Alex Berthé, LCSW-C, Owner / Psychotherapist

Alex completed his B.A. from Columbia University in 2003. While there he was a four-year member of the Lion's division I men's varsity soccer team.

Upon graduating, he gained invaluable experience in the nonprofit world directing supplemental education and character building programs to youth from underserved communities in the DC metro area. It remains one of the greatest experiences of his life.

Alex returned to school in 2009 and earned his MSW from the Catholic University of America in 2011. Post-grad school, he taught and counseled at several all-boy independent schools in the DC Metro area, as well as provided individual and group psychotherapy with various Bethesda-based private practice groups before starting his own practice. Alex is also an accomplished speaker on child, adolescent, and parenting issues whose talks have drawn rave reviews.

Continued education is a high priority for Alex. He has completed the following training programs: Child and Adolescent Training Program at the Washington School of Psychiatry; National Group Psychotherapy Institute Program at the Washington School of Psychiatry; Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy through the Cognitive Behavior Training Institute; Fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis' Fellowship Program; and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills through Moonshine Consulting as well as through Behavioral Tech.

When he’s not working, Alex enjoys spending time with his wife of over a decade and their five children.

Memberships

  • Washington School of Psychiatry

  • AEDP Institute

  • Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work

Brian Reilly, Advanced Year Student Intern

Brian graduated from Princeton University in 2014. Prior to matriculation, he participated in the inaugural year of the Bridge Year Program, spending nine months volunteering in Peru. On campus, he was a four-year member of the Tigers’ Division I varsity men’s lacrosse team.

After college, he gained valuable experience in the nonprofit world as a fellow at Comunidad Connect in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. He monitored and evaluated water filtration projects, organized community service events, and supported an after-school youth sports program. He then spent three years leading experiential education programs throughout Nicaragua, Guatemala, Peru, and Bolivia for youth and young adults from all around the world. Brian deeply values the growth that comes from transformational experiences like travel.

Brian has taught and coached at Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland since returning to the US in 2018. He enrolled in the Master of Social Work program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 2021 in order to pursue his lifelong passion of supporting others to grow into the best version of themselves. Brian is specializing in clinical behavioral health as he trains in psychotherapy at Berthe Counseling.