Somatic Therapists in Frederick County, MD

Life is full of bumps in the road and detours. Many of them we can navigate on our own. The big boulders and wrong turns, however, may require a guide and new tools. Depressed? Anxious? Stressed? Feeling stuck? Not sure of your purpose anymore? At a cross road? This approach is for those desiring strategies to come back into alignment and use obstacles as growth opportunities and self discovery.

I am a Somatic Experiencing Psychotherapist with a mind-body-spirit approach to healing that supports my clients to be resilient and to thrive. Whether you feel stuck, anxious, or depressed, I hold space for you to heal old wounds, connect more intimately with the people you love, and feel a deeper sense of resilience and happiness. I also facilitate workshops for work teams and groups on embodied mindfulness, compassion, and leadership.

Do you feel ready for more growth? Maybe you’re dealing with painful unresolved feelings, or navigating a significant life transition. Perhaps you've been in therapy before, but now want to go deeper. If you're like many of my clients, you function well on the outside but still feel unhappy or unfulfilled inside. Even if you can’t put your finger on it, you sense it’s time to make some changes. You have multifaceted emotions you want to work through, and you want a trusted, experienced professional who can help you move through the impasse you’re experiencing so you can fulfill your life potential.

Are you looking for a deeper sense of contentment, well-being and maybe even putting the FUN back in your life? Through the integration of traditional talk therapy, life coaching, pragmatic somatic experiences and spiritually based mindfulness practices, you will experience a greater sense of calm and understanding of the whole self. Pam incorporates a variety of modalities individualized for each client. Encounter possibilities for change and restoration of balance leading to a heightened sense of joy. You will feel the synergistic confluence of the prepared therapeutic space and the mind body connection.

My clinical practice centers around therapeutic modalities that view peoples' minds, bodies, hearts, and souls as one. I believe that valuing this interconnectedness is one of the most important factors in restoration, growth, and finding your inner-light. One way to find and re-connect with ourselves is through the practice of Ecotherapy, a therapeutic approach that encourages people to undertake a healing journey through our relationship with nature. This can look like (but is not limited to) incorporating the outdoors into session, utilizing somatic interventions, and engaging creative expression that uses natural materials.

Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in unproductive patterns? Do you find yourself freezing up, picking fights, running away or turning to addictions in the face of conflict? Take the first step towards a more fulfilling life with compassionate & expert support. In a warm & loving environment, I guide my clients one step at a time toward reaching their goals. My approach integrates evidence-based techniques with a deep understanding of each client’s unique story. This personalized care is tailored to your needs so that wholeness & happiness can be achieved, no matter the trauma and negative experiences that have occurred.

Thank You. We will design a healing journey that is uniquely yours! Specializing in trauma resolution and spiritually integrated psychotherapy. Working together considering all factors of mind, body, and spirit. Honoring chronic illness; reviewing your spiritual life or lack of; what you eat or don't; your thoughts and what you are afraid to think; how you move or are unable to move; what you vision for your-Self and what gets in the way. Acknowledging the great mystery of suffering and how to find meaning. Exploring your resiliency and your innate capacity to heal - seeking your strengths and what brings joy and happiness!

Hello! My name is Andrea Boyd, (she, her) LCSW-C and I am a psychotherapist specializing in working with teens and young adults. I use an integrative trauma informed and attachment based approach to help young people develop positive self identity, cope with hard times, form healthy, and heal from past traumas and negative beliefs.

I love helping people feel heard, understood, and seen through a compassionate and empathic approach to therapy. I work with a broad range of people, from elementary schoolers to adults. I love working with kids, teens, young adults, and women. I have experience working in a crisis center, schools, and private practice, and approach my work through a trauma-informed lens. I have supported people who have experienced trauma, domestic violence, sexual assault, unexpected crisis, chronic health problems, grief, anxiety, depression, life transitions, parenting issues, problems at school, and problems with emotion regulation.

Ideally, I'd treat clients with a trauma history. Someone with a mixture of short and long term trauma. My ideal client is eager to learn and wants to find a way to become their own safe space. Someone who wants to learn how to set and maintain healthy boundaries, find out their triggers, and treat themselves with patience.

Whether it’s your first time or you’ve been in therapy before, I’m glad you’re here! My hope is to create a safe, encouraging and oftentimes silly and sarcastic environment to partner with you in the next step of your story. I’m a licensed certified social worker - clinical and a psychotherapist. My time working as a psychotherapist in schools and the surrounding community has led me to become passionate in addressing and advocating for a person's needs and strengths. I enjoy working with adolescents, adults and families to address a wide variety of concerns including life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-esteem.

I deeply respect your autonomy and worth; and utilize a relational, client-centered, neuroaffirming approach to care.

Bessel van der Kolk once wrote that “trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on the mind, brain, and body. This imprint has ongoing consequences for how the human organism manages to survive in the present.” I have come to have enormous respect for the wide range of defense mechanisms each of us creates to help us survive trauma and problematic fits with our environment. I enjoy helping others to understand and cultivate compassion towards these parts of ourselves and to build new, more adaptive ways of coping and ultimately thriving.

Betsy is trained in Internal Family Systems Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Somatic therapies. She enjoys helping clients reduce physical and emotional stress, release old burdens, guilt and shame, improve self-esteem and vitality, and heal from old trauma. She finds these therapies to be transformative, healing, and life changing. With more than thirty years' experience practicing psychotherapy, Betsy holds a master's degree in counseling psychology, Keene, NH and a bachelor's degree in Transpersonal Psychology, Burlington College, Vermont.

I have a passion for helping others heal naturally with a focus on you as a Whole Person-Mind, Body, Spiritual Holistic approach. I have been in the field for 21 years now working with children, adolescents, adults. I treat those 18 years old over. I am also licensed in the state of MD and can provide telehealth mainly. I am in MD Optum/UHC, CareFirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Medicaid insurances. I integrate traditional talk therapy interventions and can use Expressive Arts in sessions. I am also a Certified Facilitator for Dancing Mindfulness, a therapeutic Creative Movement/Meditation practice to assist with somatic awareness.

Are you or your child struggling at home, school, work, or in peer relationships? I specialize in helping people heal from any difficult situation, experience, or trauma. I'm here to support you into new insights and get you unstuck. I work with children, teens, and adults who are looking to find integrative and holistic methods to real mind-body healing. Anxiety, trauma, depression, perfectionism, grief, and life transitions. Together we will make sure that you take charge of your life in a way that helps you thrive. I especially love to blend ancient healing approaches with modern therapies for true somatic based healing.

My goal is to provide and warm and nurturing environment for those who are in pain or simply want to grow in some area of your life. I find that I work particularly well with women. Perhaps you are wrestling with some issue related to your sense of identity, anxiety or depression. Whether these issues are related to events in your past or current relationships, I will help you explore and understand them so that you can open the door to greater growth and healing.

I enjoy working with individuals who are struggling to overcome obstacles and cope with triggers which may impede their ability to fully engage with life in a wholesome way. Maybe conflict is getting in the way of having fulfilling relationships. Maybe life's stressors are overwhelming the senses or triggering painful emotions. Maybe coping skills are limited and resilience feels unattainable. Goals of therapy can include identifying and coping with, in a safe and healthy way, those obstacles that are keeping a person stuck, as a start.

By arriving to this page you are taking a courageous step toward healing. I want you to know that life can and will get easier. You probably need a bit of support with managing life as a mom. We all do! I specialize in supporting your mental health and wellness throughout preconception, fertility challenges, loss, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and parenting. You do not need to suffer alone with grief, anxiety or depression.