Our Team
We are a team of Washington, D.C. based clinical social workers that bring over two decades of experience in the human service fields. In addition to our work as psychotherapists, we share extensive experience integrating best practices of behavioral health and trauma-informed care in a variety of human service settings. We believe in the importance of caring for caregivers, and bring our personal values of warmth, compassion and equity into all we do.
Ali Jost LICSW
has over a decade of experience as a therapist, trainer and coach, and two decades of experience working for community-based and national advocacy organizations seeking immigrant rights, racial equality and economic justice. She is experienced delivering Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and other body-based talk therapies in a wide variety of clinical and non clinical settings. A dynamic trainer and seasoned coach, Ali has facilitated multi-year organizational change processes, trauma-informed care learning communities, and single event training staff retreats to heal and empower leaders and teams.
Gretchen Gates LICSW
has spent the majority of her career providing psychotherapy through both trauma-informed and co-occurring disorder lenses. She has built and managed multiple innovative programs that focus on integrating behavioral healthcare and social services, with an emphasis on increasing access to care. In all that she does, Gretchen intentionally aligns herself with organizations that promote social justice causes and serve diverse communities.
Susannah Stein LICSW, MPAff
has extensive experience in inpatient and outpatient medical settings as an integrated mental health and social service provider. Susannah brings first hand knowledge of the care coordination challenges for healthcare high utilizers, and has led staff wellness initiatives and provided trauma and mental health training to medical providers and staff. In addition to her years of direct service experience, Susannah has a graduate degree in Public Policy and has served as co-author on academic publications related to the intersection of healthcare and trauma.
