Parenting Therapists in Catonsville, MD
It is not easy being young, I know, I have been there. It can be painful when no one will listen or care about your problems, they have their own. As a native of Baltimore City, graduate of Baltimore City Schools and a retired Counselor of Baltimore City Schools, I believe I have the expertise to help others conquer obstacles in life. At the Gallery of Minds, we will listen and care. You'll learn how to cope and overcome peer pressure, bullying, anger, depression, trauma and more. If this sounds like the place for you or your child, feel free to contact me.
It is not easy being young, I know, I have been there. It can be painful when no one will listen or care about your problems, they have their own. As a native of Baltimore City, graduate of Baltimore City Schools and a retired Counselor of Baltimore City Schools, I believe I have the expertise to help others conquer obstacles in life. At the Gallery of Minds, we will listen and care. You'll learn how to cope and overcome peer pressure, bullying, anger, depression, trauma and more. If this sounds like the place for you or your child, feel free to contact me.
In addition to working with maternal mental health concerns, I maintain a general psychotherapy practice working with families experiencing conflict, tension, difficult life transitions and parenting struggles.
Feeling alone in your journey to grow your family? Feeling overwhelmed and emotional following the birth of your baby? I work with individuals and couples learning to navigate this often confusing and emotional journey of infertility as well as postpartum depression and anxiety. I can walk with you through these hard times, helping you to manage stress, nurture your relationships and make challenging decisions.
In addition to working with maternal mental health concerns, I maintain a general psychotherapy practice working with families experiencing conflict, tension, difficult life transitions and parenting struggles.
Feeling alone in your journey to grow your family? Feeling overwhelmed and emotional following the birth of your baby? I work with individuals and couples learning to navigate this often confusing and emotional journey of infertility as well as postpartum depression and anxiety. I can walk with you through these hard times, helping you to manage stress, nurture your relationships and make challenging decisions.
Cheryl Anne Bruns
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Waitlist for new clients
I have been a practicing clinical social worker since 1998. I have specialized in trauma, attachment related disorders, anxiety, depression and family of origin issues. My approach is to meet the client where he/she is respecting that you are the expert of you. I believe that change is always possible through finding the right support and solutions. I am always humbled by the hard work of my clients and honored to be a part of their journey.
I have been a practicing clinical social worker since 1998. I have specialized in trauma, attachment related disorders, anxiety, depression and family of origin issues. My approach is to meet the client where he/she is respecting that you are the expert of you. I believe that change is always possible through finding the right support and solutions. I am always humbled by the hard work of my clients and honored to be a part of their journey.
Young adults in college, changes in identity, new mothers facing all that comes with postpartum, attachment and communication challenges in relationships, or struggles with parenting.
In today’s world it is easy to feel disconnected and overstimulated. Whether it be from work, school, kids, friends, family, or romantic partners. You might often feel the overwhelming pressure to “have it all.” My goal as a therapist is to help you navigate and process your unique experiences free from judgement and centered around trust. I use a trauma informed, strengths-based approach tailored to your individual needs. I value helping you find meaningful connection within the world around you- and more importantly within yourself.
Young adults in college, changes in identity, new mothers facing all that comes with postpartum, attachment and communication challenges in relationships, or struggles with parenting.
In today’s world it is easy to feel disconnected and overstimulated. Whether it be from work, school, kids, friends, family, or romantic partners. You might often feel the overwhelming pressure to “have it all.” My goal as a therapist is to help you navigate and process your unique experiences free from judgement and centered around trust. I use a trauma informed, strengths-based approach tailored to your individual needs. I value helping you find meaningful connection within the world around you- and more importantly within yourself.
My professional interests include psychotherapy with parent-child dyads, parent support from an attachment-focused lens, and individual work with adults and teens.
I have received training in many trauma-informed interventions. I am currently a Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) Certified Practitioner, a Theraplay Certified Practitioner, a Level 2 Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Therapist, and a Registered Circle of Security Parent Educator.
My professional interests include psychotherapy with parent-child dyads, parent support from an attachment-focused lens, and individual work with adults and teens.
I have received training in many trauma-informed interventions. I am currently a Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) Certified Practitioner, a Theraplay Certified Practitioner, a Level 2 Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Therapist, and a Registered Circle of Security Parent Educator.
Chernavia Miller-Hollingsworth
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, NCC
3 Endorsed
Catonsville, MD 21228
Our bodies know what it may take our minds a lifetime to comprehend. I believe healing happens when we become more aware of what our bodies are trying to tell us. When we allow ourselves to safely slow down and notice—our thoughts, emotions, and the messages our bodies are sending, we access our wisdom and can then move forward in healthier ways. In our work together, I’ll help you reconnect with yourself, cultivating awareness and compassion for where you are right now, so real change becomes possible.
Our bodies know what it may take our minds a lifetime to comprehend. I believe healing happens when we become more aware of what our bodies are trying to tell us. When we allow ourselves to safely slow down and notice—our thoughts, emotions, and the messages our bodies are sending, we access our wisdom and can then move forward in healthier ways. In our work together, I’ll help you reconnect with yourself, cultivating awareness and compassion for where you are right now, so real change becomes possible.
You can commit to sign up for a drop-in group or 6 week group that include a parent session.
Family sessions are provided to help youth practice skills and for the family to make change and strengthen the family dynamics. If your child or teen is struggling with anger, stress or self-esteem issues, reach out to help your youth work through their emotions!
You can commit to sign up for a drop-in group or 6 week group that include a parent session.
Family sessions are provided to help youth practice skills and for the family to make change and strengthen the family dynamics. If your child or teen is struggling with anger, stress or self-esteem issues, reach out to help your youth work through their emotions!
Looking for a therapist who truly honors your story? Whether you’re navigating the high-stakes grind of military life, the complexity of neurodivergence, an eating disorder, or the echoes of trauma, you deserve more than just "support" you deserve a transformation. I provide a sanctuary where individuals, couples, and families move from survival mode to genuine well-being. I specialize in bridging the gap between feeling stuck and finding your flow. From ADHD strategies and child therapy to healing deep relational wounds, my approach is expert, empowering, and tailored to your specific evolution.
Looking for a therapist who truly honors your story? Whether you’re navigating the high-stakes grind of military life, the complexity of neurodivergence, an eating disorder, or the echoes of trauma, you deserve more than just "support" you deserve a transformation. I provide a sanctuary where individuals, couples, and families move from survival mode to genuine well-being. I specialize in bridging the gap between feeling stuck and finding your flow. From ADHD strategies and child therapy to healing deep relational wounds, my approach is expert, empowering, and tailored to your specific evolution.
From the first time we meet and throughout our journey, I will invest my full attention into listening to your unique story. This is so important because you are the expert on you. We all have the power to heal ourselves from within. Sometimes all that's needed is a little redirection and a different perspective. Other times it is necessary to learn new coping skills and approaches to difficult situations.
From the first time we meet and throughout our journey, I will invest my full attention into listening to your unique story. This is so important because you are the expert on you. We all have the power to heal ourselves from within. Sometimes all that's needed is a little redirection and a different perspective. Other times it is necessary to learn new coping skills and approaches to difficult situations.
Reaching out for therapy can feel like a big step. Whether you are feeling overwhelmed, navigating a life transition, or supporting your child through emotional or behavioral challenges, you don’t have to figure it out alone. I offer a warm, supportive, and collaborative space where clients can feel safe to explore their experiences, build insight, and develop practical tools for everyday life.
Reaching out for therapy can feel like a big step. Whether you are feeling overwhelmed, navigating a life transition, or supporting your child through emotional or behavioral challenges, you don’t have to figure it out alone. I offer a warm, supportive, and collaborative space where clients can feel safe to explore their experiences, build insight, and develop practical tools for everyday life.
Are you feeling the emotional burnout of caring for a child, parent, or multiple family members?
If you struggle with anxiety, racing thoughts about what-if scenarios, feeling the need to "earn" someone's love or that pressure to be “perfect,” know that you are not alone. These are common experiences and I'm here to help you navigate them. We can explore these experiences together, develop strategies to manage them and ultimately create a more fulfilling and peaceful life. We will explore coping skills to regulate emotions and challenge these limiting beliefs. I can help you create a more balanced life, where your needs are as important as everyone else’s. We will integrate mindfulness, grounding, somatic techniques, and IFS.
Are you feeling the emotional burnout of caring for a child, parent, or multiple family members?
If you struggle with anxiety, racing thoughts about what-if scenarios, feeling the need to "earn" someone's love or that pressure to be “perfect,” know that you are not alone. These are common experiences and I'm here to help you navigate them. We can explore these experiences together, develop strategies to manage them and ultimately create a more fulfilling and peaceful life. We will explore coping skills to regulate emotions and challenge these limiting beliefs. I can help you create a more balanced life, where your needs are as important as everyone else’s. We will integrate mindfulness, grounding, somatic techniques, and IFS.
Whether you are grappling with the weight of anxiety, the heaviness of depression, complexities of ADHD or the pain of grief and trauma, I'm here to meet you exactly where you are. We'll work collaboratively to identify your personal goals, explore the patterns holding you back, and develop actionable strategies that help you move forward. Through our work together, you will gain a deeper understanding of yourself and cultivate the inner resources necessary for lasting change. Your well-being is my top priority. My goal is to create a space where you feel heard, understood, and validated, and to empower you with the right tools!
Whether you are grappling with the weight of anxiety, the heaviness of depression, complexities of ADHD or the pain of grief and trauma, I'm here to meet you exactly where you are. We'll work collaboratively to identify your personal goals, explore the patterns holding you back, and develop actionable strategies that help you move forward. Through our work together, you will gain a deeper understanding of yourself and cultivate the inner resources necessary for lasting change. Your well-being is my top priority. My goal is to create a space where you feel heard, understood, and validated, and to empower you with the right tools!
I trust that finding a therapist is challenging and can be overwhelming. I am a caring, supportive, intelligent and well trained therapist. I am committed to helping people overcome challenges and pain in their lives.
I trust that finding a therapist is challenging and can be overwhelming. I am a caring, supportive, intelligent and well trained therapist. I am committed to helping people overcome challenges and pain in their lives.
I am a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) with over 20 years professional experience, over 15 of which have been in private practice. I provide counseling for adults, children, adolescents, and families. In the past I worked at Villa Maria after School Program where I provided individual, group, and family therapy. I have attended school meetings, knowledgeable with IEP process and school behavioral management.
I am a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) with over 20 years professional experience, over 15 of which have been in private practice. I provide counseling for adults, children, adolescents, and families. In the past I worked at Villa Maria after School Program where I provided individual, group, and family therapy. I have attended school meetings, knowledgeable with IEP process and school behavioral management.
Whether you're struggling with self-esteem, workplace stress, parenting, dating, or navigating major life transitions, I’m here to help.
I provide a safe, supportive space where you can be vulnerable, explore your concerns, and gain the confidence to overcome obstacles. Using both creative and clinical therapeutic practices, I tailor each session to meet your unique needs, empowering you to find balance and clarity.
Whether you're struggling with self-esteem, workplace stress, parenting, dating, or navigating major life transitions, I’m here to help.
I provide a safe, supportive space where you can be vulnerable, explore your concerns, and gain the confidence to overcome obstacles. Using both creative and clinical therapeutic practices, I tailor each session to meet your unique needs, empowering you to find balance and clarity.
Immediate openings available! You might look like you’ve got it together—high-functioning, dependable, always showing up—but inside, something feels off. Maybe you're tired of old patterns, heavy with grief, or just craving a space where you don’t have to perform—just be.
I work with people who’ve had to hide, hustle, or harden parts of themselves to get by. In our work, we move gently—with curiosity, not judgment—toward what's been exiled or overlooked. Whether you’re navigating burnout, identity shifts, relational patterns, or a deeper ache for meaning, I hold space for your story, your pace, and your innate capacity to heal.
Immediate openings available! You might look like you’ve got it together—high-functioning, dependable, always showing up—but inside, something feels off. Maybe you're tired of old patterns, heavy with grief, or just craving a space where you don’t have to perform—just be.
I work with people who’ve had to hide, hustle, or harden parts of themselves to get by. In our work, we move gently—with curiosity, not judgment—toward what's been exiled or overlooked. Whether you’re navigating burnout, identity shifts, relational patterns, or a deeper ache for meaning, I hold space for your story, your pace, and your innate capacity to heal.
Those might include communication and conflict resolution, executive functioning supports, and parenting strategies.
Congratulations on a first step towards getting help for yourself or your family. I specialize in Relationships, Complex Trauma, and ADHD across the lifespan. You may be experiencing slipping work/academic performance or relationship conflict related to anxiety, depressed mood and low motivation, cycles of stress and depletion, distractibility, or anger from unresolved trauma. My approach begins with listening. You have feelings to share, a story to tell, or persistent challenge you can’t seem to overcome. I’m here to provide a safe, validating place to process your experience, and some unique ways of exploring your emotional world.
Those might include communication and conflict resolution, executive functioning supports, and parenting strategies.
Congratulations on a first step towards getting help for yourself or your family. I specialize in Relationships, Complex Trauma, and ADHD across the lifespan. You may be experiencing slipping work/academic performance or relationship conflict related to anxiety, depressed mood and low motivation, cycles of stress and depletion, distractibility, or anger from unresolved trauma. My approach begins with listening. You have feelings to share, a story to tell, or persistent challenge you can’t seem to overcome. I’m here to provide a safe, validating place to process your experience, and some unique ways of exploring your emotional world.
Hi, and welcome to my page. This means that you have chosen to change directions in your life, whether due to a traumatic event or life transition or that you feel you are surviving but not thriving. I am committed to supporting your journey towards healing and becoming a healthier, happier version of yourself. I have over thirty years as a school counselor and over fifteen years as a licensed clinical therapist working with children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families. I specialize in working with clients who are dealing with issues of depression, anxiety, grief, life transitions, trauma, and intergenerational trauma.
Hi, and welcome to my page. This means that you have chosen to change directions in your life, whether due to a traumatic event or life transition or that you feel you are surviving but not thriving. I am committed to supporting your journey towards healing and becoming a healthier, happier version of yourself. I have over thirty years as a school counselor and over fifteen years as a licensed clinical therapist working with children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families. I specialize in working with clients who are dealing with issues of depression, anxiety, grief, life transitions, trauma, and intergenerational trauma.
Is there something holding you back? Experience stress, anxiety, loneliness, depression, or unhealthy pattern ? Feeling unmotivated, unfocused? Together we can face any issues or difficulties you may have through a safe, nonjudgemental, empathic, supportive and person-centered approach. I am a Licensed Social Worker with 9 years of experience working with adults, families, and children from diverse backgrounds.
Is there something holding you back? Experience stress, anxiety, loneliness, depression, or unhealthy pattern ? Feeling unmotivated, unfocused? Together we can face any issues or difficulties you may have through a safe, nonjudgemental, empathic, supportive and person-centered approach. I am a Licensed Social Worker with 9 years of experience working with adults, families, and children from diverse backgrounds.
Are you struggling with symptoms that seem unmanageable? Are you looking for a way to learn and engage simple practices that can improve your overall well-being?
If so, I offer my services. I became a social worker in an effort to reach individuals, like myself, that needed a judgment free third person to listen and reassure that not one person needs to be alone in the world. I understand that everyone has strengths as well as stress and both can be used toward creating a successful life.
Are you struggling with symptoms that seem unmanageable? Are you looking for a way to learn and engage simple practices that can improve your overall well-being?
If so, I offer my services. I became a social worker in an effort to reach individuals, like myself, that needed a judgment free third person to listen and reassure that not one person needs to be alone in the world. I understand that everyone has strengths as well as stress and both can be used toward creating a successful life.
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Parenting Therapists
What does therapy for parenting look like?
Therapists may work with parents individually, together, or include the whole family to find solutions for the problems a parent faces. Many parent-based therapies work on a parent’s relationship with their children, problem-solving within the family, and analysis of family dynamics. Therapy conducted remotely by video may be helpful in allowing a therapist to observe how families interact in their own homes.
When should a parent seek therapy?
When behavioral problems begin to disrupt the healthy functioning of a family, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If parents find that children are acting out in school, have started using drugs or alcohol, have developed eating disorders, or other similar red flags, a therapist may be able to help.
How long does therapy take for parenting problems?
Depending on the severity of a family’s challenges and the type of treatment utilized, therapy for parenting can last from weeks to months. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a pragmatic therapy type that can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. Structural family therapy, which inspects family dynamics, often takes several months. Parent-child interaction therapy is typically shorter-term, lasting between 10 and 20 sessions. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
Can therapy help parents dealing with burnout or stress?
Parenting is difficult. Parents may dismiss or conceal feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, or escape ideation—imagining withdrawing from their parental obligations altogether. but left unattended, these feelings can have negative effects on the whole family. A therapist can help parents work on the skills they might need to better cope with the burdens of parenting and help them be the best parents they can be.