Gerald Joseph, LCSW

Gerald Joseph, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in Washington, DC, who runs The Capital Therapist, an online practice for psychotherapy and psychedelic preparation and integration. He sees clients in DC and Virginia.

Approach

Joseph earned a master’s in social work at the University of North Dakota in 2018 and has worked in primary care and in larger health systems. He has trained in EMDR for trauma and holds a Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider certificate from the Integrative Psychiatry Institute in Boulder, Colorado. In talk therapy he draws on CBT, EMDR and psychodynamic work. He calls his style relational and person-centred and treats therapy as a partnership, with a strong working alliance as the ground from which clients look at their inner lives.

Who it is for

His psychotherapy covers mood disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD. Integration sessions are meant for people preparing for or looking back on a psychedelic experience who want to make sense of it and bring what they learned into daily life. The practice describes itself as LGBTQ+ affirming.

Practical details

All sessions run on a secure telehealth platform. Psychotherapy and psychedelic preparation and integration each cost $200 a session, and a sliding scale is offered for financial hardship. A free 15-minute consultation comes first. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is priced on request.

Care and safety

For ketamine work, he and a prescriber first decide whether a client is a good fit; the client can then take the session self-guided or with him on a video call. His LCSW licence number is LC200002628.