Art Therapy in 20874
Christian or art-based focus available upon request.
2 providers- Immediate in-person openings as of 9/20. Hi, I'm Dr. Didi Anude, resident, pastor and Mama of 5! Do you have repetitive conflicts or reactivity, cycles of disconnection? Painful experiences that follow your relationships, work, school, parenting or negativity towards yourself? We will work on restoring joy, self worth and emotional closeness via EMDR, CBT, Gottman. As a previous family physician, I found my passion was truly knowing my patients as people- all of their history and complexities. I now work with couples, families, and adolescents 12+ and want you to be seen, valued & heard.
Christian or art-based focus available upon request.
2 providers- Immediate in-person openings as of 9/20. Hi, I'm Dr. Didi Anude, resident, pastor and Mama of 5! Do you have repetitive conflicts or reactivity, cycles of disconnection? Painful experiences that follow your relationships, work, school, parenting or negativity towards yourself? We will work on restoring joy, self worth and emotional closeness via EMDR, CBT, Gottman. As a previous family physician, I found my passion was truly knowing my patients as people- all of their history and complexities. I now work with couples, families, and adolescents 12+ and want you to be seen, valued & heard.
Stephanie Kurtyka
Art Therapist, LCPAT, LCPC, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Germantown, MD 20874
" Art can permeate the very deepest p art of us, where no words exist" -Eileen Miller. I believe in the creative process as a powerful tool for facilitating self-expression, self-discovery, and self-fulfillment by integrating one's physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health. I incorporate a variety of modalities, such as Art Therapy (no prior art training necessary), Play Therapy, and Sand Tray Therapy, into sessions while honoring each client's individual strengths and needs. My experience working with those emotionally distressed and my training in trauma theory supports my belief in every person's innate capacity for healing
" Art can permeate the very deepest p art of us, where no words exist" -Eileen Miller. I believe in the creative process as a powerful tool for facilitating self-expression, self-discovery, and self-fulfillment by integrating one's physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health. I incorporate a variety of modalities, such as Art Therapy (no prior art training necessary), Play Therapy, and Sand Tray Therapy, into sessions while honoring each client's individual strengths and needs. My experience working with those emotionally distressed and my training in trauma theory supports my belief in every person's innate capacity for healing
Art or faith focus available upon request.
Hi, I'm Ben! Do you often feel down, unmotivated, numb? Experienced an event/series of events that impacted your relationships, sleep or work/school? Do you frequently criticize your body, under or over-eat when stressed? I work with kids, teens & adults who want help with 1) trauma or painful childhood or adult experiences, 2) body image or challenges with eating, including those wondering if they have bulimia, anorexia. AFRID- PANS/PANDAS clients welcome and 3) underlying depression 4) couples concerns. I use techniques such as CBT, DBT, EMDR & CPT, & body positivity (Health at Every Size).
Art or faith focus available upon request.
Hi, I'm Ben! Do you often feel down, unmotivated, numb? Experienced an event/series of events that impacted your relationships, sleep or work/school? Do you frequently criticize your body, under or over-eat when stressed? I work with kids, teens & adults who want help with 1) trauma or painful childhood or adult experiences, 2) body image or challenges with eating, including those wondering if they have bulimia, anorexia. AFRID- PANS/PANDAS clients welcome and 3) underlying depression 4) couples concerns. I use techniques such as CBT, DBT, EMDR & CPT, & body positivity (Health at Every Size).
Claire Kalala
Art Therapist, LCPAT, LCPC, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Germantown, MD 20874 (Online Only)
Wondering if you'll ever feel different than you do right now? I hear you. You feel stuck. For so much of your life, others have told you who and how to be. You try desperately to keep up with appearances but you feel like the token person in most spaces. While they describe you as hardworking, passionate, and driven, YOU see what's under the mask: you're overbooked, distracted, burnt-out. You want to truly connect with yourself, to understand what's important to you, and to feel really seen by people you care about. You want more out of your life; instead of a fog, you'd like to wake up in the morning with a sense of clarity.
Wondering if you'll ever feel different than you do right now? I hear you. You feel stuck. For so much of your life, others have told you who and how to be. You try desperately to keep up with appearances but you feel like the token person in most spaces. While they describe you as hardworking, passionate, and driven, YOU see what's under the mask: you're overbooked, distracted, burnt-out. You want to truly connect with yourself, to understand what's important to you, and to feel really seen by people you care about. You want more out of your life; instead of a fog, you'd like to wake up in the morning with a sense of clarity.
Katie Giganti
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified Verified
Germantown, MD 20874 (Online Only)
Hi, I'm Katie! Do you struggle with high stress or feeling down, but not sure how to feel better? Daily challenges, emotional burdens, and past experiences can leave you feeling drained and stuck in a rut. I specialize in helping women who want to exit the vicious cycle & feel themselves again. I can help you identify triggers, set goals and maintain them. I use techniques known as "CBT," or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (using the way you think to improve mood or stress) and distress tolerance skills so that you build that resiliency muscle- just like an athletic trainer would in a gym.
Hi, I'm Katie! Do you struggle with high stress or feeling down, but not sure how to feel better? Daily challenges, emotional burdens, and past experiences can leave you feeling drained and stuck in a rut. I specialize in helping women who want to exit the vicious cycle & feel themselves again. I can help you identify triggers, set goals and maintain them. I use techniques known as "CBT," or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (using the way you think to improve mood or stress) and distress tolerance skills so that you build that resiliency muscle- just like an athletic trainer would in a gym.
Creative Counseling Connections
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, MSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Germantown, MD 20874
In-person openings as of 9/19/24. Emma Parks, LMSW serves adults, teens and children who've experienced painful experiences or struggle with stress, anxiety or depression. If you feel the heavy weight of stress and the resulting hopelessness, we would be a great fit! Emma has a supportive, yet direct approach and can teach you how to use your thought life to change the intensity of your stuck feelings. She also uses EMDR for trauma. Emma has adjunct specialities in developmental trauma & adoption (TBRI & TF-CBT, theraplay), also utilizes Brain Integration for natural treatment of ADHD.
In-person openings as of 9/19/24. Emma Parks, LMSW serves adults, teens and children who've experienced painful experiences or struggle with stress, anxiety or depression. If you feel the heavy weight of stress and the resulting hopelessness, we would be a great fit! Emma has a supportive, yet direct approach and can teach you how to use your thought life to change the intensity of your stuck feelings. She also uses EMDR for trauma. Emma has adjunct specialities in developmental trauma & adoption (TBRI & TF-CBT, theraplay), also utilizes Brain Integration for natural treatment of ADHD.
Shelby Beierl
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Germantown, MD 20874
Hello! You've taken the first step (which is the hardest), let's try to make this a bit easier. Opening up and discussing things that have been bothering you is difficult. It helps when you can be genuine and authentic without fear of judgement or criticism. I aim to help you feel seen; to feel supported in your goals and in your person-hood. Everyone deserves dignity and respect. Everyone has different needs. I aim to embrace those ideas in session. YOU are the expert on you. I am just the tool to be utilized to help you achieve the life you want.
Hello! You've taken the first step (which is the hardest), let's try to make this a bit easier. Opening up and discussing things that have been bothering you is difficult. It helps when you can be genuine and authentic without fear of judgement or criticism. I aim to help you feel seen; to feel supported in your goals and in your person-hood. Everyone deserves dignity and respect. Everyone has different needs. I aim to embrace those ideas in session. YOU are the expert on you. I am just the tool to be utilized to help you achieve the life you want.
Jasmin Cooke
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Germantown, MD 20874 (Online Only)
Are you consumed with disturbing automatic thoughts, and spending hours chasing, analyzing, reviewing, and giving meaning to the intrusive thoughts? There is hope and recovery to overcome OCD. I will teach you how to change your relationship with anxiety by looking it in the face and walking towards it instead of walking away. It is easy to stay trapped and believe the false messages that your OCD feeds you. I will teach you how to rewire your brain into no longer believing those false threats that your brain is torturing you with. My treatment approach teaches you how to stop competing
Are you consumed with disturbing automatic thoughts, and spending hours chasing, analyzing, reviewing, and giving meaning to the intrusive thoughts? There is hope and recovery to overcome OCD. I will teach you how to change your relationship with anxiety by looking it in the face and walking towards it instead of walking away. It is easy to stay trapped and believe the false messages that your OCD feeds you. I will teach you how to rewire your brain into no longer believing those false threats that your brain is torturing you with. My treatment approach teaches you how to stop competing
Karen Scalio
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, RPT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Germantown, MD 20874
I have experience working with children, adolescents and their families. I am passionate about helping young people thrive. I like to challenge my clients to find their inner strength by helping them to develop effective coping skills. I like to engage my clients with creative interactions; this fosters trust and reinforces the practice of their skills. I believe development of one's strengths will create a lasting healing effect.
I have experience working with children, adolescents and their families. I am passionate about helping young people thrive. I like to challenge my clients to find their inner strength by helping them to develop effective coping skills. I like to engage my clients with creative interactions; this fosters trust and reinforces the practice of their skills. I believe development of one's strengths will create a lasting healing effect.
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.
Please use this link to watch my introductory video so you can hear more about me, my he art and my goals for therapy.
Now accepting AETNA clients! Accepting Clients for In Person (or virtual) Therapy in Hagerstown MD! Hello, my name is Kimberly and I am a mental health therapist who is committed to helping clients learn how to overcome obstacles and become the hero of their own story. I am looking forward to helping you discover your most authentic self. Let’s partner together to help you find the healing you deserve!
Please use this link to watch my introductory video so you can hear more about me, my he art and my goals for therapy.
Now accepting AETNA clients! Accepting Clients for In Person (or virtual) Therapy in Hagerstown MD! Hello, my name is Kimberly and I am a mental health therapist who is committed to helping clients learn how to overcome obstacles and become the hero of their own story. I am looking forward to helping you discover your most authentic self. Let’s partner together to help you find the healing you deserve!
Ranna Chaudry
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Darnestown, MD 20874 (Online Only)
She also worked at Johns Hopkins where she established her cognitive behavior techniques that has been a crucial p art of her practice and her patients' success and progress.
Ranna Chaudry, is a board certified License Clinical Professional Counselor, from Harford County, Maryland who works with children, adolescents and families and provides care for patients who struggle with adjustment disorder, anxiety, depression, self esteem, anger management, trauma, grief and loss, behavioral issues and ADHD. She has extensive experience with trauma focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and has been a board certified Licensed Clinical Professional counselor for over 6 years. Her treatment approach is rooted in evidence based practices that focus on the mind-body connection.
She also worked at Johns Hopkins where she established her cognitive behavior techniques that has been a crucial p art of her practice and her patients' success and progress.
Ranna Chaudry, is a board certified License Clinical Professional Counselor, from Harford County, Maryland who works with children, adolescents and families and provides care for patients who struggle with adjustment disorder, anxiety, depression, self esteem, anger management, trauma, grief and loss, behavioral issues and ADHD. She has extensive experience with trauma focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and has been a board certified Licensed Clinical Professional counselor for over 6 years. Her treatment approach is rooted in evidence based practices that focus on the mind-body connection.
I also use expressive arts as it targets the same p art of the brain trauma does in a less threatening way.
Accepting new clients- Hello and welcome! Finding a therapist can be hard. I want to commend you for taking that first step. I approach therapy with a non-judgmental and trauma-informed lens. I use a client-centered approach and believe that the body and nervous system holds memories from our past. I strive to help you work through those memories in whichever way you feel is most comfortable. My goal is to create a safe environment that allows you to prosper. I use a variety of different interventions, honoring that you know yourself best and what helps one person, may not help another in the same way.
I also use expressive arts as it targets the same p art of the brain trauma does in a less threatening way.
Accepting new clients- Hello and welcome! Finding a therapist can be hard. I want to commend you for taking that first step. I approach therapy with a non-judgmental and trauma-informed lens. I use a client-centered approach and believe that the body and nervous system holds memories from our past. I strive to help you work through those memories in whichever way you feel is most comfortable. My goal is to create a safe environment that allows you to prosper. I use a variety of different interventions, honoring that you know yourself best and what helps one person, may not help another in the same way.
Megan Bhatia-Mohamed
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Darnestown, MD 20874 (Online Only)
While working with Megan, her clients can expect to overcome a variety of issues from past to present. She specializes in culturally intentional care and believes in addressing all factors of ones identity and background that contribute to each individual patients mental health experience. Megan uses evidence based tools such as active listening, motivational interviewing and skills based therapies to assist clients in taking charge of their own therapeutic journey.
While working with Megan, her clients can expect to overcome a variety of issues from past to present. She specializes in culturally intentional care and believes in addressing all factors of ones identity and background that contribute to each individual patients mental health experience. Megan uses evidence based tools such as active listening, motivational interviewing and skills based therapies to assist clients in taking charge of their own therapeutic journey.
I have been a licensed social worker for over 26 years. I have worked in a wide variety of settings. My experience includes, but is not limited to: working privately as a therapist, working for a large hospital as a psychiatric therapist for children and families, working multiple services from social worker to supervisor/administrator in public child welfare and correctional institutions/jails. I enjoy of working with clients from all walks of life, all backgrounds, and the full range of mental health issues.
I have been a licensed social worker for over 26 years. I have worked in a wide variety of settings. My experience includes, but is not limited to: working privately as a therapist, working for a large hospital as a psychiatric therapist for children and families, working multiple services from social worker to supervisor/administrator in public child welfare and correctional institutions/jails. I enjoy of working with clients from all walks of life, all backgrounds, and the full range of mental health issues.
Inspire & Flo LLC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Germantown, MD 20874 (Online Only)
Accepting Carefirst BCBS! I possess a genuine approach and have the capacity for quickly establishing rapport with clients of all ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic status. My work in mental health and substance addiction has proven to be my capacity; I believe in allowing you to reach your full potential. I respect autonomy and the need for confidentiality. I focus on helping my clients build Strength, Assertiveness, and most importantly gain Empowerment in their lives. Located and Licensed in Maryland. I take an empathetic and passionate approach, taking care to personally connect with each client I meet.
Accepting Carefirst BCBS! I possess a genuine approach and have the capacity for quickly establishing rapport with clients of all ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic status. My work in mental health and substance addiction has proven to be my capacity; I believe in allowing you to reach your full potential. I respect autonomy and the need for confidentiality. I focus on helping my clients build Strength, Assertiveness, and most importantly gain Empowerment in their lives. Located and Licensed in Maryland. I take an empathetic and passionate approach, taking care to personally connect with each client I meet.
Washington Psychological Wellness is passionate about helping people live the lives they have envisioned by bringing values of honesty, kindness, humor and compassion to the practice. Therapy can inspire change, create greater self-awareness and improve one's life and relationships. Our clinicians provide a comfortable and collaborative environment in which you can take risks and explore different ways of thinking, feeling and being. Our aim is to help you gain clarity about the underlying causes of problems, provide strategies to help you cope and empower you to trust your inner voice and live each day authentically.
Washington Psychological Wellness is passionate about helping people live the lives they have envisioned by bringing values of honesty, kindness, humor and compassion to the practice. Therapy can inspire change, create greater self-awareness and improve one's life and relationships. Our clinicians provide a comfortable and collaborative environment in which you can take risks and explore different ways of thinking, feeling and being. Our aim is to help you gain clarity about the underlying causes of problems, provide strategies to help you cope and empower you to trust your inner voice and live each day authentically.
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Art Therapy
How does art therapy work?
The process of making art allows people to express themselves. Art-making can take many forms, such as painting, collage, or sculpting. The therapist asks questions that the work elicits, such as how the person felt while creating their piece, or if any memories surfaced that they can discuss. The therapist will then work with the patient to process their experience, understand themselves better, and work toward change.
Does art therapy help with trauma?
Art therapy can be a valuable treatment option for those suffering from trauma. Traumatic experiences such as combat, rape, or childhood abuse can be so painful that articulating them can be too scary or painful; creating art allows people to express themselves without words, and tell their story in a different way. The physical nature of creating art can also help people feel rooted in the body, which may benefit those who feel disconnected from their body in the aftermath of trauma.
How long does art therapy last?
The duration of art therapy varies, but a common length for treatment is 10 to 15 weekly sessions. Some people may see improvement in just a few weeks, while others may choose to remain in therapy longer term. Patients should periodically discuss their goals with their therapist to make sure the two are aligned on process and progress.
What are the limitations of art therapy?
Art therapy is helpful for many people, but a limitation is that it doesn’t have as robust an evidence base as other forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy or acceptance and commitment therapy. The evidence on art therapy is mixed; some research demonstrates its benefits, while other research suggests that it has little impact on patients.