THERAPY FOR PEOPLE WHO GIVE A DAMN —

and are done being wrecked by systems that don’t.

SCHEDULE FREE CONSULT

THERAPY FOR PROFESSIONALS IN HIGH-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS — WHERE THE WORK IS INTENSE, THE STAKES ARE HIGH, AND THE SYSTEMS ARE BREAKING DOWN THE VERY PEOPLE TRYING TO HOLD THEM UP.

SERVING CLIENTS LOCALLY IN DC, MARYLAND, AND VIRGINIA — AND GLOBALLY FOR THOSE IN INTERNATIONAL, CROSS-CULTURAL, OR HIGH-IMPACT PROFESSIONS.

Do you love your work, but hate what it’s doing to you?

When you got into this, you knew…

This work mattered — but now you are just trying to make it through the day.

You wanted to make a difference — but the broken systems interfere at every turn. The stories would stay with you — but you didn’t know they would echo so loudly.

There would be risks — but didn’t expect a system that treats your wellbeing as disposable. It would be demanding — but now it’s draining you faster than you can recover.

What if you didn’t have to feel terrible while you do work that matters?

You have shown up for others.

We will show up for you.

At KonTerra Counseling & Psychological Services, we specialize in helping professional who are inspired by their work navigate the toll of oppressive, soul-crushing systems so they can continue to show up for the work and people that matter to them.

We offer online therapy designed for people who are feeling the emotional weight of serving others — professionally or personally. Whether you work in law, healthcare, journalism, advocacy — or you simply care deeply about what you do — you deserve care that gets it.

We provide a place to reconnect with your values, your priorities, your mission, without judgment or need to perform. Each of us has experience working in large, complex, challenging systems ourselves. We know what it’s like to care deeply about what you do while being torn up inside while doing it.

Our work isn’t limited by borders.

Many of the professionals we support live outside of the United States — or move between countries as part of their careers.

If your life spans borders, therapy needs to be flexible enough to meet you where you are.

We offer online therapy for global professionals navigating cultural transitions, complex systems, and the personal impact of life abroad. Because mental health care is regulated differently around the world, our ability to work together depends on your location. We’ll talk through those details during your free consultation so you’re clear on what’s possible and can decide what feels right for you.

Wherever you’re based, our aim is to help you create stability, clarity, and meaning — so you can keep showing up for the causes and people that matter to you.

You might be here because…

The professionals we work with often come to use carrying one or more of the following experiences.

  • BURNOUT

    When you’ve pushed through for too long — and it’s catching up with you.

    You’re exhausted, detached, and not quite feeling like yourself. The spark is gone, the system is grinding you down. We help dedicated professional understand what’s driving the burnout, restore clarity and energy, and reconnect with a sense of agency in your work and life.

  • ANXIETY

    When your brain won’t shut off — and everything feels high stakes.

    You’re stuck in a loop of what-ifs, self-doubt, and worst case scenarios. Even small decisions feel paralyzing. We help you quiet the mental noise, understand the patterns that keep anxiety going, and build tools that actually help — so you can feel grounded, capable, and more in control in your life.

  • WORKPLACE TRAUMA

    When your work has left a mark.

    Whether it’s physical risk or repeated exposure to others’ distress, your job has taken a toll. Or maybe it’s a toxic environment that has left you with the Sunday Scaries every day of the week. We help you name and process what’s happened — so you can health and move forward with intention and courage.

  • MORAL INJURY

    When doing your job means betraying your values.

    Maybe you feel complicit. Or silenced. Or forced to choose between what’s expected and what’s right. We help you tend to the moral wound, reconnect with your values, and decide what integrity looks like for you now.

  • GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS

    When your life and work cross borders.

    Living and working internationally can be meaningful — and deeply complex. From navigating cultural transitions to rebuilding connections again and again, we help global professionals create stability and meaning wherever life has taken them.

You Deserve Support That Cares As Much As You Do.

Connect

Schedule a free consultation with one of our team. We know reaching out for support can feel vulnerable — especially when you’re used to being the one that others rely on. We honor that courage.

Engage

Counseling is a collaborative process. You bring your lived experience, your values, and your questions. We bring clinical expertise, systems awareness, and deep respect for your autonomy. We work alongside you with transparency and care.

Sustain

Our work together will support you in letting go of the things that no longer serve you and hold on to the things that do. The goal is for you to gain clarity, reclaim purpose, and again experience joy while caring for the causes and people that matter to you.

SCHEDULE FREE CONSULTATION

The systems may be broken — but that doesn’t mean you are.

We believe that you don’t have to choose between doing work that matters and having a life that brings purpose and joy.

We work together to figure out what the looks like for you.