Our Team
Our clinicians and therapists are a diverse group of professionals with extensive experience. We are based in Arlington, Virginia and not only serve the Washington DC area but also offer teletherapy.
Matt Levine, LCSW
As the founder of Summit Counseling Services, Matt Levine, LCSW provides individual, couples, and family therapy. He helps individuals foster a more positive relationship with themselves and their loved ones to move ahead in life.
He is a certified Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) therapist, which is an evidence-based modality for helping distressed couples and families.
His family therapy services focus on reducing negativity and strengthening bonds through improved communication skills, understanding relational needs, building resiliency, and conflict resolution.
He provides services in English, Spanish, and Portuguese (Brazilian).
Rachel Townes, LPC
Rachel Townes, M.S., LPC is a licensed professional counselor with a background in out-patient services, day treatment, and in-home counseling.
She utilizes evidence-based treatments, taking a collaborative and strengths-based approach, empowering individuals to identify and address their treatment goals through CBT, TF-CBT and psychodynamic therapy, among others. Rachel is Licensed in Virginia, helping children, teens and adults address such concerns as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, behavioral issues, grief, and self-esteem.
In her own words, “I believe therapy is both an art and a science; it has been a privilege to work with clients who are discovering their own unique strengths as they face challenges and foster resilience on their paths toward wellness. My hope is that through our work together, clients can discover and access strategies to experience life optimally.”
Mahlet Mekonnen, LCSW
Mahlet is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 12 years of experience working as a community/outpatient clinician, foster care case manager, preschool family service worker, alternative school social worker, and hospital intake worker with children and their families. Mahlet has been trained in CBT, DBT, Infant Mental Health, TF-CBT, and EMDR. Furthermore, she is bilingual in English & Amharic. She truly believes in meeting each person and family where they are and attempting to understand the big picture for every client.
"There is no one recipe for living that fits all cases."