Why In Step

In Step is the rare therapy practice that specializes in both individual and group therapy services. Each of In Step’s licensed clinicians enjoy their own unique specializations and are also qualified group leaders. We offer a wide range of group treatments and we take special care to match individuals up with the appropriate group chronologically, developmentally, and emotionally.

About Our Team

Each of In Step’s licensed clinicians enjoy their own unique specializations and are also qualified group leaders. In Step clinicians collaborate actively between each other and with outside professionals in order to help our clients achieve growth and change.

About Cathi Cohen

Cathi Cohen, LCSW, is a therapist, parent coach, and clinical director and founder of In Step, a mental health group practice in Fairfax, Virginia. She is the author of several books including Raise Your Child’s Social IQ: Stepping Stones to People Skills for KidsOutnumbered, Not Outsmarted!, and Stepping Stones to Building Friendships. Through her books and workshops, she has become an internationally recognized expert on parenting and social/emotional development in children and teens.

Cathi's Books

Raise Your Parenting IQIn order to provide crucial social and emotional scaffolding for our children, we need to start by taking a look at ourselves as parents. And I mean really look. This is not about how many of their soccer games you attend or the number of times you screamed at them and took away their phones. It’s about evaluating your strengths, as well as areas that need improvement, and then very purposefully moving forward armed with that information.Read MoreBuy Now
Raise Your Child’s Social IQRaise Your Child’s Social IQ: Stepping Stones to People Skills for Kids Parents, this book offers direct, sense-making, step-by-step exercises that you can do with your children to increase their social skills and awareness. Based on the highly successful social skills taught for many years in Cathi Cohen’s training groups, Raise Your Child’s Social IQ provides parents with the structure to work on skills at home—how to join a group, how to choose friends, how to notice what people around them are feeling, how to handle angry feelings and much, much more. This updated version features new sections on cyberbullying and social media.Read MoreBuy Now
Outnumbered Not OutsmartedWorking with groups of kids can be tremendously satisfying—it can also be challenging and frustrating. If you’re a teacher, an athletic coach, a camp counselor or anyone responsible for overseeing a group of kids, this book is for you! Outnumbered, Not Outsmarted!Read MoreBuy Now
Stepping Stones to Building FriendshipsMany children have difficulty making friends on their own; they need help. Research has shown that social skills can be taught and the most dramatic improvements are accomplished in a group setting. Camp, with its new people and activities, is a natural setting to develop social skills and build strong friendships.Read MoreBuy Now

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