Somatic Therapists in Upper Marlboro, MD
I specialize in trauma-informed care and somatic therapy.
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.
I specialize in trauma-informed care and somatic therapy.
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.
Denise Montgomery
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C, LMFT, RPT-S, CCTP-II
Verified Verified
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
I am trained in IFS, Somatic Experiencing, Play Therapy & much more.
Are you overwhelmed or confused about the next steps needed to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle? Does it seem as if no one understands or can relate to your experiences? If you answered yes to any of the questions, you are in the right place. I am an African Centered social worker with over 20 years of experience in helping children, families, adults, and couples. If you are curious about what healthy change could look like in your life, let's connect. You deserve to be happy. You deserve joy.
I am trained in IFS, Somatic Experiencing, Play Therapy & much more.
Are you overwhelmed or confused about the next steps needed to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle? Does it seem as if no one understands or can relate to your experiences? If you answered yes to any of the questions, you are in the right place. I am an African Centered social worker with over 20 years of experience in helping children, families, adults, and couples. If you are curious about what healthy change could look like in your life, let's connect. You deserve to be happy. You deserve joy.
Germaine Whitehead
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Using a combination of Motivational Interviewing and Somatic Therapy, I help clients explore their inner experiences and move toward meaningful change.
As a therapist, I am committed to fostering a warm and supportive environment where clients can feel truly seen and heard. My therapeutic approach is rooted in building authentic rapport, where empathy, active reflection, and deep understanding are the foundations of our work together. I specialize in working with individuals facing challenges such as substance use disorders, employment-related trauma, depression, and grief, and I bring a compassionate, non-judgmental perspective to each session.
Using a combination of Motivational Interviewing and Somatic Therapy, I help clients explore their inner experiences and move toward meaningful change.
As a therapist, I am committed to fostering a warm and supportive environment where clients can feel truly seen and heard. My therapeutic approach is rooted in building authentic rapport, where empathy, active reflection, and deep understanding are the foundations of our work together. I specialize in working with individuals facing challenges such as substance use disorders, employment-related trauma, depression, and grief, and I bring a compassionate, non-judgmental perspective to each session.
Eno Oton. Doctor of Professional Counseling (DPC)
Counselor, DPC, LCPC-S, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 (Online Only)
My goal is to care for the whole person by teaching the individual coping skills to handle stressors caused by medically, mentally, or spiritually challenged life. Are your health issues or that of a loved one weighing you down and interfering with your relationships? You can have PEACE of mind and JOY even amid these challenges. Working as a Nurse/Midwife was fulfilling. Currently, applying psychotherapy to the nurse/midwife experience is impressive, and working with a Doctor of Professional Counseling (DPC) degree is like icing on the cake. I love what I do. I make well-informed decisions about caring for my clients.
My goal is to care for the whole person by teaching the individual coping skills to handle stressors caused by medically, mentally, or spiritually challenged life. Are your health issues or that of a loved one weighing you down and interfering with your relationships? You can have PEACE of mind and JOY even amid these challenges. Working as a Nurse/Midwife was fulfilling. Currently, applying psychotherapy to the nurse/midwife experience is impressive, and working with a Doctor of Professional Counseling (DPC) degree is like icing on the cake. I love what I do. I make well-informed decisions about caring for my clients.
Kristin Dunfee
Counselor, MS, LCPC-S, LPC , NCC
Verified Verified
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I have nearly 20 years of clinical experience as a licensed mental health professional and am formally trained in theology, psychology, and clinical counseling. I offer an individualized approach to psychotherapy, one that is clinical, relational, and spiritual. Advances in brain science show us the importance of treating mental health conditions with an integrative approach and using modalities that support brain/body connection and healing. These modalities include, Attachment Focused-EMDR, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and principles of Poly Vagal Theory.
I have nearly 20 years of clinical experience as a licensed mental health professional and am formally trained in theology, psychology, and clinical counseling. I offer an individualized approach to psychotherapy, one that is clinical, relational, and spiritual. Advances in brain science show us the importance of treating mental health conditions with an integrative approach and using modalities that support brain/body connection and healing. These modalities include, Attachment Focused-EMDR, Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and principles of Poly Vagal Theory.
Dr. Charlos Thompson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW
Verified Verified
Upper Marlboro, MD 20773
Charlos Thompson, PhD., LCSW is a licensed mental health therapist with more than 20 years of practice, working with adults, children, families, and military personnel coping with depression, anxiety, PTSD, behavioral challenges, and drugs and alcohol. He provides training for professionals in the youth service industry and with military personnel, using best practice standards as recommended by national boards and certification organizations.
Charlos Thompson, PhD., LCSW is a licensed mental health therapist with more than 20 years of practice, working with adults, children, families, and military personnel coping with depression, anxiety, PTSD, behavioral challenges, and drugs and alcohol. He provides training for professionals in the youth service industry and with military personnel, using best practice standards as recommended by national boards and certification organizations.
Dr. Charla Lewis
Psychologist, PhD, LP, NCSP, DMT Int
Verified Verified
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
You having more and more bad days...and it's getting harder to hold things together. Sometimes you have self-doubt, self-hate; other times you feel that no one understands what you're going through. At times, you take out your frustrations on others, feel stuck in life and you wonder if you'll EVER get over it (whatever the IT is). I understand and I'm here to help. You may know exactly what you want to change or you may need help in exploring the reasons why you feel this way. In any case, we can work together on a new vision, plan, and way of living for you!
You having more and more bad days...and it's getting harder to hold things together. Sometimes you have self-doubt, self-hate; other times you feel that no one understands what you're going through. At times, you take out your frustrations on others, feel stuck in life and you wonder if you'll EVER get over it (whatever the IT is). I understand and I'm here to help. You may know exactly what you want to change or you may need help in exploring the reasons why you feel this way. In any case, we can work together on a new vision, plan, and way of living for you!
Are you experiencing depression/anxiety symptoms? Experiencing difficulties with healthy communication in your relationships? Gender dysphoria or learning to accept a new identity? Desiring to progress but feeling stagnant in several areas in your life? Therapy is a relationship, and it is important to me that you feel seen, heard, and understood. I am empathetically direct, and I encourage my clients to express themselves in a way that feels authentic to them. We can create goals and explore past childhood trauma or issues that may impact who you are today. Therapy works best when we work together.
Are you experiencing depression/anxiety symptoms? Experiencing difficulties with healthy communication in your relationships? Gender dysphoria or learning to accept a new identity? Desiring to progress but feeling stagnant in several areas in your life? Therapy is a relationship, and it is important to me that you feel seen, heard, and understood. I am empathetically direct, and I encourage my clients to express themselves in a way that feels authentic to them. We can create goals and explore past childhood trauma or issues that may impact who you are today. Therapy works best when we work together.
Veronica Tovar-Castro
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW -
Verified Verified
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 (Online Only)
Hello, my name is Veronica/Vee and as a first generation Chicana (Mexican-American), I have learned the importance of understanding the ways in which a person’s different identities intersect and shape their life experiences. As a therapist, my belief is that you are the expert on your life experience, and we, as therapists, are not saviors but guides to help you reach your vision for healing and your highest Self. I am a culturally affirming therapist that shows up in every session with authenticity.
Hello, my name is Veronica/Vee and as a first generation Chicana (Mexican-American), I have learned the importance of understanding the ways in which a person’s different identities intersect and shape their life experiences. As a therapist, my belief is that you are the expert on your life experience, and we, as therapists, are not saviors but guides to help you reach your vision for healing and your highest Self. I am a culturally affirming therapist that shows up in every session with authenticity.
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NyLu Therapeutic Solutions, LLC
Counselor, LCPC, BC-TMH, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Bowie, MD 20716
NyLu Clinicians are well versed in using research-based methods such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, and others, as vehicles for healing and unburdening maladaptive patterns/behaviors.
Trauma (Big T and Little T). Mood dysregulation. Postpartum depression or anxiety. Grief/loss. Shrinking yourself. Low self-esteem/self-worth. Toxic relationships/behaviors. If any/all of these are your current believed truth; or you are experiencing feelings too overwhelming to handle alone - it's time to seek out professional help. Together, we will get to the ROOT of your anger, depression, anxiety, and whatever else is hindering your journey to YOU! Inquire here: www.nylutherapeuticsolutions.com/inquiry-client
NyLu Clinicians are well versed in using research-based methods such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, and others, as vehicles for healing and unburdening maladaptive patterns/behaviors.
Trauma (Big T and Little T). Mood dysregulation. Postpartum depression or anxiety. Grief/loss. Shrinking yourself. Low self-esteem/self-worth. Toxic relationships/behaviors. If any/all of these are your current believed truth; or you are experiencing feelings too overwhelming to handle alone - it's time to seek out professional help. Together, we will get to the ROOT of your anger, depression, anxiety, and whatever else is hindering your journey to YOU! Inquire here: www.nylutherapeuticsolutions.com/inquiry-client
Amaris Watson Gale
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LICSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Lanham, MD 20706 (Online Only)
Somatic and Talk Therapist. Are you struggling with intimacy, stress or anxiety? Do you find it difficult to experience clarity and find pleasure in your life and relationship? Im here to help. With advanced training in trauma and sexuality, Im here to support you with navigating intimacy, reducing stress and enhancing your wellbeing. My approach is described as insightful, creative, solution oriented and integrative as I combine somatic and talk therapy techniques and sex therapy to help address the sexual and emotional aspects of your experience.
Somatic and Talk Therapist. Are you struggling with intimacy, stress or anxiety? Do you find it difficult to experience clarity and find pleasure in your life and relationship? Im here to help. With advanced training in trauma and sexuality, Im here to support you with navigating intimacy, reducing stress and enhancing your wellbeing. My approach is described as insightful, creative, solution oriented and integrative as I combine somatic and talk therapy techniques and sex therapy to help address the sexual and emotional aspects of your experience.
I specialize in trauma-informed care and somatic therapy.
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.
I specialize in trauma-informed care and somatic therapy.
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.
Chernavia Miller-Hollingsworth
Counselor, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Bowie, MD 20720 (Online Only)
Looking for a space that feels safe enough to talk and work through your struggles with support and connection? To better understand yourself, your patterns, practice new, healthy ways of being and coping? What about being able to trust yourself, have your emotions validated and supported, explore relational strategies that can serve you better? As a Black woman & licensed BIPOC therapist, I am deeply in tune with how culture can shape our relationships with ourselves and experiences with anxiety, depression, and trauma. For this reason, I incorporate mind-body/ somatic therapy techniques to support healing.
Looking for a space that feels safe enough to talk and work through your struggles with support and connection? To better understand yourself, your patterns, practice new, healthy ways of being and coping? What about being able to trust yourself, have your emotions validated and supported, explore relational strategies that can serve you better? As a Black woman & licensed BIPOC therapist, I am deeply in tune with how culture can shape our relationships with ourselves and experiences with anxiety, depression, and trauma. For this reason, I incorporate mind-body/ somatic therapy techniques to support healing.
Twanna Carter
Counselor, CHT, LPC, LCPC, CAMS II, NCC
Verified Verified
Bowie, MD 20715 (Online Only)
Using Rational Living Therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic therapy, and other evidence-based techniques, I help you to 1) Address and heal from past traumas 2) Manage anxiety effectively and 3) Build a life that aligns with your true desires.
As a Black woman you've spent years pushing down your emotions, feeling isolated, and yearning for relief from stress, anxiety, or trauma. Every day it feels like you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. Too many days, you've felt unheard and unseen. Longing for a secure, non-judgmental space where you can explore your feelings, gain clarity, and develop strategies to overcome the challenges you're facing. You are seeking a way to live a happier, more fulfilled life. You are not alone, and I am here to help.
Using Rational Living Therapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic therapy, and other evidence-based techniques, I help you to 1) Address and heal from past traumas 2) Manage anxiety effectively and 3) Build a life that aligns with your true desires.
As a Black woman you've spent years pushing down your emotions, feeling isolated, and yearning for relief from stress, anxiety, or trauma. Every day it feels like you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. Too many days, you've felt unheard and unseen. Longing for a secure, non-judgmental space where you can explore your feelings, gain clarity, and develop strategies to overcome the challenges you're facing. You are seeking a way to live a happier, more fulfilled life. You are not alone, and I am here to help.
Utilizing a holistic mindset, a culturally sensitive approach, and scientific-based therapeutic techniques and interventions like Emotionally-Focused, Somatic, Narrative, Solution-Focused, Feminist, & Sensate therapy for your healing journey.
Are you dramatic or is it stress or anxiety or fears...or dare I say trauma? Or have you noticed a pattern in you that cannot quite distinguish where it came from or how to overcome it? It can be difficult to navigate life outside of self in your inner world feels unbalanced. An unbalanced inner world tends to affect your day-to-day life, relationships (familial, romantic, or platonic,) careers, and goals. This can feel life-altering when all you crave is peace. Oftentimes, marginalized groups of people are not given the same grace as our counterparts. This is a space to express your innermost thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
Utilizing a holistic mindset, a culturally sensitive approach, and scientific-based therapeutic techniques and interventions like Emotionally-Focused, Somatic, Narrative, Solution-Focused, Feminist, & Sensate therapy for your healing journey.
Are you dramatic or is it stress or anxiety or fears...or dare I say trauma? Or have you noticed a pattern in you that cannot quite distinguish where it came from or how to overcome it? It can be difficult to navigate life outside of self in your inner world feels unbalanced. An unbalanced inner world tends to affect your day-to-day life, relationships (familial, romantic, or platonic,) careers, and goals. This can feel life-altering when all you crave is peace. Oftentimes, marginalized groups of people are not given the same grace as our counterparts. This is a space to express your innermost thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
First Choice Community Counseling, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LICSW, MSW
Verified Verified
Camp Springs, MD 20746
1st Choice Therapists want to help you feel less tired, less frustrated on a daily/weekly basis. We know many of our potential clients are dealing with grief and loss from loved ones that have succumbed to COVID related deaths. At First Choice, we want you to learn how to heal, naturally without a co-dependency on psychotropic medications.
1st Choice Therapists want to help you feel less tired, less frustrated on a daily/weekly basis. We know many of our potential clients are dealing with grief and loss from loved ones that have succumbed to COVID related deaths. At First Choice, we want you to learn how to heal, naturally without a co-dependency on psychotropic medications.
Welcome! I'm Tiarra Abu-Bakr, The founder of True Self Holistic Therapy. I’m a queer, BIPOC clinical mental health therapist with a deep commitment to creating a safe, affirming, and inclusive space for all my clients. My journey in mental health began with a passion for helping others discover their authentic selves and cultivate self-worth. I understand the unique challenges faced by individuals in marginalized communities, and I’m dedicated to providing care that honors your identity and experiences. Taking the first step toward healing is a courageous act. I am here to support you in your journey, and I invite you to reach out.
Welcome! I'm Tiarra Abu-Bakr, The founder of True Self Holistic Therapy. I’m a queer, BIPOC clinical mental health therapist with a deep commitment to creating a safe, affirming, and inclusive space for all my clients. My journey in mental health began with a passion for helping others discover their authentic selves and cultivate self-worth. I understand the unique challenges faced by individuals in marginalized communities, and I’m dedicated to providing care that honors your identity and experiences. Taking the first step toward healing is a courageous act. I am here to support you in your journey, and I invite you to reach out.
Milestones Consultants
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LPC, LMSW, ACS
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bowie, MD 20716 (Online Only)
I never though of it that way" is a common statement we hear from our clients when we teach them that their feelings, thoughts and behaviors are protectors responding to being in survival mode. When someone is able to understand their behavior and allow themselves compassion and grace, they can truly work on changing. Our negative self talk (critical part) causes us to remain the same out of fear. In session, we embrace those thoughts, feelings and behaviors because they are all accepted and have a purpose. Let's work on your critical voice so that you can truly enjoy life.
I never though of it that way" is a common statement we hear from our clients when we teach them that their feelings, thoughts and behaviors are protectors responding to being in survival mode. When someone is able to understand their behavior and allow themselves compassion and grace, they can truly work on changing. Our negative self talk (critical part) causes us to remain the same out of fear. In session, we embrace those thoughts, feelings and behaviors because they are all accepted and have a purpose. Let's work on your critical voice so that you can truly enjoy life.
Genni Harrison @ Sacred Path Wellness
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Bowie, MD 20716
The path we walk in our lives can be steep, slippery, and chaotic at times. The mission of Sacred Path Wellness is to provide a safe space to explore and heal the emotional burdens we carry that can often lead to disharmony within. Allowing the space for exploration, restoration, and coming to know these parts of yourself that carry these burdens in your life (whether that is shame/guilt, pain, loss, traumas, feelings of worthlessness, overwhelming sadness, anxiousness/stress, perfectionism, fears and/or others), we can often grow free to move through the path of our lives as we are meant to, fulfilled and with peace.
The path we walk in our lives can be steep, slippery, and chaotic at times. The mission of Sacred Path Wellness is to provide a safe space to explore and heal the emotional burdens we carry that can often lead to disharmony within. Allowing the space for exploration, restoration, and coming to know these parts of yourself that carry these burdens in your life (whether that is shame/guilt, pain, loss, traumas, feelings of worthlessness, overwhelming sadness, anxiousness/stress, perfectionism, fears and/or others), we can often grow free to move through the path of our lives as we are meant to, fulfilled and with peace.
Integrated Family Counseling (IFC) provides individual and family therapy for children. It was founded on the belief that when one family member is impacted by a significant stressor or trauma, it affects the family as a whole. It values the child-caregiver relationship and relies on it to support the child’s therapeutic growth and in turn, strengthening the family system overall. If you have noticed a change in your child’s mood, regression like toileting or acting younger, unable to tolerate emotions, social/academic difficulties at school, or isolation, IFC is here to help facilitate the restorative journey.
Integrated Family Counseling (IFC) provides individual and family therapy for children. It was founded on the belief that when one family member is impacted by a significant stressor or trauma, it affects the family as a whole. It values the child-caregiver relationship and relies on it to support the child’s therapeutic growth and in turn, strengthening the family system overall. If you have noticed a change in your child’s mood, regression like toileting or acting younger, unable to tolerate emotions, social/academic difficulties at school, or isolation, IFC is here to help facilitate the restorative journey.
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Somatic Therapists
How does somatic therapy work?
Somatic therapy is a form of treatment that focuses on how the body and mind are interconnected. In this approach, physical symptoms are addressed because they may in fact signal emotional distress. Somatic therapists combine mindfulness, talk therapy, breathwork, yoga, dance, and physical manipulations of the body to help patients become more attuned to what their body is telling them.
Is EMDR a somatic therapy?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a form of somatic therapy, as it incorporates mental and physical principles. EMDR involves remembering a traumatic experience while allowing one’s eyes to track a side-to-side visual stimulus from a therapist. This lateral eye movement is believed to diminish the painful power of the memory so that it can be discussed with a therapist.
Is somatic therapy evidence-based?
Somatic therapy has been researched and studied, and some forms of somatic therapy are found to be effective in treating a wide range of conditions. Because somatic therapy encompasses many techniques, some, such as EMDR and meditation, have been studied more than others.
What is somatic trauma therapy?
Somatic trauma therapy is based on the idea that when people experience trauma, they can become stuck in the “freeze” part of a “fight, flight, or freeze” response. In this state, trauma can manifest itself both mentally and physically—through tension in the muscles, anxiety, and stress. Popular forms of somatic trauma therapy include EMDR, sensorimotor therapy, and somatic experiencing.