Sharon Schonteich, PhD

Written by Dawn Johnson

Areas of specialization

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Stress and work-life balance

  • Family and relationships

  • Grief

  • Infertility and perinatal concerns

Using a solutions-focused, strengths-based, and gently challenging approach, I help clients reduce overwhelm, clarify priorities, and move forward with greater confidence and intention.

I specialize in working with professionals, from early-career high achievers through senior executives, in challenging career or academic environments.  Many of my clients experience chronic stress, perfectionism, self-doubt, relationship challenges, and may feel that that success has to come at the expense of their well-being. In our work together, we focus on building sustainable strategies that support both professional performance and a rewarding personal life.

I am deeply empathetic, with a calm, attuned presence. My clinical style blends practical skill building, emotional insight, and thoughtful support. I help clients strengthen coping tools, identify effective strategies, and better understand the personal, relational, and cultural factors shaping their expectations and decisions. I frequently work with individuals navigating career transitions, leadership demands, or family changes who want to move from ambiguity to clarity.

Prior to becoming a therapist, I lived and worked internationally in consulting, organizational development, academia, and government, and swam competitively at the national level. This background gives me particular insight into the challenges faced by global professionals, athletes and multicultural families.  I also have specialized expertise in supporting clients through infertility, the perinatal period, and parenting while maintaining demanding careers.

I offer a confidential, supportive and appropriately challenging place to foster growth, and welcome clients of all identities and backgrounds.

Psychology Associate, Licensed in Washington, DC; Resident in Psychology, Licensed in Virginia
PhD in Clinical Psychology
Clinical Supervisor, Dr. J. Dawn Johnson, PsyD

Offering sessions both in person and via telehealth to clients based in:
DC and Virginia.

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Our providers

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Ayden Ferstenberg, PsyD
Ayden Ferstenberg, PsyD

Ayden offers individual therapy, sex therapy and couples therapy, including evening sessions. Her style is active, trauma-informed, and grounded in evidence-based therapies, helping clients understand and change longstanding patterns while building greater self-trust, connection, and resilience. Ayden works with individuals, couples, and families seeking deeper relationships, improved communication, emotional healing, and a more satisfying and authentic life.

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Ashley Alderette, PsyD
Ashley Alderette, PsyD

Ashley takes a structured, collaborative approach to therapy, helping clients identify concerns and goals, set agendas, and develop practical skills tailored to your needs. She builds confidence and hope by regularly reviewing progress and revisiting treatment goals to ensure therapy remains focused and effective. An experienced clinician and clinical supervisor, Ashley is deeply trained in evidence-based approaches, including CBT and DBT. She also incorporates EMDR, somatic techniques, and polyvagal theory to help clients work through past trauma, overcome cognitive and emotional barriers, and move forward when they feel stuck in treatment.

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Amy Goldfrank, LICSW
Amy Goldfrank, LICSW

Amy strives for clients to feel supported and guided as they work towards growth and change. She specializes in anxiety, depression, relationships, self-criticism, perfectionism, and life transitions (e.g., graduation, parenthood and career changes).  Amy's style blends tangible tools with broader insight, all while strengthening a sense of agency so that clients can feel empowered to make and sustain meaningful change.

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Sydney Rosen, PsyD
Sydney Rosen, PsyD

Sydney works from an attachment perspective, helping clients to better understand themselves and their relationships. She combines insight-oriented approaches with CBT/DBT skills, and has expertise in anxiety and depression, life transitions, family of origin conflict, identity development, body image, self-esteem and relationships, including non-monogamy.

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Sharon Schonteich, PhD
Sharon Schonteich, PhD

Sharon specializes in supporting professionals navigating high-pressure careers, leadership demands, life transitions, and relationship challenges. Her clinical approach blends skill-building with emotional insight in a solutions-focused, strengths-based, and gently challenging style. Sharon helps clients to reduce overwhelm, clarify priorities, and move forward with confidence, and has particular expertise in working with global professionals, infertility, the perinatal period, and parenting while sustaining demanding careers.

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Annalise Perricone, PhD
Annalise Perricone, PhD

Annalise integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and insight-oriented approaches to help clients feel seen, valued, and supported as they work toward meaningful growth and change. She provides therapy for college students and adults, with a focus on those navigating demanding academic, professional, and military environments. Annalise specializes in therapy for anxiety, depression, relationship issues, low self-esteem and imposter syndrome. She is also trained in CBT for pain management and has extensive experience working with clients living with chronic illness and chronic pain.

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Mandy Thompson, PsyD, ABPP
Mandy Thompson, PsyD, ABPP

Mandy brings a warm, collaborative and highly practical approach to therapy. She specializes in anxiety, including stress related to challenging work and academic environments, social anxiety and health anxiety. Mandy has particular expertise in the treatment of OCD and phobias, including fear of needles, vomiting (emetophobia), flying, heights, illness or contamination, using CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to help clients work towards their goals without feeling overwhelmed. She offers convenient morning and evening sessions via telehealth to clients in all 40+ PSYPACT states.

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Dawn Johnson, PsyD
Dawn Johnson, PsyD

Dawn is the founder of our practice and has an engaging, interactive therapy style. Her approach blends concrete behavior change with a deep curiosity around the origins of your concerns so that we can understand how they developed and actively craft healthier patterns going forward. She has particular expertise in anxiety, disordered eating, career/academic stress, healthy relationship boundaries, and life transitions.

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