Melissa Kester, LMFT

Melissa Kester, LMFT provides therapy for individualscouples and adult family members. By looking into past and present relationships, we work to develop new patterns and capacities with our clients to allow them more fulfilling relationships.

We are a community of engaged and thoughtful, systemically trained practitioners. Melissa practices indepth psychotherapy that incorporates systemic, relational, contemplative and psychodynamic therapy.

Family Therapy: Systemic Knowledge

Like the flower that cannot exist alone, neither can we. In each individual there is their guardian, sibling, elder, social leaders, country men and women, friends, lovers, earth, sky, ocean, farmer, etc... All these things help shape and effect us. And no one object or person does that better than our family...

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Be Selfish

My advice is that if you must be selfish, be wisely selfish. ... The kind of selfishness that provokes fighting, killing, stealing, using harsh words, forgetting other people’s welfare will only result in your own loss. - Dalai Lama

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Melissa Kester,LMFT | 700 12th St N.W Suite 700 PMB 97742, Washington, DC 20005
info@madisonmft.com  |  646-205-7606