Zoë Hamberger, LGPC

I believe the relationship you have with yourself informs every other relationship in your life. When you understand your body, emotions, and inner world more fully, it becomes easier to communicate your needs, navigate life's challenges, and cultivate relationships that feel authentic, connected, and fulfilling. Reconnecting with yourself is often the first step toward reconnecting with others.

You're the expert on your own experience. My role is to support you in deepening that understanding and creating meaningful change.

Maybe you feel disconnected from your body, uncertain about your relationships, or exhausted from trying to hold everything together, while simultaneously wondering why intimacy feels so hard. Together, we’ll work to untangle those experiences with curiosity and move toward a life that feels more connected, intentional, and true to who you are.

I value collaboration, autonomy, curiosity, and humor, and I strive to create a space where you can show up authentically and be listened to without judgment. I’ll help you slow down, get curious, and explore your values, boundaries, communication patterns, and goals. No topic is off limits.

I work with individuals and partners of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and relationship structures who want to feel more connected to themselves, their bodies, and their relationships. As a queer, sex-positive therapist, I bring both personal and professional understanding to how shame, anxiety, depression, identity, and past experiences can weigh on intimacy, relationships, and your connection to yourself. Together, we’ll focus on easing shame and creating more openness around these parts of ourselves.

My approach integrates Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), attachment theory, compassion-focused therapy, feminist theory, and parts work to help you better understand yourself, strengthen your relationships, and create a more connected and fulfilling life. I specialize in working with desire discrepancies, sexual dysfunction, painful sex, rebuilding intimacy and erotic connection, and identity exploration.

I hold a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor license in Washington, DC and will be under the supervision of Jennifer Keilholtz, LCPC, LPC (PRC200001615).