About Me

You've done everything you were supposed to do. You're smart, self-aware, and successful by any measure. And you still don't fully trust yourself.

I'm Molly.

I spent years not trusting my own gut. I deferred to what I thought I should do, or what everyone around me seemed to think I should do. It took a lot of work to learn how to actually feel my emotions instead of managing around them. Anger was the scariest and when I finally trusted myself enough to feel and express it, it didn't blow up my relationships. It depended and built them. I learned that expressing something hard can be an act of caring, not a threat to the people you love.

In my thirties, I left a stable, corporate-esque career and went back to grad school full-time for social work. It wasn't a small decision. I gave up a salary and an identity I'd built for over a decade to bet on something that actually matched what I valued.

I'm also a triathlete and a gardener, which means I know how to push myself hard and I know how to slow down, and I don't think those two things are in conflict.

I've spent significant time living and studying abroad, I'm fluent in Spanish, and much of my career has been spent working with expats and adult third-culture kids, people figuring out where they belong.

I know what it costs to change your life when you already look, from the outside, like you have it together. That's who I work with, and that's the work.

I don't think managing your feelings is the goal. I think understanding them is. My approach is relational, which means I believe real change happens in real relationship, whether that's the one you build with me in the room, or with other people in a therapy group. It's not just talking about your problems as one more thing to fix. It's practicing something different with people who are actually there with you while you do it.

If any of this resonates, I'd love to talk.

Please note that I work in person only. It's a choice I've made deliberately. I’m committed to the best possible care.

Something about being in the room together creates a quality of attention that can't be replicated over a screen.

Call or email to schedule a free 15-minute consultation.

License
Washington DC #LC50080408

National Provider Identification
#1952794208

Professional Affiliations and Honors
National Association of Social Workers
Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work
New Washington School of Psychiatry, Faculty 2026
Center for Group Studies
American Academy of Psychotherapists, AAP Scholar 2014
Certificate in Advanced Trauma Training (Level I), The Ferentz Institute

Please read my blog post on working with adult third culture kids.

Molly Milgrom (she/her), Psychotherapist, Washington, DC