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As a holistic perinatal therapist, I have a strong passion for working with parents throughout the pregnancy and postpartum period. This includes the whole perinatal period, birth, postpartum, infertility, and loss. In addition to those populations, I have over 12 years of experience working with specializations such as major life transitions, anxiety, adult adhd, depression, PTSD and complex trauma. I strive to provide therapy through a trauma-informed lens and integrate movement/breathwork in my practice to facilitate your overall wellbeing.

I primarily work from a trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioral approach to help clients understand how daily thoughts fundamentally shape their emotions, behavioral patterns, and responses to life’s challenges. I believe in incorporating skills and practice into the therapy process to build distress tolerance, tackle avoidance, and reframe toxic thoughts. My approach starts with developing a personalized treatment plan with my client based on clear, measurable, meaningful goals. While I specialize in working with first responders, I enjoy treating diverse populations and have 15+ years of experience in community mental health.

A number of the personal concerns such as issues with executive functioning, history of trauma, and multiple life stressors can impact your current functioning and overall well-being. My goal is to develop a therapeutic partnership with you to identify and explore your inner strengths and resources to develop coping skills and improve your functioning and quality of life.

I work with clients who want to finally change their psychology and manage their lives more effectively. This work can help you manage your obesity, depression and anxiety. Based on your needs and goals, we can improve your relationships,ability to create and achieve your goals. If you are struggling with finally lose weight, we have developed an assessment, WALT and tools to help you stop struggling. By improving your ability to manage your mind and emotions, improve your motivation and body image we can help you lose the weight. We use specific treatment modalities which create goal achievement in a solution focused atmosphere.

Are you struggling with addiction, grief and loss, trauma, anxiety or depression? Having a hard time coping with the daily overwhelm or an isolated event? You have the opportunity to live with greater courage, less fear, diminish the effects of trauma, break free of addictions' grip, form healthy attachments, and enjoy a fully integrated life.

It has long been my view that the first step in healing and working through your issues is feeling understood. Although, there are a number of techniques that we can employ together for growth and change, my first goal is to understand you, your issues, and where you're coming from. Once understanding has progressed, we can adopt a plan that takes you as a whole person into consideration. I believe that different approaches work for different people and don't believe "in a one size fits all" or a "cookie-cutter" approach to therapy. If this works for you, I look forward to hearing from you.

Opening up around the vulnerable and intimate details of our lives can be very uncomfortable. There is so much pressure to be “happy”, “better”, or “perfect”, while receiving messaging that being anything else is unacceptable. We are very adaptive yet often struggle to effectively get our needs met, so may engage in avoidance behaviors and withhold or internalize our feelings to try to prevent things from getting worse. You want to feel more like your true self and get more satisfaction out of your relationships. You need an unconditionally supportive, non-judgmental, creative, and humorous therapist who accepts you however you are.

For me, there is no ideal client. To some extent, everyone is on a spectrum of depression and anxiety, and I seek to work with clients who need assistance becoming oriented toward improvement. I have personal and professional experience and understand how difficult it is to find someone patient enough to grow alongside a client through the therapeutic process. I want to work alongside you to help you live a happy, meaningful life with these conditions.

Are you or your child/teen having issues with attention/executive functioning (i.e., time management, organization, task completion)? Having trouble staying focused, being organized, motivated, or often becoming anxious? Struggling to get homework or work tasks completed? Feeling unhappy, overwhelmed, or on edge frequently? If so, I am able to assist by providing therapy, ADHD/executive functioning coaching, and/or assessment services in order to identify difficulties and work collaboratively to help you or your loved one thrive in life.

To those who are struggling to navigate life’s constant uncertainty, I see you. Life is tough sometimes. My clients are adults (18+) who feel stuck and unsure of how to move forward. They may have just lost someone important to them and often question, "how in the world will I continue without them?" They may be feeling lost and looking to deepen their connection and understanding of themselves. They may be feeling that it is time to make space to explore the hardships they have experienced.

I currently have daytime availability. As an experienced therapist, I begin with where you are. My initial goal is to build a trusting relationship and create space to explore the challenges you are experiencing. I view myself as a scientist—listening, examining, observing, and asking the questions needed to create a plan. I work collaboratively with my clients to help them meet their goals and live their best lives.

Since 1992 I have helped clients age 13-73 respond to challenges facing them throughout their life cycles. Throughout my career I have facilitated my clients in developing skills and learning to ways to cope with the demands of school, socialization challenges, relationship dynamics, depression, anxiety, ADHD, sexuality, professional/career development and sports performance enhancement.

Life is a journey and therapy works best a meeting fellow travelers on the road. We can walk together for a while and through our conversations create a warm, genuine, and engaged space where you can be curious, explore, and uncover insights that are already within you. I specialize in working with adult individuals, teens, and couples facing internal and external challenges that throw up roadblocks to living a whole, authentic life. I have a particular affinity for working with artists, activists, other healing professionals, and intercultural and premarital couples.

Book with me now by clicking on my website. I provide a supportive, collaborative environment in which clients can explore and gain insight into ways to work through challenges and difficulties. Whether you are struggling with anxiety, depression, or the challenges of navigating the emotional labyrinth of life, my goal is to assist you in becoming the best version of yourself. In therapy, you will be guided and gently challenged towards making intentional changes to manage anxiety, reduce depression, or work towards personal empowerment.

Are you desperately trying to reconnect with your partner after experiencing infidelity in your relationship? Maybe you have underlying childhood trauma that has impacted your close relationships, especially how you relate to your partner? Or maybe your life has been fractured by addiction and you're struggling to find emotional equilibrium. Even though you’re committed to saving your relationship or, perhaps, have quit using substances, you may still feel like you haven’t addressed the core issues that keep you stuck. If only you knew how to truly connect with yourself, you could move your life in a more positive direction.

Therapy is a deeply personal journey, and my aim is to create a space where you feel completely comfortable and understood. Picture entering a safe haven where a beautiful mirror stands at the center. This mirror reflects your emotions and thoughts back to you, gently guiding you to discover and embrace aspects of yourself and your life. It symbolizes the supportive presence of the therapist.

Whether you’re seeking support for personal growth, navigating relationship challenges, or guiding a young one through the trials of adolescence, Blue Sails offers a personalized approach to therapy that respects your individual journey towards healing and empowerment. We support individual, couples/family, teens, and children.

My name is Angela Welch and I'm a licensed professional counselor in MD. I have 9 years practice in counseling, with an additional 15 years in the human services field. My practice helps clients who are struggling with anxiety, depression, and/or trauma manage symptoms through an attachment-based model, grounded in CBT and Reality Therapy. I also offer EMDR therapy.

If you are looking for a therapist who will spend time figuring out your personal needs- whether that is how we work together or what specific mode of treatment works best for you- I believe that I may be a good fit for you. I have spent my years as a therapist both keeping abreast of all of the most up-to-date approaches to care, but more importantly, I continue to challenge myself as an individual to consider the needs of the people and world around me so that I may offer the best treatment possible.