Play Therapy in 20906
Karla Najera
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I incorporate evidence-based treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-focused CBT, Play therapy, mindfulness and more.
Welcome to Three Hearts Therapy and Supervision Services. I provide supervision to LMSWs in MD and I provide individual therapy (English or Spanish). I have worked with children, adolescents and adults in a number of settings (schools, clinics, non profit agencies and teletherapy). Many of the clients I’ve seen, have worked through trauma, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief and loss as well as adjusting to other life transitions. My specialty is in adjustment disorders due to my passion in helping first and second generation Hispanic students navigate their college experiences/ life dilemmas due to engrained cultural norms.
I incorporate evidence-based treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-focused CBT, Play therapy, mindfulness and more.
Welcome to Three Hearts Therapy and Supervision Services. I provide supervision to LMSWs in MD and I provide individual therapy (English or Spanish). I have worked with children, adolescents and adults in a number of settings (schools, clinics, non profit agencies and teletherapy). Many of the clients I’ve seen, have worked through trauma, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief and loss as well as adjusting to other life transitions. My specialty is in adjustment disorders due to my passion in helping first and second generation Hispanic students navigate their college experiences/ life dilemmas due to engrained cultural norms.
Christina Fals
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906 (Online Only)
As a bilingual Hispanic American Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I offer virtual counseling services across Washington D.C., Maryland, and Puerto Rico. My approach to mental health is holistic, providing personalized treatment for a wide range of challenges. I prioritize offering compassionate support to individuals navigating life's obstacles, specializing in disruptive behaviors, adjustment difficulties, anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, ADHD, gender identity exploration, and providing affirming care for LGBTQ individuals.
As a bilingual Hispanic American Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I offer virtual counseling services across Washington D.C., Maryland, and Puerto Rico. My approach to mental health is holistic, providing personalized treatment for a wide range of challenges. I prioritize offering compassionate support to individuals navigating life's obstacles, specializing in disruptive behaviors, adjustment difficulties, anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, ADHD, gender identity exploration, and providing affirming care for LGBTQ individuals.
Madison Chase
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906
Every person carries “stuff” on their journey through life. You know, stuff – insecurities, being bullied, tough relationships, traumatic events, or anything really. Whether you’re carrying a lot or a little, and whether you’ve been carrying it for a week or a decade, you deserve a space where you can acknowledge the effects that weight has had on you. My goal is to provide a safe space for you to unpack your stuff, help you understand it better, and then empower you to decide where your path goes from there.
Every person carries “stuff” on their journey through life. You know, stuff – insecurities, being bullied, tough relationships, traumatic events, or anything really. Whether you’re carrying a lot or a little, and whether you’ve been carrying it for a week or a decade, you deserve a space where you can acknowledge the effects that weight has had on you. My goal is to provide a safe space for you to unpack your stuff, help you understand it better, and then empower you to decide where your path goes from there.
Breighone Brown
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906
Are you suffering from symptoms of depression, ADHD, anxiety, bipolar, autism spectrum, OCD, and/or PTSD? I can help facilitate your healing process and provide a safe space to voice your deepest concerns freely. Our goal is to significantly improve your self-concept, increase a positive outlook on life, and, most importantly, feel like your best self.
Are you suffering from symptoms of depression, ADHD, anxiety, bipolar, autism spectrum, OCD, and/or PTSD? I can help facilitate your healing process and provide a safe space to voice your deepest concerns freely. Our goal is to significantly improve your self-concept, increase a positive outlook on life, and, most importantly, feel like your best self.
Sydney Armitage
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, CGP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Silver Spring, MD 20906
Waitlist for new clients
Thank you for making the choice to seek help. I know how hard it can be and would be honored to be a part of this next step. Life brings us a lot of changes and challenges that may be difficult to navigate. Perhaps you need help understanding how to cope with your anxiety in certain situations or daily life. Maybe you’re going through a difficult transition. Or maybe something just feels off, and you want to explore what you’re experiencing in a safe place. My hope is that therapy will take you from a place of distress to a place of believing in your strengths and being kind to yourself.
Thank you for making the choice to seek help. I know how hard it can be and would be honored to be a part of this next step. Life brings us a lot of changes and challenges that may be difficult to navigate. Perhaps you need help understanding how to cope with your anxiety in certain situations or daily life. Maybe you’re going through a difficult transition. Or maybe something just feels off, and you want to explore what you’re experiencing in a safe place. My hope is that therapy will take you from a place of distress to a place of believing in your strengths and being kind to yourself.
Whitney Hunt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906 (Online Only)
Throughout our lives, we often need support in overcoming personal and/or environmental challenges and addressing issues that prevent us from being successful, feeling fulfilled, and living healthy lives. Using a warm, genuine, and empathic approach, I work with clients to build trusting and collaborative relationships that help them gain a deeper understanding of themselves, experience emotional relief, and feel empowered to make profound change. By creating a safe and accepting environment, we will explore difficult or confusing experiences together with the goal of making sense of difficulties and where they may have originated.
Throughout our lives, we often need support in overcoming personal and/or environmental challenges and addressing issues that prevent us from being successful, feeling fulfilled, and living healthy lives. Using a warm, genuine, and empathic approach, I work with clients to build trusting and collaborative relationships that help them gain a deeper understanding of themselves, experience emotional relief, and feel empowered to make profound change. By creating a safe and accepting environment, we will explore difficult or confusing experiences together with the goal of making sense of difficulties and where they may have originated.
Manuela Mbouma
Counselor, LCPC, ACS
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906 (Online Only)
I am passionate about assisting on your therapeutic journey to change, heal and grow. This journey is unique to you and your various life experiences. I have experience working with children, adolescents, teens, adults, and families. I specialize in grief and loss, life transitions, anger management, anxiety, trauma, depression, and parent-child relationships.
I am passionate about assisting on your therapeutic journey to change, heal and grow. This journey is unique to you and your various life experiences. I have experience working with children, adolescents, teens, adults, and families. I specialize in grief and loss, life transitions, anger management, anxiety, trauma, depression, and parent-child relationships.
Sonja Chestnut
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-C, LICSW, OSW-C
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906 (Online Only)
TELETHERAPY AVAILABLE My ideal client is someone who is coping with anxiety, depression, chronic illness, ADHD, grief, troubled relationship and family dynamics, developmental delays, LGBTQ and trauma issues. Any of these listed conditions or situations can negatively impact my clients’ ability to navigate daily living. So a successful client would be open to change and willing to try new approaches to collaborate with me in order to identify and verbalize their needs and goals and develop a plan to obtain these goals.
TELETHERAPY AVAILABLE My ideal client is someone who is coping with anxiety, depression, chronic illness, ADHD, grief, troubled relationship and family dynamics, developmental delays, LGBTQ and trauma issues. Any of these listed conditions or situations can negatively impact my clients’ ability to navigate daily living. So a successful client would be open to change and willing to try new approaches to collaborate with me in order to identify and verbalize their needs and goals and develop a plan to obtain these goals.
Lori Marshall
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Silver Spring, MD 20906
My ideal client is looking to collaborate on issues related to anxiety, depression, trauma, and/or life transitions. Therapy is a partnership. You are the expert on you, and I bring expertise on creating connection, noticing and changing behavior patterns, and creating safe space to process and explore. Together, we will create goals and address stuck points so you can move confidently into your future.
My ideal client is looking to collaborate on issues related to anxiety, depression, trauma, and/or life transitions. Therapy is a partnership. You are the expert on you, and I bring expertise on creating connection, noticing and changing behavior patterns, and creating safe space to process and explore. Together, we will create goals and address stuck points so you can move confidently into your future.
Melba M Calderon
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906
I am currently accepting new clients and offering phone and video sessions for during the COVID crisis. Thank you for looking at my profile and for taking the next steps in your healing path. If you are someone who needs help adjusting to the new culture, experiencing depression or anxiety, immigration issues, struggling with life stages, parenting issues and is in need of someone that will be non-judgment and will have positive regard, then call me to start your new journey. I provide services in Spanish as well. I am currently temporary closed; I have a waiting list , as space opens up I will call people in the list.
I am currently accepting new clients and offering phone and video sessions for during the COVID crisis. Thank you for looking at my profile and for taking the next steps in your healing path. If you are someone who needs help adjusting to the new culture, experiencing depression or anxiety, immigration issues, struggling with life stages, parenting issues and is in need of someone that will be non-judgment and will have positive regard, then call me to start your new journey. I provide services in Spanish as well. I am currently temporary closed; I have a waiting list , as space opens up I will call people in the list.
Shelby Eugene Fisher
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906 (Online Only)
My ideal client is someone who is looking to better understand the functions of their behavior and take evidence based action to help manage their mental health. I'm looking for clients who want to discover themselves and better understand the triggers that keep them from achieving their particular ideal of wellness.I specialize in utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help my clients better understand the function of their behaviors along with assessing the costs associated with their behavior followed by creating a plan to help the client use evidence based practices to help them achieve their mental health goals.
My ideal client is someone who is looking to better understand the functions of their behavior and take evidence based action to help manage their mental health. I'm looking for clients who want to discover themselves and better understand the triggers that keep them from achieving their particular ideal of wellness.I specialize in utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help my clients better understand the function of their behaviors along with assessing the costs associated with their behavior followed by creating a plan to help the client use evidence based practices to help them achieve their mental health goals.
Rowan Blackmon
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
Silver Spring, MD 20906 (Online Only)
Because no two patients are alike, therapy should be tailored to each patient, rather than trying to treat everyone with the same theoretical approach. I believe that a therapist’s job is to guide the patient as they learn to change the behaviors and thinking styles that may have once been helpful, but are now getting in their way. Most importantly, I believe it is a therapist's job to teach their patients the skills necessary to eventually function independent of their therapist, allowing them to eventually leave therapy instead of being stuck with having weekly sessions for the rest of their lives!
Because no two patients are alike, therapy should be tailored to each patient, rather than trying to treat everyone with the same theoretical approach. I believe that a therapist’s job is to guide the patient as they learn to change the behaviors and thinking styles that may have once been helpful, but are now getting in their way. Most importantly, I believe it is a therapist's job to teach their patients the skills necessary to eventually function independent of their therapist, allowing them to eventually leave therapy instead of being stuck with having weekly sessions for the rest of their lives!
Nora Talavera
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Silver Spring, MD 20906
Hello and welcome! Sometimes our lives are stable; however, there are times where we are suddenly confronted with traumatic experiences or losses, such as health problems (dx. of cancer or terminal illnesses), the death of a loved one, separation of the family, loss of work, problems with our children, or academic struggles. These situations can make us feel unsure of our own capacities and emotional strengths which can lead to increased vulnerability, and can cause us to start experiencing high levels of depression and anxiety, or other emotional pain/fears.
Hello and welcome! Sometimes our lives are stable; however, there are times where we are suddenly confronted with traumatic experiences or losses, such as health problems (dx. of cancer or terminal illnesses), the death of a loved one, separation of the family, loss of work, problems with our children, or academic struggles. These situations can make us feel unsure of our own capacities and emotional strengths which can lead to increased vulnerability, and can cause us to start experiencing high levels of depression and anxiety, or other emotional pain/fears.
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Play Therapy
Who is play therapy for?
Play therapy is generally targeted to children between the ages of 3 and 11 who have social, emotional, or behavioral difficulties. Play therapy has also been found helpful for children who have experienced physical or emotional abuse or witnessed atrocities. Play therapy is also often recommended for children who are undergoing major medical procedures or who are suffering from chronic illness; many children’s hospitals are equipped to offer play therapy on-site. Play therapy is also sometimes used for adults; creative writing, music, and art are expressive forms that can all be adapted for therapeutic purposes.
Why do people need play therapy?
Children often do not have the language skills or words to know or to express what is troubling them. Yet they often spontaneously draw or use playthings to depict scenarios that reflect problems in their everyday life. Play therapy provides children with an array of objects and play situations to act out their feelings or experiences so that therapists can get a clear picture of what children might be struggling with and help them find solutions. In addition, play therapists are skilled at helping children understand their inner experience and find words for them, necessary steps toward helping children learn to control their own behavior and come up with solutions to problems they encounter.
What happens in play therapy?
A child enters a comfortable playroom where they are free to choose the objects they want to play with. The play therapist will typically observe how they play with the toys—whether a sandbox, puppets, dolls and action figures, trucks, costumes, drawing and painting materials, or more—because such play provides clues to a child’s family and social relationships, difficulties they are encountering in the world, and what going on inside themselves. Sometimes the therapist may ask the child to use the play objects to tell a story about their family. Using the same instruments of play, therapists can help children discover more advantageous ways of thinking and behaving.
What kinds of problems do play therapists treat?
Play therapy can help children who display destructive or self-destructive impulses; children who seem angry, sad, or fearful; children who experience frequent social, emotional, family, or school difficulty. Play therapy is often of value to children who have experienced a loss or distressing family experience, who are regularly exposed to family conflict, or who have been physically or emotionally abused. Play therapy can help children who are perpetrators of bullying as well as those who are targets of bullying. It helps children learn to identify their feelings, to express them in constructive ways, and to regulate them so they can get on with the business of development.
How long does play therapy last?
Play therapy sessions may last for 30 to 45 minutes, and they usually occur weekly for about 20 sessions. Each session is tailored to the individual child and the kinds of problems they are struggling with. Play that is highly repetitive often indicates a problem requiring further exploration. Therapists typically measure progress through session-to-session changes in play behavior.