Couples & Individual Therapy
in Falls Church, VA.
Illness | Intimacy | Life Transitions
Lauren Broschak, LCSW, LICSW | Licensed in VA and DC
When something shifts, in your relationship
or yourself, reconnection is possible.
In-person in Falls Church, VA • Telehealth in VA & DC
Understand what’s happened, move through the grief, and reconnect—with yourself and your relationship.
You may not recognize your body, yourself, or your sexuality in the way you once did. Perhaps illness or life changes have shifted something, leaving you feeling disconnected from parts of yourself that once felt alive, interested in intimacy, or connected to your partner(s). You might find yourself grieving who you were, or the relationship you once had, and wondering if this is simply how things are now.
Therapy offers space to gently explore what’s changed, to make sense of your experience, and to reconnect with the parts of you that still feel present and uniquely yours. Whether individually or with your partner(s), this work can support healing, rediscovery, and a renewed sense of connection. This is an affirming, nonjudgmental space to explore and heal, together.
Does this feel familiar?
Your sexual desire has decreased, and it feels lost. You feel broken and are worried you’re failing your partner.
After illness, everything has changed. You don’t recognize your own body, and you feel like a different person now.
You two love each other, deeply, yet something feels distant. You miss the ease your relationship used to have.
Touch used to feel natural and necessary in your relationship. Now it feels uncertain, and you’re both waiting for cues that aren’t happening anymore.
Now that your illness is over or managed, you notice a flood of emotions, and you’re having a hard time transitioning back into your life.
Meet Lauren Broschak, LCSW, LICSW
Intimacy & Illness Therapist in Falls Church, VA
Virtual therapy available throughout Virginia and Washington, DC
Hi, I’m Lauren. I help individuals and couples reconnect with themselves and their relationships in ways that feel genuine, intimate, and meaningful. Many of the people I work with are navigating changes in identity, intimacy, or connection, often after illness, life transitions, or simply the complexities of being human.
I believe you are the expert on your own experience. Therapy is a space where we can slow down, listen more closely, and gently make sense of what’s been happening. Together, we’ll take a collaborative approach, drawing from a range of evidence-based therapies to support what feels most helpful and meaningful to you. At the core of my work is a focus on kindness, authenticity, and connection.
I’m LGBTQ+ affirming, sex-positive, kink-allied, and trauma-informed, and I welcome people from all walks of life and relationship structures.
Therapy services
Couples therapy
Feeling stuck in patterns of distance and miscommunication? Longing for closeness but unsure how to reconnect? Couples therapy helps you slow down the cycle, build new ways of reaching one another, and create room for honest conversation and reconnection.
Sex therapy
Is intimacy feeling more complicated? Your sexuality unfamiliar? Is there a growing distance between you and your partner(s)? Sex therapy supports you in understanding what’s changed, exploring where the disconnection is rooted, and rebuilding intimacy at a pace that feels safe.
Therapy for grief
Feeling the weight of a loss that’s hard to put into words? Changed by what’s happened and unsure how to move forward? Together, we’ll process your experience, honor what’s been lost, and begin moving forward in a way that feels meaningful to you.
Therapy for
chronic illness
Navigating a diagnosis, treatment, or life after illness? Feeling disconnected from your body, your identity, or your sense of normalcy? Therapy can help you make sense of what’s changed, process what you’ve been through, and reconnect with yourself.
Therapy for
women’s health
Noticing shifts in your body, mood, identity, or sense of self? Navigating transitions like fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, or menopause? Therapy creates room to process your experience, honor what you’re moving through, and reconnect with yourself along the way.
LCSW Supervision
Looking for a supportive space to grow into your voice as a clinician?
Wanting to deepen your confidence, clinical skills, and sense of direction?
Supervision offers a space for reflection, guidance, and growth—grounded in collaboration, curiosity, and authenticity.
Reflections from those I’ve had the privilege of working with and alongside
If this speaks to you, we can take the next steps together.
Book a free consultation with me
I offer a free 15-minute phone consultation as a chance for us to connect and confirm that working together feels like a good fit. Therapy can feel like a big step, so there’s no pressure and no expectation to have the “right” words. Wherever you are, I’ll meet you there.
→ Request a consultation
Schedule your first appointment
Toward the end of our call, we’ll talk through next steps for scheduling your first appointment. We’ll find a time that fits your schedule, and I’ll take care of getting everything set up.
Have additional questions?
If you have additional questions, you’re welcome to bring them to our consultation call. You can also explore the FAQ page in the meantime.
