Attachment-based Therapists in Chevy Chase, MD

I believe by exploring our past experiences and relationships we can find answers to better understand our own behaviors and thought processes. Our best healing happens throughout the context of a safe relationship and that is what I offer in therapy; a safe place where my client can explore their pain, trauma, hurt, and confusion in order to heal and live the most meaningful life possible. My clients know what their goals are and are excited to get to work but may need more accountability or support. Sometimes they aren't so clear and I can help with that, too!

I have spent 42 years treating adults and couples suffering from depression, disabling anxiety, repeated relational problems, trauma, and grief.I also speciaize in child developmental and play therapies with a range of challenges for which I design treatment plans individually. I determine the course of child treatment according to my assessment of their level of development. I involve parents to varying extents in the therapy. Over the years, I have become most specialized working with separation/divorce, attachment, anxiety, depression, behavioral, and neuro-developmental, and adoption difficulties for children and their families.

"Adulting" can be complicated. If you're in your teens or twenties, you know what I'm talking about - the pressure is real. Yes, it can be a time of new and exciting experiences, but it can also be fraught with anxiety, confusion, heartbreak, and unexpected forks in the road. Whether you're struggling with problems at school or work, difficult relationships, or just the sense that something is missing from your life, therapy may help. Creating lasting and meaningful change can be challenging but you don't have to do it alone.

Licensed in Washington, DC and Maryland, I work with teenagers and adults on a range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem, emotional regulation, identities, relationships, and life stressors. I am warm, collaborative, and compassionate and enjoy helping clients process their experience, develop healthy coping mechanisms, make progress toward their goals, and improve their quality of life.

Therapy is an opportunity to get to know yourself better and decide if there are other choices and/or life paths available to you. It is not an easy process, but many find that it is well worth the effort. I can help you make the best use of this opportunity. I work with patients with a wide variety of challenges including eating disorders, mood disorders (depression and anxiety), relationship issues, parenting children with special needs, and loss. Feel free to check out my website for more info www.drlhulier.com or call 202-262-1483.

I am a therapist who works collaboratively to find ways to help you explore what's happening in a supportive, caring, and non-judgmental environment. There are moments in life when things feel overwhelming and we struggle to find the answers to how to move forward. This can sometimes make us feel stressed, stuck, angry, anxious, or depressed. These feelings can also end up affecting our relationships, work, or life in general. We'll work together to help you realize and build on your existing strengths and develop new emotional and behavioral coping strategies, especially self-compassion.

Adrian takes a collaborative approach to therapy. Clients externalize their problems, make meaning from ambiguity and grow using their strengths and assets. By illuminating forgotten or under-utilized skills, clients can find more control and grow their tolerance for discomfort and change. Clients will synthesize their goals for change and learn to celebrate complex ways of looking at the world.

Welcome! I am a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. I help individuals address issues such as anxiety, depression, separation & divorce, grief & loss, and trauma. Tools for integration, coping, flexibility and sustained health inevitably emerge in the therapeutic relationship. My work is culturally informed and evidence based. As a European immigrant to the US, I have a particular interest in cultural transitions, ethnicities, and identities, and am LGBTQA+ affirmative.

Whether you are brand new to therapy or looking for a change, you want someone you can trust to support your mental health needs. I have worked with individuals of all ages facing a variety of challenges, including eating disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, trauma, crisis and suicidality, and co-occurring disorders.

I'm happy you are here. I work with women and new parents who are struggling with the transition to pregnancy or parenting and want to feel more enjoyment and confidence in their new identity and relationships. I know it can be intimidating to consider therapy. You may be pregnant or newly postpartum, grappling with the physical, emotional, and environmental changes that come with such a transition. You may be a tired or stressed out parent, trying to “have it all” but always falling behind the endless to-do’s. I understand the difficulties that come with expanding your family. We can work together to reduce your stress.

When I see a new patient for the first time, I try to assess what he or she wants from life or from what each person is struggling. I do this with individuals or parents so together so we can determine what is best for him or her or their child at the current time. Sometimes people want to work on one problem and then develop a curiosity about how their minds work. Often in those situations, I work more intensely and more frequency to search for what is meaning to people and how they wants to navigate in the world in a freer way.

Welcome! I want to praise you for taking the first step toward change, healing, and personal growth. I strive to create a warm and safe environment for my clients. My therapeutic style tends to be empathic, authentic and collaborative. I practice therapy from an eclectic approach often utilizing CBT, The Unified Protocol, and Attachment Theory. I provide individual, couples, and family therapy. I have a special interest working with adolescents and young adults.

If you are a parent who has been watching their child struggle and doesn't know what to do. If you are a young adult adjusting to college and your post college world. If you're an adult who is juggling the many demands and stresses of life. If you're struggling with depression, anxiety, or trauma: you've come to the right place.

I specialize in working with children and adolescents struggling with problem behaviors and mental health disorders. I have found that through play therapy, motivational interviewing, and working closely on coping skills and emotional regulation, children are better able to combat the daily challenges faced at school and at home. Every individual is unique and finding the methods that allows each clients to benefit from therapy and lead a successful life is essential to my practice. I am also a native Spanish speaker.

I provide Psychotherapy, Life & Clinical Coaching, Divorce Coaching & Mediation, Financial psychology counseling & expatriate counseling for individuals, couples and families; treatment and intervention for those affected by mood disorders (depression and anxiety), trauma, grief, loss and professional & personal transition. I have lived abroad, experienced numerous cultural, personal, and professional transitions myself which I draw on in my work. My combined background in mental health & business gives me a unique perspective that allows me to work with individuals who are facing challenges in their personal and professional lives.

Starting therapy can be quite a scary decision, and finding a therapist can be an extensive process. But once you've found the right therapist, your positive journey towards healing begins. Through my warm, compassionate practice, I help challenge my clients to dig deeper to find their unresolved feelings that have created negative life perspectives.

Therapy is an opportunity for you to gain insight, find hope, and make lasting change. With my support, you can gain increased self-awareness and clarity into the self-defeating patterns and beliefs that may be keeping you stuck, distressed, alone or in conflict. I strive to create an atmosphere that is caring, compassionate and safe to empower you to take the necessary steps toward greater fulfillment and meaning. Specializing in issues pertaining to relationships and life transitions, including marriage/divorce, parenting, relocation, career changes and loss, I will help you discover your strengths, enhance self-esteem, improve communication, and ease your anxiety.