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Rachel Ama Kwadu
Counselor, LGPC
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
College Park, MD 20740  (Online Only)
Maternal and reproductive health, shame, grief, avoidance, sadness, overwhelm, flashbacks, relationship issues, transitions, worry, career work stress, sadness, immigrant identities, self-doubt and trauma are my expertise. We'll process the psychological stress caused by interactions with people, places and systems that are demeaning, hostile, dismissive and insensitive. My clients are able to improve or better manage distress tolerance; communication and relationships; ​assertiveness and autonomy; address family-of-origin challenges; life transitions; trauma and more. I diagnose and treat anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD and more.
Maternal and reproductive health, shame, grief, avoidance, sadness, overwhelm, flashbacks, relationship issues, transitions, worry, career work stress, sadness, immigrant identities, self-doubt and trauma are my expertise. We'll process the psychological stress caused by interactions with people, places and systems that are demeaning, hostile, dismissive and insensitive. My clients are able to improve or better manage distress tolerance; communication and relationships; ​assertiveness and autonomy; address family-of-origin challenges; life transitions; trauma and more. I diagnose and treat anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD and more.
(240) 213-9208 View (240) 213-9208
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Darwin Green
Counselor, LGPC
Verified Verified
Bowie, MD 20718
Darwin offers an individualized approach, implementing mindfulness-based, solutions-focused, narrative, family systems, attachment-based, and cognitive behavioral (CBT) interventions. He partners with his clients to identify both practical and insightful interventions that cultivate success in everyday life. Darwin provides a supportive, relaxed, and safe environment where you can work through and uncover difficult emotions and achieve personal growth. He strives to assist you to process trauma, conflicts, and everyday stress so that you may be your most healthy self and experience a more connected and fulfilled life.
Darwin offers an individualized approach, implementing mindfulness-based, solutions-focused, narrative, family systems, attachment-based, and cognitive behavioral (CBT) interventions. He partners with his clients to identify both practical and insightful interventions that cultivate success in everyday life. Darwin provides a supportive, relaxed, and safe environment where you can work through and uncover difficult emotions and achieve personal growth. He strives to assist you to process trauma, conflicts, and everyday stress so that you may be your most healthy self and experience a more connected and fulfilled life.
(443) 888-0887 View (443) 888-0887
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Sadia Aurna
LPC Intern
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Sadia has practiced providing Internal Family System Therapy (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT).
Sadia Aurna, Counselor-in-Training, provides therapy in an environment that is focused on the client’s individual growth and that is most of service to them. Sadia believes that the combination of skillful therapy with a fierce compassion for her client’s wellness helps them to reach their therapeutic goals. Sadia wants all parts of her clients to feel heard, respected, and appreciated as there is no bad part. She has lots of experience working with people in various capacities in different parts of the US. Fun Fact: Sadia has traveled to 25 states and hopes to visit all 50 states.
Sadia has practiced providing Internal Family System Therapy (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT).
Sadia Aurna, Counselor-in-Training, provides therapy in an environment that is focused on the client’s individual growth and that is most of service to them. Sadia believes that the combination of skillful therapy with a fierce compassion for her client’s wellness helps them to reach their therapeutic goals. Sadia wants all parts of her clients to feel heard, respected, and appreciated as there is no bad part. She has lots of experience working with people in various capacities in different parts of the US. Fun Fact: Sadia has traveled to 25 states and hopes to visit all 50 states.
(410) 514-6419 View (410) 514-6419
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Natalia Schuermann
LPC Intern
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Silver Spring, MD 20904  (Online Only)
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems, trauma informed care and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help you gain insight and skills.
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 in relationships; reframe irrational thoughts; regulate emotions; change or leverage behaviors; increase distress tolerance; improve interpersonal skills and more.
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems, trauma informed care and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help you gain insight and skills.
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 in relationships; reframe irrational thoughts; regulate emotions; change or leverage behaviors; increase distress tolerance; improve interpersonal skills and more.
(240) 222-5326 View (240) 222-5326
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Jaime Engrum
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
College Park, MD 20740  (Online Only)
We'll identify and implement skills to decrease, eliminate or manage anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, parenting, identity, transitions, roles and responsibilities, relationship, rumination and more. I work with clients to process their experiences, manage their reactions, understand and change behaviors, explore their thoughts, leverage their skills and strengths, resolve internal and relationship conflicts and gain coping skills for mental health disorders. I use trauma sensitive, solution focused, multicultural, mindfulness, relational and motivational approaches to support clients.
We'll identify and implement skills to decrease, eliminate or manage anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, parenting, identity, transitions, roles and responsibilities, relationship, rumination and more. I work with clients to process their experiences, manage their reactions, understand and change behaviors, explore their thoughts, leverage their skills and strengths, resolve internal and relationship conflicts and gain coping skills for mental health disorders. I use trauma sensitive, solution focused, multicultural, mindfulness, relational and motivational approaches to support clients.
(240) 692-3488 View (240) 692-3488
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Carrie Cornwell
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
11 Endorsed
College Park, MD 20742  (Online Only)
Increased ability to regulate emotions; emotional resilience; improved ability to identify and manage trigger; reduction in irrational thoughts; decrease in the frequency, duration and intensity of symptoms are some of my clients' treatment outcomes. I use CBT, DBT, Solution Focused and Trauma Focused therapies, reframing, mindfulness, validating statements, reflection of feeling and meaning and active listening. We'll explore and resolve the impact of the past current moods, thoughts, relationships, responses/reactions and more; moving you from making unintentional decisions to making more conscious and fulfilling choices.
Increased ability to regulate emotions; emotional resilience; improved ability to identify and manage trigger; reduction in irrational thoughts; decrease in the frequency, duration and intensity of symptoms are some of my clients' treatment outcomes. I use CBT, DBT, Solution Focused and Trauma Focused therapies, reframing, mindfulness, validating statements, reflection of feeling and meaning and active listening. We'll explore and resolve the impact of the past current moods, thoughts, relationships, responses/reactions and more; moving you from making unintentional decisions to making more conscious and fulfilling choices.
(240) 202-3925 View (240) 202-3925
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Alem Asefa
Counselor, LGPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Silver Spring, MD 20903  (Online Only)
Individuals looking to manage or eliminate depression, trauma, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, low self-esteem, health challenges, career stress, relationship issues, grief and loss, identity/immigrant experiences and transitions work with me to identify and implement strategies. Through identifying, understanding and evaluating emotional states, thinking and behavior patterns we eliminate and replace unproductive habits with more adaptive patterns toward an increased sense of well-being and ability to thrive and function satisfactorily.
Individuals looking to manage or eliminate depression, trauma, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, low self-esteem, health challenges, career stress, relationship issues, grief and loss, identity/immigrant experiences and transitions work with me to identify and implement strategies. Through identifying, understanding and evaluating emotional states, thinking and behavior patterns we eliminate and replace unproductive habits with more adaptive patterns toward an increased sense of well-being and ability to thrive and function satisfactorily.
(240) 221-5216 View (240) 221-5216

Online Therapists

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Center for Behavioral Health and Wellness, LLC
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Ellicott City, MD 21042
We prioritize your wholeness and invest ourselves in helping you thrive in your individual, family and social circles.
WE STRIVE TO PUT PATIENTS FIRST AND CARE FOR YOUR WHOLENESS. We are a multi-specialty psychiatric practice offering comprehensive psychological and psychiatric care to individuals, families, children, adults and seniors. We offer same day service in some instances. Our goal is to serve you with a holistic framework where we pay equal attention to the mind as we do to the body. Our treatment approach combines Eastern mindfulness perspectives and traditional Western psychiatric medicine to provide you with a perfect marriage of sorts. We are confident that you will become a better version of yourself if you give us a try.
We prioritize your wholeness and invest ourselves in helping you thrive in your individual, family and social circles.
WE STRIVE TO PUT PATIENTS FIRST AND CARE FOR YOUR WHOLENESS. We are a multi-specialty psychiatric practice offering comprehensive psychological and psychiatric care to individuals, families, children, adults and seniors. We offer same day service in some instances. Our goal is to serve you with a holistic framework where we pay equal attention to the mind as we do to the body. Our treatment approach combines Eastern mindfulness perspectives and traditional Western psychiatric medicine to provide you with a perfect marriage of sorts. We are confident that you will become a better version of yourself if you give us a try.
(202) 288-2834 View (202) 288-2834
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Barbara Adika
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20878  (Online Only)
Family-of-origin, chronic illness, career, caretaking, trauma and childhood experiences may cause mental health disorders or distress that affect relationships, education or career, general perception, body image and self-worth. My clients identify their natural strength to support the ability to enhance emotion regulation, increase resilience, focus, distress tolerance, communication, rational thinking and emotional safety. You'll process, gain insight and learn new patterns that are true to your identity, values, goals and more. While we talk about the past to understand root causes, our work is future focused.
Family-of-origin, chronic illness, career, caretaking, trauma and childhood experiences may cause mental health disorders or distress that affect relationships, education or career, general perception, body image and self-worth. My clients identify their natural strength to support the ability to enhance emotion regulation, increase resilience, focus, distress tolerance, communication, rational thinking and emotional safety. You'll process, gain insight and learn new patterns that are true to your identity, values, goals and more. While we talk about the past to understand root causes, our work is future focused.
(571) 506-6578 View (571) 506-6578
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Natalia Schuermann
LPC Intern
Verified Verified
11 Endorsed
Gaithersburg, MD 20878  (Online Only)
I use Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), family systems, attachment, existential approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and more.
Couples and individuals with diverse identity backgrounds work with me to process guilt related to caretaking; explore the reasons for certain behavior patterns; enahce communication; increase mood regulation; navigate career or relationship changes; explore identity; navigate marital challenges; and gain skills for anxiety, ADHD, depression, PTSD, addiction. We'll process and address cognitive, emotional and behavioral patterns that are affecting daily functioning, relationships and self-esteem. I work from a culturally competent stance, acknowledge the whole person and create a space that honors identity and intersectionality.
I use Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), family systems, attachment, existential approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and more.
Couples and individuals with diverse identity backgrounds work with me to process guilt related to caretaking; explore the reasons for certain behavior patterns; enahce communication; increase mood regulation; navigate career or relationship changes; explore identity; navigate marital challenges; and gain skills for anxiety, ADHD, depression, PTSD, addiction. We'll process and address cognitive, emotional and behavioral patterns that are affecting daily functioning, relationships and self-esteem. I work from a culturally competent stance, acknowledge the whole person and create a space that honors identity and intersectionality.
(301) 234-8720 View (301) 234-8720
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Saumya Kaup Davis
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Baltimore, MD 21211  (Online Only)
Hello and welcome. I am a Licensed and Board-Certified Therapist in Maryland and Pennsylvania with 10 years of professional work experience. I am a certified, as well as a lifelong, practitioner of meditation and yoga. My clinical experience comes from providing direct mental health and behavioral counseling for young children, teens, and adults with a variety of presenting issues including stress/anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship and family issues, trauma recovery, racialized and intergenerational trauma recovery, mood instability, ADHD and gender identity.
Hello and welcome. I am a Licensed and Board-Certified Therapist in Maryland and Pennsylvania with 10 years of professional work experience. I am a certified, as well as a lifelong, practitioner of meditation and yoga. My clinical experience comes from providing direct mental health and behavioral counseling for young children, teens, and adults with a variety of presenting issues including stress/anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship and family issues, trauma recovery, racialized and intergenerational trauma recovery, mood instability, ADHD and gender identity.
(215) 273-9336 View (215) 273-9336
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Simran Puri
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20878  (Online Only)
​I prioritize helping client honor and balance their personal identity, family values, cultural norms and cultural identities.
Adults work with me to gain support for identity exploration, insight and skills to manage or eliminate anxiety, substance use, overwhelm, mood changes, inadequacy, shame, worry, sadness, concentration, transitions/adjustment, immigrant/expat identity and experiences, relationships, trauma, grief and more. We'll collaborate to complete a comprehensive treatment plan/goals to guide our process. We will explore how and why you adopted certain cognitive, behavioral and emotional patterns and identify new skills to manage or eliminate symptoms. I can incorporate your values, faith and traditions.
​I prioritize helping client honor and balance their personal identity, family values, cultural norms and cultural identities.
Adults work with me to gain support for identity exploration, insight and skills to manage or eliminate anxiety, substance use, overwhelm, mood changes, inadequacy, shame, worry, sadness, concentration, transitions/adjustment, immigrant/expat identity and experiences, relationships, trauma, grief and more. We'll collaborate to complete a comprehensive treatment plan/goals to guide our process. We will explore how and why you adopted certain cognitive, behavioral and emotional patterns and identify new skills to manage or eliminate symptoms. I can incorporate your values, faith and traditions.
(202) 931-5895 View (202) 931-5895
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Thea Van Hemert
Pre-Licensed Professional, LGPC
Verified Verified
Gaithersburg, MD 20878  (Online Only)
Clients work with me to learn to form a positive relationships, manage overwhelm, adjust to marriage, process guilt and shame, process and cope with trauma, explore their identities, navigate family and relationship stress, address decreased interest or sleep challenges. We'll use solution-focused, dialectical behavior therapy, trauma informed care 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.
Clients work with me to learn to form a positive relationships, manage overwhelm, adjust to marriage, process guilt and shame, process and cope with trauma, explore their identities, navigate family and relationship stress, address decreased interest or sleep challenges. We'll use solution-focused, dialectical behavior therapy, trauma informed care 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.
(202) 860-1323 View (202) 860-1323
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Reji Abhilash
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Rockville, MD 20852
My ideal client is one who has psychological mindedness to seek help & attains mental stability & self-acceptance to overcome their distress. I have the privilege of working with a wide variety of clients (children, adolescents, and adults) in providing appropriate interventions, targeting recovery & progress. I provide specialized evidence-based intervention for clients diagnosed with anxiety (OCD, panic attacks & social anxiety), depression, grief, trauma and PTSD, addiction, schizophrenia, bipolar & personality disorders (BPD), Alzheimer's & dementia including caretaking burden of the family to improve their quality of life.
My ideal client is one who has psychological mindedness to seek help & attains mental stability & self-acceptance to overcome their distress. I have the privilege of working with a wide variety of clients (children, adolescents, and adults) in providing appropriate interventions, targeting recovery & progress. I provide specialized evidence-based intervention for clients diagnosed with anxiety (OCD, panic attacks & social anxiety), depression, grief, trauma and PTSD, addiction, schizophrenia, bipolar & personality disorders (BPD), Alzheimer's & dementia including caretaking burden of the family to improve their quality of life.
(301) 900-6396 View (301) 900-6396
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Kami Sankar Boyle
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, EMDR-C, RYT-500
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Rockville, MD 20850
Hi! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified EMDR Therapist, Safe and Sound Protocol Certified Provider, and Registered Yoga Teacher with 20 years of clinical experience providing therapy services to individuals, groups, and families from culturally diverse and neuro-diverse backgrounds. I specialize in helping adolescents, adults, parents, and families heal from trauma, grief, stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship stressors.
Hi! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified EMDR Therapist, Safe and Sound Protocol Certified Provider, and Registered Yoga Teacher with 20 years of clinical experience providing therapy services to individuals, groups, and families from culturally diverse and neuro-diverse backgrounds. I specialize in helping adolescents, adults, parents, and families heal from trauma, grief, stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship stressors.
(301) 701-4955 View (301) 701-4955
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Kavita Pallod Sekhsaria
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
11 Endorsed
Gaithersburg, MD 20878  (Online Only)
Do you feel like you could be a better, happier version of yourself? Do you feel like your life just isn’t aligned with where you want it to be? Are you feeling disconnected from your partner, or from others that are important to you? I have found that the benefits of therapy can be profound. The quality of relationships can improve. It can bring meaning and fulfillment to work. Confidence and self worth can abound.
Do you feel like you could be a better, happier version of yourself? Do you feel like your life just isn’t aligned with where you want it to be? Are you feeling disconnected from your partner, or from others that are important to you? I have found that the benefits of therapy can be profound. The quality of relationships can improve. It can bring meaning and fulfillment to work. Confidence and self worth can abound.
(240) 202-3313 View (240) 202-3313
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Renu K. Aldrich
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
Chevy Chase, MD 20825  (Online Only)
Therapy can benefit you wherever you are in life, whether it's in the midst of a crisis, if you're feeling distant from a partner or your parents, or if you simply want to know yourself better. Providing therapy is a sacred calling for me, and I am honored to empower either individuals, couples, families, or groups to reach goals or explore the unknown. I use a systemic approach to help clients in the context of environments and identities. Together, we can grow and become the authors of our own stories. By accepting who we are and our imperfections, we increase our ability to love ourselves and connect more deeply with others.
Therapy can benefit you wherever you are in life, whether it's in the midst of a crisis, if you're feeling distant from a partner or your parents, or if you simply want to know yourself better. Providing therapy is a sacred calling for me, and I am honored to empower either individuals, couples, families, or groups to reach goals or explore the unknown. I use a systemic approach to help clients in the context of environments and identities. Together, we can grow and become the authors of our own stories. By accepting who we are and our imperfections, we increase our ability to love ourselves and connect more deeply with others.
(571) 570-3897 View (571) 570-3897
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Dr. Jeanni Aubee
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Gaithersburg, MD 20878  (Online Only)
Teens (13+) and adults gain insight and skills to decrease or eliminate anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, grief, that make school, relationships, work and everyday life difficult. We'll explore the impact early life experiences, relationships have on identity, thought, behavior and mood. We'll replace or reframe thoughts and interpretations, learn positive behavioral skills, develop healthy relationships and learn mood regulation. We'll identify triggers, understand how past experiences affects and informs the present, improve ability to regulate, and uncover patterns/trauma that impact you and implement new behavior patterns.
Teens (13+) and adults gain insight and skills to decrease or eliminate anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, grief, that make school, relationships, work and everyday life difficult. We'll explore the impact early life experiences, relationships have on identity, thought, behavior and mood. We'll replace or reframe thoughts and interpretations, learn positive behavioral skills, develop healthy relationships and learn mood regulation. We'll identify triggers, understand how past experiences affects and informs the present, improve ability to regulate, and uncover patterns/trauma that impact you and implement new behavior patterns.
(301) 781-5497 View (301) 781-5497
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Space For Grace, LLC-Renee P Lewis, LCPC, LCADC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, LCADC, NCC
Verified Verified
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Space For Grace, LLC, is a humanistic private practice, which specializes in helping others find their purpose in life and assisting them with moving towards and through the healing processes of life, for a fuller quality of life experience. Beginning March 15, 2021, our office will move to a 5-day work week and will be closed on weekends, to allow for more self-care for our staff, during this time of global reflective healing.
Space For Grace, LLC, is a humanistic private practice, which specializes in helping others find their purpose in life and assisting them with moving towards and through the healing processes of life, for a fuller quality of life experience. Beginning March 15, 2021, our office will move to a 5-day work week and will be closed on weekends, to allow for more self-care for our staff, during this time of global reflective healing.
(410) 705-2418 View (410) 705-2418
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Angana Cash- Ocd And Anxiety Specialist
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Pikesville, MD 21208
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States. Anxiety can be significantly disabling and negatively impact our mood and quality of life. It's not uncommon for someone with an anxiety disorder to also suffer from depression. You are tired of experiencing symptoms of anxiety including intrusive, racing, and ruminative thoughts that seemingly don’t stop, feeling on constant edge, and worrying all the time. You may also feel anxiety present itself as uncomfortable sensations in your body. You, however, have already made the most courageous step which is to look for a solution.
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States. Anxiety can be significantly disabling and negatively impact our mood and quality of life. It's not uncommon for someone with an anxiety disorder to also suffer from depression. You are tired of experiencing symptoms of anxiety including intrusive, racing, and ruminative thoughts that seemingly don’t stop, feeling on constant edge, and worrying all the time. You may also feel anxiety present itself as uncomfortable sensations in your body. You, however, have already made the most courageous step which is to look for a solution.
(443) 390-7598 View (443) 390-7598

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Family Therapy

What do family therapists do?

A family therapist facilitates the process of understanding and improving how a family functions. The therapist will help family members develop empathy for one another. They’ll seek to understand existing patterns, misunderstandings, and conflicts that arise, in order to help the family arrive at a realistic, unified understanding and develop the coping skills they need to build stronger relationships.

How long does therapy for families take to work?

Therapy manifests differently in every family; a common time frame is 12 weekly sessions, but some families may see improvement after just a few weeks. Families should discuss their goals with the therapist at the beginning of the process and periodically revisit those goals to assess their progress together.

How can you encourage a family member to attend family therapy?

You can encourage family members to attend therapy by expressing with both love and concern the challenges you see and explaining how a therapist could help the family navigate those challenges together. An outside perspective can help everyone feel heard, get on the same page, and develop new skills. If family members are still hesitant, it may be helpful to emphasize that family therapy is short-term—it won’t last forever.

Is therapy for families effective?

Family therapy can significantly improve family dynamics and relationships. Research suggests that family therapy can help individuals understand their role in the family, communicate and solve problems together, reduce conflict and draw boundaries when necessary, and develop coping skills for stressors, major life changes, and mental or physical illnesses within the family.