Autism Therapists in Gaithersburg, MD
The life you are living might not feel like the life you want. Do you feel controlled by your emotions instead of being in control of them? Do you feel like a prisoner of your circumstances? Are you overwhelmed and frustrated but can't find a way out? As soon as you deal with one thing, something else would happen and just bring you down. All this would leave you feeling emotionally, mentally, and spiritually depleted. Sounds familiar?
The life you are living might not feel like the life you want. Do you feel controlled by your emotions instead of being in control of them? Do you feel like a prisoner of your circumstances? Are you overwhelmed and frustrated but can't find a way out? As soon as you deal with one thing, something else would happen and just bring you down. All this would leave you feeling emotionally, mentally, and spiritually depleted. Sounds familiar?
Solange Toussaint
Pre-Licensed Professional, LGPC
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (Online Only)
I emphasise identity and culture, relationships, early life experiences and social structures and their effects on an individuals mental health. Clients living with anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder and substance use learn to identify stressors, regulate mood, enhance distress tolerance, improve communication and implement adaptable coping for stress. I support my clients through getting back to identifying their personal needs and getting those needs met on their own and through others. I use motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment theory, solution focused, direct and holistic therapy.
I emphasise identity and culture, relationships, early life experiences and social structures and their effects on an individuals mental health. Clients living with anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder and substance use learn to identify stressors, regulate mood, enhance distress tolerance, improve communication and implement adaptable coping for stress. I support my clients through getting back to identifying their personal needs and getting those needs met on their own and through others. I use motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment theory, solution focused, direct and holistic therapy.
Frandi Mars Integrative And Holistic
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, Health , Coach
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Are you experiencing major anxiety and/or depression? Are you stuck in a place of chronic overwhelm? Do you have chronic fatigue, joint aches, pain, digestive issues no matter what you try? Is your child experiencing mental health and/or behavioral issues? As a clinical social worker for the last 25 years and a Health Coach for 11, I combine an integrative and holistic approach to emotional AND physical well-being. We all deal with daily stress, loss, and crisis, but if we feel better physically and learn tools and techniques how to handle the stress, we will be better equipped to face the challenges that are presented to us.
Are you experiencing major anxiety and/or depression? Are you stuck in a place of chronic overwhelm? Do you have chronic fatigue, joint aches, pain, digestive issues no matter what you try? Is your child experiencing mental health and/or behavioral issues? As a clinical social worker for the last 25 years and a Health Coach for 11, I combine an integrative and holistic approach to emotional AND physical well-being. We all deal with daily stress, loss, and crisis, but if we feel better physically and learn tools and techniques how to handle the stress, we will be better equipped to face the challenges that are presented to us.
Kathleen Van Meter
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, C-DBT
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
I am currently licensed at the clinical level (LCSW-C) to practice social work in Maryland. I utilize a direct, yet warm and affirming approach in therapy. Each client is unique and I work hard to assist clients in achieving his or her treatment goals through Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Solution- Focused Therapy. Much of my work focuses on Mindfulness and supportive therapies.
I am currently licensed at the clinical level (LCSW-C) to practice social work in Maryland. I utilize a direct, yet warm and affirming approach in therapy. Each client is unique and I work hard to assist clients in achieving his or her treatment goals through Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Solution- Focused Therapy. Much of my work focuses on Mindfulness and supportive therapies.
Rachel Messar-Hernandez
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Welcome! Thank you for visiting my profile. I have had the privilege of working with children, teens, adults, couples and families on a wide range of issues such as ADHD/ADD, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma/PTSD, Behavioral problems,Self esteem, Family Issues and many others. If you, your child or family member are dealing with a specific problem or any unresolved problem that is making you feel "stuck" in life, I am here to listen and work collaboratively with you to improve your life. ***Now accepting Cigna Insurance! ***Now offering Online therapy!!
Welcome! Thank you for visiting my profile. I have had the privilege of working with children, teens, adults, couples and families on a wide range of issues such as ADHD/ADD, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma/PTSD, Behavioral problems,Self esteem, Family Issues and many others. If you, your child or family member are dealing with a specific problem or any unresolved problem that is making you feel "stuck" in life, I am here to listen and work collaboratively with you to improve your life. ***Now accepting Cigna Insurance! ***Now offering Online therapy!!
Kaylan Cramer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20884 (Online Only)
I believe that true healing happens when a challenge is addressed holistically, and when the client is seen as a whole person. Therapy with me is a safe space to explore your connection with any uncomfortable emotions, disruptive thoughts and behavioral patterns, as well as, complicated relationships with the individuals in your life. I am especially passionate about working with those who suffer with pain and trauma from the past and who are interested in exploring how it affects their everyday life.
I believe that true healing happens when a challenge is addressed holistically, and when the client is seen as a whole person. Therapy with me is a safe space to explore your connection with any uncomfortable emotions, disruptive thoughts and behavioral patterns, as well as, complicated relationships with the individuals in your life. I am especially passionate about working with those who suffer with pain and trauma from the past and who are interested in exploring how it affects their everyday life.
Luke Golden
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (Online Only)
Limited appointments available. All appointments are currently online via secured telehealth platforms. Help is a click away! Symptoms involving trauma, anxiety, depression, and challenges with relationships often make us feel isolated. Gaining insight, awareness, motivation, and tools to improve well being are my primary focus. This can be a difficult process but it can also be an enjoyable one. A relaxed, nonjudgmental environment will allow for work to be done that can last decades and permanently improve happiness.
Limited appointments available. All appointments are currently online via secured telehealth platforms. Help is a click away! Symptoms involving trauma, anxiety, depression, and challenges with relationships often make us feel isolated. Gaining insight, awareness, motivation, and tools to improve well being are my primary focus. This can be a difficult process but it can also be an enjoyable one. A relaxed, nonjudgmental environment will allow for work to be done that can last decades and permanently improve happiness.
David Jun Selleh
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
I am a courageously curious, deeply relational, and gently direct psychotherapist. I support individuals, couples, and families in more fully connecting with self and others. My style draws primarily from Gestalt: an experiential, relational, here-and-now-oriented, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approach. I utilize mindfulness, somatic/body process, role-reversal, enactment, dreams, parts work, and other creative experiments. I also integrate Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, Psychedelic/Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, and other frameworks as needed.
I am a courageously curious, deeply relational, and gently direct psychotherapist. I support individuals, couples, and families in more fully connecting with self and others. My style draws primarily from Gestalt: an experiential, relational, here-and-now-oriented, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed approach. I utilize mindfulness, somatic/body process, role-reversal, enactment, dreams, parts work, and other creative experiments. I also integrate Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, Psychedelic/Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, and other frameworks as needed.
Do you feel misunderstood or that you can’t let anyone see who you really are? Maybe you can’t understand why your thoughts and feelings are always trying to take you hostage? Locking away who you are has made it difficult to connect with others and left you feeling alone. I love to give people the freedom to embrace and understand their emotions. As your guide, you will begin to drop the fear and exhaustion of trying to keep it all together so perfectly & embrace your own truth. You will begin to accept and love yourself just as you are!
Do you feel misunderstood or that you can’t let anyone see who you really are? Maybe you can’t understand why your thoughts and feelings are always trying to take you hostage? Locking away who you are has made it difficult to connect with others and left you feeling alone. I love to give people the freedom to embrace and understand their emotions. As your guide, you will begin to drop the fear and exhaustion of trying to keep it all together so perfectly & embrace your own truth. You will begin to accept and love yourself just as you are!
Life happens to all of us; stressors are inevitable, unresolved feelings may arise and it can all be just a little bit overwhelming. Despite our best efforts we may find ourselves overly stressed, alone, anxious, or just tired. Whether it’s dealing with a transition, a loss, a tragedy, a relationship, or just the daily highs and lows, we all deserve a place to decompress and process what life throws at us. Maybe this is a tough season for you, or maybe you just need support as you work on your goals. Therapy should act as both a safe space filled with warmth and compassion, and a brave space that challenges and empowers.
Life happens to all of us; stressors are inevitable, unresolved feelings may arise and it can all be just a little bit overwhelming. Despite our best efforts we may find ourselves overly stressed, alone, anxious, or just tired. Whether it’s dealing with a transition, a loss, a tragedy, a relationship, or just the daily highs and lows, we all deserve a place to decompress and process what life throws at us. Maybe this is a tough season for you, or maybe you just need support as you work on your goals. Therapy should act as both a safe space filled with warmth and compassion, and a brave space that challenges and empowers.
You find yourself with an area or multiple places in your life that just don't work for you. This can be expressed as fear, anger, frustration, confusion, overwhelm or burnout. You know that you cannot continue this way & falling apart isn’t an option. Let me walk alongside you as you gain clarity into your internal challenges: Relationship issues, workplace challenges, entrepreneurship, self care/love, living with mood differences - anxiety, trauma, childhood trauma, neuro-divergence and care giver. When you can’t STOP doing life, I can help you find a PAUSE by connecting with practices and mindsets that will serve & support you!
You find yourself with an area or multiple places in your life that just don't work for you. This can be expressed as fear, anger, frustration, confusion, overwhelm or burnout. You know that you cannot continue this way & falling apart isn’t an option. Let me walk alongside you as you gain clarity into your internal challenges: Relationship issues, workplace challenges, entrepreneurship, self care/love, living with mood differences - anxiety, trauma, childhood trauma, neuro-divergence and care giver. When you can’t STOP doing life, I can help you find a PAUSE by connecting with practices and mindsets that will serve & support you!
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Using a warm and encouraging space, I help clients feel supported, inspired, and empowered to make meaningful and lasting change. I often say that attending therapy is like cleaning out your emotional closet. At first, it may feel intimidating to sort through the things that have been building up for months, years, even decades. Maybe the piles seem a little overwhelming. Maybe you feel stuck. I'm here to help you take all of the clothes out, sort through them, and find a place for what is important and fulfilling. I'll help you learn the skills you can use to maintain your emotional closet - even after our goals together are met.
Using a warm and encouraging space, I help clients feel supported, inspired, and empowered to make meaningful and lasting change. I often say that attending therapy is like cleaning out your emotional closet. At first, it may feel intimidating to sort through the things that have been building up for months, years, even decades. Maybe the piles seem a little overwhelming. Maybe you feel stuck. I'm here to help you take all of the clothes out, sort through them, and find a place for what is important and fulfilling. I'll help you learn the skills you can use to maintain your emotional closet - even after our goals together are met.
Russian and/or English speaking individuals and couples work with me to gain insight and address thought, behavior, relationship and mood patterns that affect their mental health. We explore, identify and implement coping strategies to improve or manage conflict, impulsivity, self-esteem, shame, grief, transitions, infidelity, anxiety, depression, ADHD, identity challenges, misaligned values and more. You'll develop skills to identify feelings; communicate effectively; manage conflict; reframe irrational thoughts; regulate emotions; change or leverage behaviors; increase distress tolerance; improve interpersonal skills and more.
Russian and/or English speaking individuals and couples work with me to gain insight and address thought, behavior, relationship and mood patterns that affect their mental health. We explore, identify and implement coping strategies to improve or manage conflict, impulsivity, self-esteem, shame, grief, transitions, infidelity, anxiety, depression, ADHD, identity challenges, misaligned values and more. You'll develop skills to identify feelings; communicate effectively; manage conflict; reframe irrational thoughts; regulate emotions; change or leverage behaviors; increase distress tolerance; improve interpersonal skills and more.
Stephanie Vancek Castro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSWC
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (Online Only)
Hi there! I am so glad you are here, welcome to therapy! I am a passionate, devoted therapist who would love to meet you! Message me for a free 20 min consultation via Zoom to meet and ask any questions before getting started. My goal is to support your mental and emotional health in order for you to get back to the best version of yourself and start living a fulfilled life. Life is hard enough, don’t do it alone, we need support. I provide support in many aspects of someone’s life- social, emotional, and spiritual needs. They all go hand in hand. I meet you wherever you are in your journey, without judgment or my own agenda.
Hi there! I am so glad you are here, welcome to therapy! I am a passionate, devoted therapist who would love to meet you! Message me for a free 20 min consultation via Zoom to meet and ask any questions before getting started. My goal is to support your mental and emotional health in order for you to get back to the best version of yourself and start living a fulfilled life. Life is hard enough, don’t do it alone, we need support. I provide support in many aspects of someone’s life- social, emotional, and spiritual needs. They all go hand in hand. I meet you wherever you are in your journey, without judgment or my own agenda.
Dr. Joan Moore (she/her) has a passion for helping people navigate the complexities of life and strives to assist them with reaching their personal goals. Joan uses a cognitive behavioral, trauma-informed, and integrative approach to help individuals and couples explore their thoughts, emotions, and life experiences. Joan is particularly interested in working with survivors of trauma, adults, couples, adolescents and their families, and individuals from marginalized communities. She takes a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach, recognizing the impact systemic oppression and stigma can have on a person's wellbeing.
Dr. Joan Moore (she/her) has a passion for helping people navigate the complexities of life and strives to assist them with reaching their personal goals. Joan uses a cognitive behavioral, trauma-informed, and integrative approach to help individuals and couples explore their thoughts, emotions, and life experiences. Joan is particularly interested in working with survivors of trauma, adults, couples, adolescents and their families, and individuals from marginalized communities. She takes a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach, recognizing the impact systemic oppression and stigma can have on a person's wellbeing.
Heuristic Therapeutic Services, LLC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC-S
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Arvin Sanders
Pre-Licensed Professional, PhD
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Do you ever feel like no one really listens to you or understands you? Are you a person of color or a part of the LGBTQIA+ community and feel discriminated against or rejected? Life comes with many challenges and while you may try your hardest to beat those challenges but sometimes you need a little help. So how can I help? My goal is to assist you with self-discovery, self-healing, and empowerment to face life head-on. I specialize in working with adults and adolescents with of various racial identities and/or sexual identities.
Do you ever feel like no one really listens to you or understands you? Are you a person of color or a part of the LGBTQIA+ community and feel discriminated against or rejected? Life comes with many challenges and while you may try your hardest to beat those challenges but sometimes you need a little help. So how can I help? My goal is to assist you with self-discovery, self-healing, and empowerment to face life head-on. I specialize in working with adults and adolescents with of various racial identities and/or sexual identities.
Marwan Castellani
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Gaithersburg, MD 20886 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
Thank you for taking the time to take a deep breath and acknowledging that you would like to seek help for what is causing difficulty in your life at this moment. You have just taken a most courageous step. I would like to assist you in taking this all important first step by working with you to develop coping skills and strategies.
Thank you for taking the time to take a deep breath and acknowledging that you would like to seek help for what is causing difficulty in your life at this moment. You have just taken a most courageous step. I would like to assist you in taking this all important first step by working with you to develop coping skills and strategies.
Marina Tudor
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, MS, NCC, LCPC, EMDR
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20879 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
You are beautiful, you are loved, you are creating yourself... let's embark on the journey of unfolding the best version of YOU. I sense your pain/ struggle; together we'll create the process of your healing and growth. I worked with clients at all developmental stages and issues - from crisis, trauma, special needs, adjustment, to managing clinical intensity mental health disorders, loss, family strategies. I am dynamic/ creative, I use techniques involving EMDR, visuals, movement, drawing, meditation, videos, reflection. Together, we'll create strategies that can take you where you want to be in your inner balance circumstances.
You are beautiful, you are loved, you are creating yourself... let's embark on the journey of unfolding the best version of YOU. I sense your pain/ struggle; together we'll create the process of your healing and growth. I worked with clients at all developmental stages and issues - from crisis, trauma, special needs, adjustment, to managing clinical intensity mental health disorders, loss, family strategies. I am dynamic/ creative, I use techniques involving EMDR, visuals, movement, drawing, meditation, videos, reflection. Together, we'll create strategies that can take you where you want to be in your inner balance circumstances.
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