About Your Life Onward
Therapy that helps you move with clarity and purpose.
Your Life Onward is a group practice for adults who want to understand themselves, their relationships, and what needs to change.
Our practice
Individual perspectives. A shared commitment to useful care.
Your Life Onward offers online individual and couples therapy across DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Our clinicians bring different backgrounds and approaches, with care shaped around the person or relationship seeking support.
You may be managing responsibilities while privately struggling with anxiety, old experiences, relationship tension, or uncertainty about what comes next. Therapy gives you time to examine what is happening without needing to arrive with all the answers.
Finding a fit involves more than choosing a specialty. The way you communicate, what you want to understand, and the kind of support you find useful all matter. We invite you to explore our clinicians and discuss those preferences before beginning.
Meet the Your Life Onward team →How we work
Thoughtful exploration, connected to everyday life.
Understanding a pattern can be a starting point for responding differently. In therapy, you can explore the beliefs, experiences, and relationships that shape your reactions, then consider what you want to carry forward and what you want to change.
Collaboration means your goals and perspective help guide the work. Your clinician brings their training and approach; you bring knowledge of your own life. There is room to ask why you are exploring a topic, say when something does not fit, and revisit the direction together.
Practical change may look like clearer boundaries, a different response to conflict, or more deliberate choices when familiar pressures return. The focus is on changes that matter to you, at a pace you and your therapist can discuss.
Founder and Clinical Director
Natasha Watkins, MBA, LICSW, LCSW-C
Natasha is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Founder, and Clinical Director of Your Life Onward. She serves adult clients across DC, Maryland, and Virginia through online therapy. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative, combining honest exploration with practical change.
Her clinical work centers on adults and couples navigating anxiety, depression, relationship issues, life transitions, trauma, stress, and self-esteem concerns. Her work draws on evidence-based practices including cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, strengths-based perspectives, and more.
Natasha holds an MSW from The Catholic University of America, an MBA from Marymount University, and a BBA from Howard University. She is also a Board-approved supervisor in Maryland.
Profile details
What to know before scheduling.
Populations served: Adults and couples
Jurisdictions served: Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia
Approach: Straightforward, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based care that turns insight into practical change.
Insurance: Participation varies by clinician and plan. Contact Your Life Onward to verify benefits before scheduling.
Request a consultation with Your Life Onward →Beginning with Your Life Onward
A conversation before a commitment.
Every new client meets with Natasha, our Clinical Director, for a free consultation before meeting with their therapist. This is an opportunity to share what you are looking for, discuss clinician fit and availability, and ask practical questions about online care.
Your Life Onward serves adult clients ages 18+. Clinician availability and locations served vary, including Virginia-only care with Beth Farris. We can discuss those details alongside insurance participation and private-pay options before you begin.