About US
Garden City is a symbol that even missing the mark or messing up is not the end of the story. All things can be woven into our stories in ways we didn’t expect to create something more beautiful than we thought it could be.
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Our approach is to collaborate with our clients no matter their struggle to cultivate a sense of belonging in the therapeutic relationship. We focus on your strengths and goals to remove the obstacles of becoming the person you are meant to be.
Our Team
Ashley Bauman
Ph.D. / LPC / NCC / ACS / co-founder
Offering individual and couple counseling services to adults, for issues related to depression, anxiety, grief and loss, boundaries, emotional health and Christian spirituality, major life transitions, anger, identity development, self esteem, communication skills, family relationships, singleness and dating, career counseling, codependency, marital and personal relationship struggles, and spiritual concerns.
Stacey Mayo
LMFT/ co-founder
Offering individual, couple, family, and premarital counseling services to adults and adolescents for issues related Christian faith & spirituality, anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships, premarital work sex and sexuality, LGBTQ+ friendly and knowledgeable, religious trauma, race/culture/ethnicity, communication, family relationships (present and family-of-origin), problem solving and conflict resolution, career discernment and decision making, professional and work challenges, boundaries and assertiveness, attachment, grief and loss, and transition.
Trina Leary
LGSW / Garden City Center Associate
Offering individual counseling, pre-marital counseling for couples (Prepare/Enrich certified facilitator), and EMDR (Level 1 & 2 trained) for issues related to Anxiety, depression, grief & loss, crisis pregnancy, infertility & infant loss, perinatal mental health, LGBTQIA populations, mindfulness, family of origin challenges, spirituality issues, religious trauma, intersectionality of identities, identity development, and attachment.
Ly Tran
D.MIN., LPC-S
Offering individual, couple and family counseling services to adults for issues related to conflict and communication coaching, grief and loss, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, struggles with Christian faith, religious trauma, child loss, and anger processing.
TAKE THE FIRST STEP
Engaging our stories is hard work. We can help.
Garden City Center offers mental health therapy and counseling to individuals, couples, families, and groups in Washington, DC and surrounding neighborhoods of Northern Virginia.
Want to join our team?
At Garden City Center, we value collaboration, a commitment to life-long learning, professionalism, integration of Christian spirituality and mental health, team commitment, and wellness of the clinician.