Lesbian Therapists in 20815

TELETHERAPY AVAILABLE. My ideal client is one who is navigating and learning to cope with difficult emotions, losses and relational changes. I will help you build resilience and grow from your grief and pain. I will use an eclectic, supportive and compassionate therapeutic approach to facilitate your gaining insight into destructive or limiting patterns of thoughts and behaviors. Our work will allow you to emerge from what binds you and lead you to establish peace, happiness and satisfaction in your life. My approach will combine a range of therapeutic techniques, but most importantly will be individualized to suit your needs.

Are you unhappy in your relationship? Do you worry a lot? If you feel stuck in some way, I'd like to help. Individuals and couples deal with many challenges; for individuals, these difficulties may include relationship problems, stress, anxiety and depression, and low self-worth among others. Couples may experience poor communication and high conflict, loss of trust after infidelity, as well as difficulty with intimacy. My goal is to help people gain insight into their behaviors and to make desired changes that will, in turn, contribute to a healthier self-esteem and more satisfying relationships.

Not accepting new clients at this time.

***I provide both neurofeedback - which requires in-person meetings, and counseling services, which I am offering over Zoom for the time being.*** Together, we will work to alleviate your emotional concerns, anxiety, depression, and or self-sabotaging behaviors. I help my clients face what has been previously avoided emotionally so that they are able to achieve relief, greater satisfaction, & joy. This new understanding along with the experience of what has been avoided seems to have a profound impact on their lives. I am very active in session.

I am not accepting new clients at this time. Thank you for visiting my profile! I am a Marriage and Family Therapist and native of Bethesda, Maryland with over 20 years experience working with individuals, families, and couples. My primary areas of interest include: relationship issues, marital counseling, family counseling and problem-solving. My clients are from the Washington, DC suburbs, including Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington, Silver Spring, and Rockville. I look forward to meeting with you and helping you find solutions that work for your specific concerns.

Do you worry a lot about the future? Have difficulty accepting uncertainty? Is it hard to move forward from past experiences or to enjoy daily life? These challenges can interfere with your mood, relationships, sleep, & physical health. I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, relationship issues, life cycle events, health problems, and family planning concerns (including infertility, transitioning to parenthood, expanding your family, etc). As a licensed psychologist, I have many years of advanced training and experience to help you feel better and we collaborate together to identify and meet your personal goals.

Finding the right therapist is difficult, isn't it? So hard to tell from reading the profile if she will be a good match for you. Perhaps you are asking yourself questions like "Do I really want to do this?", "Can I speak freely to a stranger?", "How do I know she will understand me and my issues?", or "How does therapy work?" It's understandable to have reservations. Call/e-mail me to set up a free, no obligation session and we can address your concerns. You'll be able to tell if you feel safe and heard.

Anxiety? Depression? Stress? Life Changes? With over thirty years of experience in private practice, I have noticed how sometimes long-standing behaviors can actually create personal problems, cause relationship difficulties, and undermine the achievement of life goals. Working together, we can explore and identify these behaviors and change them. Individual Therapy helps to build confidence as you begin to understand and take steps to modify personal challenges. Couples Therapy identifies and builds upon personal and relationships strengths to repair interpersonal distress. Group Psychotherapy enhances and deepens personal awareness so you improve your connections with others.

Close and warm relationships are key to a successful family life, individual health, and to a happy life as a couple. I work collaboratively with families to improve communication between parent and child, deal with underlying emotions, and to address problems together. I help couples find their way back to the initial strong bond that brought them together. I assist parents in finding successful strategies to deal with emotional outbursts, school difficulties, and sibling conflicts. Together we address specific challenges that children face such as learning differences and mood swings. I specialize in working with adoption and multicultural families.

As a seasoned licensed psychologist and certified hypnotherapist in Maryland, Dr. Stefanie Gilbert has counseled patients in private practice, at George Mason University Counseling Center, and at Howard University Counseling Center since 1998. She gives frequent talks about eating disorders and body image to elementary, middle, high school, and college students throughout the D.C. metropolitan area. Dr. Gilbert was formerly a tenured professor in the Psychology Department and Women's Studies Program at Howard University. She also was president of the Washington Society for the Study of Eating Disorders and Obesity for six years.

TELETHERAPY APPOINTMENTS Providing telehealth services I work with a wide variety of presenting issues with a broad range of clients. I am here to help you achieve your goals and be successful in therapy. I can help work through grief and loss situations as well as trauma whether current or historical. I have extensive experience working with trauma survivors. I can help with parenting and communication issues.

Are you feeling frustrated, lonely, overwhelmed, or depressed? Does it seem like there must be more to life than what you are getting? Sometimes we just feel stuck in our lives. Old emotional wounds or patterns keep nagging at us, keeping us from feeling free to live authentically. Relationships can be one the most rewarding or distressing parts of our lives. Changing the way we relate to ourselves and to others is key. Therapy is a transformative process that can help us address our concerns about ourselves and others.

Everyone feels anxious, or depressed sometimes. We turn to psychotherapy when we are feeling bad too much of the time. Maybe relationships aren't working, or you are dealing with loss. Maybe you haven't achieved what you wanted, or there are things about yourself you want to change. You want it to be different, but it hasn't happened yet. Therapy helps change the things that keep you from getting what you need, and being who you want to be. I work with adults, both individuals and couples.

Certain patterns in your life may create impasses in how you relate affecting how you think, feel and act. We will collaborate at a pace that suits your needs to your particular ability to process the work. I will gently and clearly engage you in a dialogue and observe the dynamics of the therapeutic relationship and how blocks manifest themselves in that context. My role is to engage you and facilitate change that goes beyond symptom relief.

COVID 19 has left you unprepared for your life and work now. Are you caring for yourself and your family or are you burned out? How do you manage a relationship? How do handle work and school stress? Are you prepared for the future and do you have the right tools? My job is to help you harness your power and develop coping skills and plans for today and your future. Exhaustion, frantic thinking, and limited coping are not enough.

My approach to therapy is to create a context in which individuals, couples and families can know themselves in terms of their inherent strengths, competencies and capacities. I believe that when people experience themselves this way, they are most able to deal with stress, disruption, anxiety and depression in their lives. In my work with families and couples, I focus on interpersonal connection and work to help people experience the ways in which they make a positive difference to one another.

I strive to help adults and seniors achieve balance through therapy. Through my experience of working with adults and seniors, I am aware of the unique challenges that they encounter during this stage of life. In my practice, I focus on one's strengths and I help clients to recognize their own distinct set of coping skills to live the good quality of life that they deserve to live. I provide Telehealth via Zoom to allow the client to receive support in the comfort and safety of their own home.

I am Bilingual Clinical Psychologist who specializes in working with children and adolescents and their families with a range of emotional and behavioral conflicts and issues. I have provided individual and family therapy using a variety of evidence-based methods. Having a particular interest in working with children who struggle with various life issues, I view my office as a place where children can feel safe and learn to help themselves. I encourage them to identify their own strengths and develop goals to promote positive long-term outcomes and resilience so that they may thrive.

I am committed to helping individuals and couples gain insight and make behavioral changes to enhance their lives. My focus is on relationships with friends, family, romantic partners and/or the workplace as I believe engagement in these areas is an important aspect of living a satisfying and purposeful life. I also work with those struggling with addictions, compulsions, self-destructive behavior (especially eating disorders), and balancing the competing demands of life. My professional strengths are reflected in a nonjudgmental stance and an ability to help people examine themselves and make the changes necessary to live in a more fulfilling life.