The Sterling Group Named a DC Magazine Best of the City Winner for the Third Time
Celebrating Our Third DC Magazine Best of the City Award
I’m proud to share that The Sterling Group has been recognized by DC Magazine as a Best of the City winner for the third time, most recently earning the 2026 title of Best Therapy for Young Adults.
When I started The Sterling Group, I wanted to build the kind of therapy practice I felt was missing: one that was clinically excellent, but also modern, relatable, and genuinely attuned to what it feels like to navigate your 20s and 30s.
That vision has shaped how we’ve grown. We’ve been intentional about building a team of therapists who are not only highly skilled, but also warm, thoughtful, and able to connect with clients as real people. Our work spans anxiety, relationships, career stress, identity, ADHD, trauma, life transitions, and so many of the pressures that can make this stage of life feel especially complicated.
Honoring Our Team and The DC Community
To be recognized by DC Magazine three times is meaningful because it reflects the practice we’ve worked hard to create. But more than anything, it makes me proud of our team. The Sterling Group is what it is because of the therapists and staff who care deeply about the work, the client experience, and the people who trust us enough to let us into their lives.
I’m also incredibly grateful to our clients and the broader DC community for continuing to support us as we grow.
If you’re looking for therapy that feels modern, personalized, and built for where you are right now, we’d love to help you find the right therapist at The Sterling Group.
About the Author
Lindsay Goldfarb is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW, LCSW-C) and the Founder and Executive Director of The Sterling Group. She works with young adults navigating life transitions, relationships, perfectionism, and the pressure to have everything figured out, drawing on both her clinical training and her own experience to create a space where clients feel understood rather than evaluated. With particular expertise in boundary-setting, family of origin issues, dating and attachment issues, and perfectionism, Lindsay pairs genuine connection with practical tools that help clients recognize unhelpful patterns, understand themselves more clearly, and feel more in control of their lives. She built The Sterling Group around a simple idea: that young adults deserve therapists who feel relatable, and that the care they get here should reflect that.
