Racial Identity Therapists in Baltimore, MD

I am a therapist motivated to guide and support you through your journey of growth. My therapeutic style is client-centered with a focus on building emotional resilience, reducing stress, and restoring confidence. I use integrative mindfulness-based techniques to empower clients to take back control of their mental and physical being. In addition, I utilize cognitive behavioral therapy and skill-building interventions to help clients make sense of the past while building new resources to take ownership of the future. I have worked with individuals from many ethnic backgrounds and diverse lifestyles.

Therapists at Transitional Care Services assist clients with life challenges, relationship issues, behavioral issues, depression, anxiety, trauma, and persistent mental illness changing lives one person at a time. Transitional Care Services is staffed with dedicated professionals with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health.

Want to support your transgender or nonbinary child? Looking for a therapist with some shared lived experiences but also plain old therapist experience? People who work with me say things like "I'm worried about a relationship", "Life totally sucks right now and I don't know what to do", "How do I navigate parenthood on top of everything else"?, "It's hard to find my community and I'm lonely", "I've becoming a 'professional gay' which comes with its own challenges" . "I am leaving or have left an abusive relationship". If you're ready for some deep exploration that honors your values, culture, and spiritual practices, let's do it!

Life comes in waves. We all have our stressful moments and difficult situations but, at times, our ability to ride the waves falters. Maybe you are noticing that you haven’t been feeling your best recently or even for a long time now. You may be noticing your relationships with others beginning to become strained. Or you may have lost someone important in your life and found yourself struggling to cope. Sometimes it might feel as though you’re alone with your struggles or that people do not truly see you.

I believe that mental health is a journey and I hope to join you on that journey. My work is based in community wisdom, social justice, cultural humility, sex-positivity, and care and respect for all my client’s identities. I believe that therapy is a personal experience that can be supported by a mental health professional. I hope to be a part of that journey. I hold licensure in Maryland, Washington, DC and California.

Immediate Openings! Under the supervision of the well-known Lacanian psychoanalyst Bruce Fink, I strive to empower my patients to develop a deep sense of curiosity and compassion towards themselves as well as their pain and suffering. During my education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Johns Hopkins University and postgraduate private practice experience, I am experienced in working with late stage adolescents and adults from various cultural backgrounds facing various issues such as depression, anxiety, grief and loss, interpersonal relations, cultural adjustment issues faced by immigration families, international students.

Living with anxiety/OCD/ADHD, feeling as if living "between two worlds" by virtue of all of your intersecting identities, and feeling confused about why your past haunts you (and why your most important relationships are suffering) can culminate in helplessness and despair. By creating a non-judgmental, open, and relational space for both reflection and exploration, I can meet you as you are and help you forge and narrate a path that fits. I help you better understand why you experience yourself and the world as you do and identify how you can be more present and move forward with tools, skills, and greater agency in your life.

Grief can be isolating. You might be scared to feel the gravity of a loss, afraid you will fall apart. The pain is unavoidable, however, the suffering can be reduced by learning healthy ways to cope and build meaning. In addition to grief work, I enjoy working with adults struggling with anxiety/OCD as well as postpartum concerns. Being a parent is both wonderful and brutal. You are trying to survive adjusting to a totally new way of life. It can be challenging, but you are not alone. I will help you strategize to most effectively utilize your support system and walk with you as you navigate this period.

As my practice’s name implies, we can all feel broken at times. And to compound matters, we might face discrimination through no fault of our own—on the basis of race, sexual orientation, gender, finances, age, health or ability status, or neurocognitive differences. In my years of practice with the chronically ill and under-housed, I’ve seen and addressed the fallout from stigma and institutional barriers all day every day. So that’s the bad news, which you probably already know.

You are brave, curious and brilliant but feel like you are an imposter and never good enough. You have tried people pleasing and a relentless pursuit of self-improvement strategies but can’t shake off the feeling of not being worthy. You long for true belonging, confidence and to live your most authentic expression by releasing old patterns that no longer serve you. You are not alone. I believe that we all have inherent within us expansive wisdom, and capacity to heal. We can't always access our truest Self because of past trauma, societal pressures and habitual patterns that keep us disengaged from our true nature.

Many people come to me concerned that therapy cannot work for them. They feel hopeless, or discouraged, or worried that they are beyond help. In fact, some have had previous therapy experiences that have reinforced these fears. If that is your experience, don't give up hope. We will work together to create a treatment plan tailored to address your individual needs. I am an active and engaged therapist, which means I will not sit back and quietly smoke a pipe while you lie on my office couch. I strive to create a collaborative therapy environment where you are an equal partner in identifying your treatment goals.

Diverse couples and individuals clients work with me to process and identify strategies to alleviate distress caused by identity, relationship challenges, neurodivergence, caretaking, overwhelm, transitions, guilt/shame, trauma, mood swings and more. We'll use solution-focused, dialectical behavior therapy, attachment, multicultural approaches, and cognitive behavioral frameworks to improve communication, regulate mood, implement new behaviors and decrease symptoms of anxiety, PTSD, depression, ADHD and more. We'll explore and understand your thoughts, behaviors, relationship and mood patterns and make incremental change.

Navigating life's challenges can be overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone. As a dedicated mental health professional in training, supervised by Badia Khalid-Manning, LCPC, I specialize in providing compassionate and effective counseling to individuals and couples. My approach is tailored to meet your unique needs, fostering a safe, inclusive, and affirming environment where you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences.

Are you seeking a therapist who strives to understand your unique experiences and identities? You deserve a safe haven where you can explore your innermost thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment. With over 10 years of experience in the mental health field, Philicia Ross is the founder of Village of Sound Mind. This solo practice is dedicated to Black women, non-men, and queer folx. Philicia specializes in helping those who are contending with childhood and sexual traumas, life transitions, and communication in relationships.

Please visit www.innocounseling.com/book-online to see my calendar to schedule a 15-minute consultation with me. My ideal client is an adolescent attending high school, whose dealing with emotional issues in their school settings, they're in need of some guidance in determining an appropriate identity and career path. They're seeking vocational guidance from a lack of understanding of the world of work and how their unique abilities and skills fit into it.

The human mind is an amazing entity, its capacity unparalleled, and yet we sometimes work against our own best interests and purposes. Psychotherapy can be a mirror into the soul, enabling access to one's potential for healing, growth, and empowerment. I utilize a variety of modalities, including CBT and DBT informed interventions, Emotion Focused therapy, Interpersonal and psychodynamic theories and interventions to address anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties , and, problem solving in all realms. As an RN and LCSW-C I have many years experience. I welcome adults of all ages.

Life presents us with many challenges, often when we feel least prepared. Nevertheless, it is not necessary to face them alone. If you have been seeking a secure, compassionate, and non-judgmental environment to recognize difficulties, enhance your strengths, and harmonize with your personal values to enhance your mental well-being, let’s work together to accomplish your goals.

Jeremy Darden, LCSW-C is the co-founder of Intentional Healing Space, LLC a wellness program focused on empowering individuals along the journey of restorative living. We specialize in helping individuals to align mind, body, heart and spirit through a holistic approach that utilizes psychotherapy, reiki, yoga, aromatherapy, and counseling.

I believe everyone was chosen for purpose. My goal is to hold a space designed for self-exploration, empowerment, and wholeness. It is a team effort, so lets go on this therapy journey together as you seek to heal from past hurts, build healthy relationships, grow, and learn the tools needed to achieve your true purpose in life.