Johns Hopkins Therapists in Towson, MD

We each travel our own unique journeys that are influenced by our personal lived experiences, but life has many twists and turns and sometimes it is hard to find our way alone. Whether you are facing obstacles in your relationships or questioning who you are, I am here to travel with you on your unique journey. Using an integrative approach to therapy, I provide a nonjudgmental, safe environment to explore your thoughts and feelings in the here-and-now. Together we will develop goals that address your specific needs and work collaboratively to help you navigate the challenges you are facing.

I am a business professional and psychotherapist. Most of my patients are busy business people who have issues that hold them back. I apply psychotherapy to help them practically improve lives. My clients have been very successful when they have worked at it. To succeed in therapy try new behaviors, disclose difficult experiences, and let go of old patterns of thinking and behaving. If you choose to call please be prepared to work to achieve results. You can expect mutual respect, confidentiality, and professional boundaries.

Lauren believes that trust and respect are the keys to developing the kind of relationships that allow her to reach and help her clients through therapy. Throughout her career as a therapist, Lauren has fostered these dynamics with clients across the age and socio-economic spectrum, tailoring her therapeutic style and techniques to the needs of each individual. She digs deep with her clients to engage with the issues underlying their struggles, and she works with them to develop the tools that they need to live healthier, more productive, and self-actualized lives.

The good news: therapy can be whatever you want it to be. It can be short term to help you through a stressful time or life transition; or, long-term as an ongoing process of getting to know yourself and explore lifelong patterns in hopes of creating a more fulfilling life and healthier, more authentic relationships.

Perhaps you could be searching here because the problems that have somehow crept into your life have placed realization of your dreams and aspirations at a distance, even in peril? Could you be hoping to learn new ways to negotiate more effectively with the problems, so that you can embark on the path toward your preferred vision of your life? I am an experienced guide, a diligent ally, respectful and culturally aware. I will accompany you on that unique path toward authoring a different, desired story of your life. Versed in Farsi and English and each culture, I invite you to embrace the riches of your culture and local knowledges.

I work fast, cut the fluff out, and am a straight-shooter with a warm caring heart. I work with adults with relationship/marital stress, anxiety, depression, and overall burnout. I also work with couples who are experiencing communication issues, infidelity, trust and intimacy issues, constant conflict, and who may be in urgent need of deciding on whether to “make up” or "break up.” One partner may be “leaning in” while the other is “leaning out” of the relationship. One partner may not believe in therapy. This is ok, and I work with one or both partners. Get clarity about your situation ASAP.

Welcome! My name is Kelly and I look forward to meeting you! I’m here to help you work through the ups and downs of life, providing a supportive and trusting environment, and allowing you to be your most authentic self. My goal as a therapist is to help you better understand your strengths, how to incorporate them in daily life. You can expect to learn and implement additional skills to help empower you to be the best version of yourself. I have experience working in various settings, including school, substance facilities, detention centers, as well as an outpatient office setting.

Does everyone depend on you to make decisions and solve their problems? Even when you are going through a rough time do your friends and family still ask you to do things for them because they are so used to you always being available? Is it easier to make what you want secondary? Does keeping the peace come at the expense of you not having a happy and fulfilling life? Do you lose your identity and not know who you are when you are in a relationship?

Whether you are experiencing a change or wanting to make one, the therapy process can help you through it. Finding a therapist that fits your needs is important. I work hard to meet clients "where they are" in making change, and approach therapy in a non-judgmental, transparent, collaborative, authentic, open, warm, and direct manner. I prioritize open dialogue about our therapy process to ensure you are getting what you want from our work together, and invite client feedback to hold me accountable to providing good clinical service. I am an active therapist, and see my role as guiding clients through an often unfamiliar process.

It is deeply discouraging when you try to change painful feelings, behaviors or life situations and you can't. If this is your experience, I am available to help restore your hope and confidence. As a psychologist, I combine years of training and experience providing researched treatments with warmth, intuition and a belief in the power of the human spirit to create a better life. I am continually inspired by my clients when they work hard to achieve their therapeutic goals and they discover their personal strengths.

Therapy is a process and a journey to becoming the best version of yourself. I have a deep appreciation for every one’s story. My passion is to help each person with whom I am lucky to work achieve breakthroughs and transform their life.

Brittany specializes in working with adolescents, adults and couples.

I currently provide in-office and telehealth sessions in Towson, MD. I hope our work together will free up space in your life to focus your energy and time on what is important to you. My approach is active and incorporates cognitive behavioral and interpersonal techniques as well as mindfulness. I have resided and worked in the greater Baltimore/D.C. area since 2012, previously living in Chicago.

Welcome! I have extensive experience helping adults and adolescents through a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, recent losses, life transitions, and relationship problems. I am experienced in and passionate about providing affirming care for LGBTQ+ individuals. I work collaboratively with my clients to help each person find the best approach unique to them. I understand the transformative power of finding a trusted therapist, and I would love to be able to offer that to you.

This practice is only accepting MBCT group clients. Life can be difficult. We frequently face challenges that push us to our limits, making it difficult to cope and see options. During hard times it is helpful to have increased support and guidance. I am a Licensed Psychologist and have been in practice since 2005. In my work, I strive to be empathic, encouraging and challenging, assisting clients in making significant life changes. I pride myself in being a strong listener who will work to understand you and respond without judgment.

I am using both Teletherapy and in-person sessions to help those who are feeling exhausted from the demands of their current life circumstances, concerned over their capacity to move through these circumstances with what they now believe about themselves, conflicted over their personal or professional relationship(s), troubled by family members who are struggling, suffering from a psychological or physical dependence on an addictive substance or behavior, living with chronic or situational depression, anger, anxiety, Adult ADHD, PTSD, and those whose personality traits make life more complicated than it needs to be.

Diksha believes that all the resources a client needs to heal are already within them. He doesn’t view therapy as simply talking for an hour each week, but instead seeks to offer a systematic path of self-transformation – that can give you as much as you put in. Diksha focuses on creating a trusting, real, and non-judgemental environment that allows the client’s authentic self to emerge. He works from an Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach that guides clients in practical and thorough inner-work. This systematic approach aims at healing the “roots” of our psychological issues, rather than just managing our symptoms.

My therapeutic approach is to work with you identifying your potential and the factors that maybe preventing you from achieving your goals. Together we will find and tailor the best therapeutic intervention to assist you. I am a culturally sensitive therapist with ample experience working with the Latino/Hispanic community as well as the Brazilian community. I am a board approved clinical supervisor and offer supervision for LGPCs and for LCPCs. I have 46 years of clinical experience initially as a physician and psychiatrist in Brazil, my birth country, and subsequently as a psychotherapist in the United States.

Dr.. Shokek is a psychologist with expertise in treating eating disorders, trauma/PTSD, dissociation, and depression. She has been practicing psychotherapy for twenty years and has been in private practice in Towson since 2014. She completed two year-long predoctoral internships: The first in inpatient eating disorders, the second in college counseling. After earning her doctorate from Widener University's Institute for Graduate Clinical Psych, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Sheppard Pratt's Trauma D/Os Program. She has worked extensively with college students and mental health professionals.