Therapists in Baltimore, MD

***NOTE: I currently have a waitlist for new patients. Pre-surgical evals may still be scheduled.*** Welcome. If you are searching this site, you are probably looking for help for yourself, your family or someone you care about. I know this is an important step and I hope that the information on my listing can assist you in finding what you need. I am a counseling psychologist with a background in the treatment of anxiety, depression and other common mental health concerns and a specialty in LGBTQI issues. I treat adults, couples (Gottman Method), and children/families (specifically those seeking support with LGBTQI issues).

In a world that never quiets, therapy with Karly will provide you the opportunity to focus on yourself, to pause, and to honestly self-reflect. Her warm and gentle approach helps you access and build healing tools within yourself, understand the patterns and roots to your distress, and vulnerably process your experiences so that you can discover your own path toward personal transformation. Karly’s therapeutic style pulls from relational, existential, and somatic therapies, as well as yogic philosophy. She has experience working with all ages as a mentor, teacher, social worker, and psychotherapist.

I believe that psychotherapy is most effective when it is strengths-based: identifying and nourishing each individual's inner strengths in order to help them heal and develop new capacities for growth. Using mindfulness and body-aware techniques, as well as gentle mental exploration and traditional psychotherapy, I see my work as guiding individuals to unlock their own innate capacity to heal.

Psychotherapy is a space to bring all the facets of your being for nonjudgmental exploration and compassionate inquiry. In therapy we collaborate to create a safe environment for your self-driven healing and change, and bring attention to your strengths, wounds, protective mechanisms, resources, and creativity. Engaging in the work of building insight into and tolerance for emotional and embodied experiences can lead to positive change in our lives and closer relationships with ourselves and others. In these ways therapy is a rewarding investment.

Perhaps you've considered therapy for a while, but life just got in the way – and now you feel like you're at a breaking point with unexpected changes, struggles in your relationships, and negative thoughts that keep creeping into your mind. Just the fact that you're reading this shows desire and hope for a better, more balanced future, and I applaud you for taking this step.

Sometimes we get so busy with the stress and fast-paced movement of daily life that when we finally come up for air, we realize we're living a life in accordance to others' wants and needs. We may have normalized parts of our lives we dislike, and now feel unsure or unworthy of who we are or what we want. Therapy is a process in which we work together to create space for you to slow down and unpack all of the beliefs, burdens, expectations, identities, fears, and hopes you hold; to assess what works and let go of what no longer serves you, to review who you've been and cultivate the person you want to be.

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.

I have multiple years of experience in helping adolescents and adults navigate life transitions, cope with symptoms related to mood disorders such as anxiety and depression, and in building meaningful life skills that can be used throughout the lifespan.