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Sarah Aleem
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LICSW, LCSW-C
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5840 Bannekar Road, Columbia, MD 21044
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I believe in empowering my clients to discover their inner strengths. Therapy is a journey in self exploration, self awareness and change. I use a multicultural perspective to inform my clinical practice. I offer tele-health services to my clients accessibility to care .Self pay clients can expect an appointment within 24 hours. My sessions use mindfulness, practicing self regulation, cognitive restructuring, imago skills, play therapy and many other techniques that are relevant to a client's treatment plan. I am available to my clients between sessions via text and secure video chatting. I offer financial therapy.
I offer Brain Spotting and CBT for treatment of trauma, anxiety, and depression. I offer mental health interventions for addiction treatment. I have a multicultural practice with a focus on immigrant issues like parenting and adjustment. I am a relationship coach for couples.
I have deep empathy and personal life experiences with parenting stress, early childhood loss, and body image. I work with families on cross-cultural adaptation and parenting skills. I work with young adults on managing life transitions, stress, depression, and failure to launch. I work with immigrant families on adjustment and family relationships.
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Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- CareFirst
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Elevance
- Johns Hopkins
- Magellan
- Optum
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
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Sarah Aleem
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LICSW, LCSW-C
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Maryland / 09991 Sarah Aleem
- In Practice for 28 Years
- License: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 09991 / 1998
- License: DC Department of Health 303233 / 1998
- Attended Catholic University of America, MSW, Graduated 1996
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Relapse
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Goal setting
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Immigration stress
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
- Weight Loss
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
I also speak
Hindi ,
Urdu
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
I also speak
Hindi ,
Urdu
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Experiential Therapy
- Family / Marital
- Imago
- Interpersonal
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic
Location
Nearby Areas
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Sarah Aleem
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LICSW, LCSW-C