even when you know it’s better for you
Self-criticism
If you are ready to focus on yourself and learn how to be more assertive, I can help.
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Signs that you may be experiencing depression can include:
Feeling down, low energy
Feelings of worthlessness/hopelessness
Decreased interest in activities you previously enjoyed
Low self-esteem
With a strong focus on social justice and anti-oppression, i am committed to helping clients discover their true selves, transcend their stressors, and let go of the emotional and traumatic anchors holding them down.
take your future into your own hands.
Click the button below to request a free, confidential consultation. Tell us a little about what’s bringing you to therapy, we’ll share about our approach and how we can help, and you can decide if we’re the right practice for you.
States we provide virtual therapy
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.