Feel Seen. Feel Supported. Begin Your Healing Journey.
Collaborative Therapy Northern Virginia and Online.
Support for anxiety, depression, trauma, identity, relationships, and life transitions — with clinicians who take time to understand the full context of your life.
You Do Not Have to Hold It All Together Alone
Many of our clients are used to holding everything together. From the outside, they may seem capable, composed, and successful — while privately carrying anxiety, sadness, trauma, stress, perfectionism, or self-doubt.
You may be the person others rely on, the parent trying to keep everything moving, the student afraid of falling behind, or the adult who has learned to stay busy so you do not have to slow down and feel what you are carrying.
At Mahogany Counseling and Consulting Services, therapy offers a place to pause, better understand what is happening beneath the surface, and begin making sense of the patterns, relationships, and experiences that may be affecting your present life.
You do not have to minimize what you are feeling or explain away parts of who you are. We provide thoughtful, collaborative care that helps you feel seen, supported, and understood.
Therapy That Considers the Full Picture
Your culture, identity, family background, and lived experience matter here.
Your culture, identity, family upbringing, relationships, values, and lived experience all shape how you move through the world. At Mahogany, we take time to understand that context so therapy feels respectful, relevant, and supportive.
We believe healing happens when all parts of your story are seen and heard. That means looking beyond symptoms and making space for the experiences, environments, relationships, and expectations that have shaped how you cope, connect, protect yourself, and move through change.
Meet Our Therapists
Mahogany is led by clinicians who bring warmth, experience, and cultural awareness to the therapy relationship. While each provider has a distinct background and focus, our shared approach is collaborative, compassionate, and grounded in respect for each client’s story.
Availability may vary by provider. We will help guide you toward the best fit based on your needs and current openings.
Aminah Mellion, MSW, LCSW
Founder, senior clinician, Virginia Board Approved Supervisor, and consultant with more than two decades of experience supporting children, adolescents, families, clinicians, and culturally diverse communities.
Kathryn “Katie” Pacheco, MSW Supervisee in Social Work
Therapist supporting adolescents, adults, and older adults healing from trauma, anxiety, relationship patterns, life transitions, grief, and difficult past experiences.
How We Can Help
Individual Therapy
Support for adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, identity, relationships, grief, perfectionism, and life transitions.
Trauma Support
Therapy for experiences that still affect how you feel, relate, cope, trust, or move through the world.
Children & Adolescents
Therapy for young people navigating stress, emotions, school concerns, identity, family transitions, or relationship issues.
Professional Services
Clinical supervision, trainings, and professional consultation grounded in ethics, cultural awareness, and clinical expertise.
Anxiety & Depression
Support for clients who may appear composed on the outside while privately carrying worry, sadness, stress, perfectionism, overwhelm, or self-doubt.
Online Therapy
Virtual therapy for clients in Virginia and Maryland who want accessible, supportive care from a comfortable setting.
In-Person and Online Care
Mahogany Counseling and Consulting Services provides in-person therapy in McLean, Virginia and online therapy for clients located in Virginia and Maryland.
Our office is located at:
7918 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102
Whether you are meeting in person or virtually, our goal is to make the process feel clear, supportive, and easy to begin.
Ready to take the next step?
Reaching out is a meaningful first step. We offer free 15-minute consultations to help determine fit, answer initial questions, and guide you toward the right provider or service.
We respond to inquiries within one business day.