Adults Therapists in Columbia, MD

“I don't feel cared for.” “When I bring up the ‘hard stuff,’ I’m met with silence." “Whatever I give is never enough.” “Why do I feel so alone?” “We keep having the same fights.” “I just want to be heard.” If these statements resonate with you, I'm glad you've landed on my page! Navigating these struggles alone can be overwhelming. In couples therapy, I can offer effective and compassionate help for your relationship, tailored to meet the needs of your situation. Working together, we can develop the skills you need to move away from a cycle of conflict and frustration and move towards greater connection, communication, and intimacy.

Are you feeling disconnected from your family and friends? Do you find yourself in the same patterns you swore you would not repeat? Maybe you have forgotten how to find the strength in yourself or the ability to trust others. Very often in the struggle of day-to-day life we become overwhelmed by emotions, demands, responsibilities, and meeting the needs of others. It’s easy to lose sight of your own needs and purpose, but it’s often hard to ask for help. I enjoy working with individuals including teens, adults and older adults as well as families that are ready to consider a different way of doing things and to make a change.

Shakeria Hall-McGronan is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) who has experience working with adolescents, teens, and adults in various treatment settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals. Shakeria completed her Master of Social Work (MSW) at the University of Alabama. Her goal is to provide holistic therapy to support your strengths and goals, empower you, help you improve relationships, allow you to explore your mind, and promote healing.

Are you feeling stuck, down, depressed, unmotivated, unfocused? Are you trapped in overwhelming emotions or unhelpful thinking? Are your relationships causing you distress? I am here to help you on your journey to greater inner harmony, balance, joy, and aliveness. I am an experienced psychotherapist who finds great fulfillment in helping my clients overcome their emotional hurdles and enabling them to live more productive and fulfilling lives. I work with adults , adolescents, couples, and families. I am here to help you discover your strengths and see the sunny side of life more often.

I have experience working with teens, transitional adults , and older adults and have worked in schools and inpatient settings engaging with individuals with a wide range of mental and emotional ailments. In my current position I am offering outpatient care via teleheaIth. I work with individuals primarily, but invite family and supports to engage in sessions if necessary. My clinical experience includes and is not limited to depression, anxiety, acute stress, difficult emotions, intrusive thoughts, and difficulty in relationships.

I believe that we are all wired to connect, change and heal. As a therapist, I work with adults (18+) who want to spark and kindle these innate abilities. Consider reaching out to me if you want help with anxiety, shame, low self-esteem, and/or depression. I aim to heal the root of pain, such as adversity, trauma, grief/loss, and toxic messages from society. I also enjoy working with clients who want help expanding on growth and change and effectively integrating them into existing life and relationships.

Your choice to seek therapy for yourself or your child takes courage and is the first step to finding ways to improve the quality of your lives. We’ve all needed to reach out for support and encouragement at some point in our lives and to know that we are not alone. Therapy can offer the opportunity to understand and address areas that present us with life’s challenges. For over 20 years I have worked in a variety of settings with preschoolers, children, adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, behavioral difficulties, emotional dysregulation, ADHD, relationship difficulties, and school problems.

Are you or someone you love questioning gender? Are you or someone you love needing support with your transition processes? Are you transgender or non-binary and have had challenges finding an affirming, trans-competent provider? I am a queer trans-man with years of experience working with children, teens, and adults who are transgender, gender diverse, or questioning their gender, and their family members. Whether you are seeking therapy related to your gender or not, and whatever challenges have brought you to therapy, I am here to listen and to help you reach your full potential.

You feel stuck. You may often find yourself feeling sad, angry, or irritable. Perhaps you aren’t sure what you’re feeling, but you know that something is wrong in your life. Maybe you’re not the person that you thought you’d become. Possibly fear and anxiety are holding you back. These feelings could be new, or so old that you cannot remember feeling differently. Regardless of how you got here, you are ready for change.

*I am currently providing Live Telehealth Services to children, teens, couples, and families. Contact me with questions!* My passion is advocating for and assisting in the development of healthy children, adults , and families. My life’s work is to create a safe and comfortable atmosphere for you to lay out your current needs and struggles while helping you to explore ways to positively influence one’s life. I have been successful in utilizing a combination of expressive interventions, and Exposure Therapy to create positive change in challenging issues such as anxiety, anger management, and interpersonal relationship dynamics.

You're ready. You've been thinking about it, and you have a goal in mind. You're looking for a professional to offer guidance, give you tools, and help you stay on track. I am a therapist and art psychotherapist with years of experience helping adults , adolescents, and children with concerns such as depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD, trauma, rape/sexual abuse, and ADHD. I have worked in partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs for adolescents at risk, as well as adult inpatient and general outpatient settings for adults , adolescents, and children.

I enjoy working with children and their families. I believe that children that experience poor impulse control and inattention (ADHD), anxiety, depression, grief and trauma do not necessarily have the skills to express their feelings in ways that adults can relate and therefore are sometimes misunderstood. I work with these children and their families to best identify ways to communicate those feelings in a safe, healthy environment through the use of play therapy and expressive therapies.

Are you ready to begin your journey towards wellness and healing? I believe that the start of healing begins with finding balance. Balance can be found through compassion, forgiveness, empathy, genuine joy, and exploring your innermost thoughts. Therapy is a safe space where I can help you to find harmony by providing support without judgement and bias. I have worked with adults and adolescents in navigating life's challenges including depression, anxiety, gender and sexuality concerns, addiction recovery, stress management, and more.

I have been in private practice for 13 years in Columbia Maryland, and provide individual, couple and group psychotherapy to adults and adolescents. My personal philosophy has always been to be of service to others. I have created a process to bring in to conscious awareness patterns of limiting beliefs and blockages in a place where healing and personal growth can flourish in an environment that is safe, confidential and free of judgement. The journey to the authentic self is one that requires courage, determination, self-reflection and unconditional love of yourselves.

If you are experiencing emotional pain from a past or current relationship, I provide a supportive, non-judgmental atmosphere in which you can gain insight and feel empowered to make positive life changes. As a Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years experience, I specialize in addressing relationship problems and in infidelity recovery. In individual or couples therapy, we will explore ways of thinking and patterns of interaction that are no longer working for you. Therapy aims to promote healing and growth for individuals, and to enhance communication, connection and trust within one's relationships.

As a licensed psychologist, I specialize in providing individual counseling for children, adolescents and adults . I am skilled in the successful treatment of mood disorders, such as anxiety and depression, childhood behavioral disorders, relationship difficulties, and adjustment to life changes, problems and transitions. As an active therapist, I like to collaborate with my clients to help them achieve their goals to a happier and healthier future, both emotionally and physically.

Whether you’re looking to address a specific concern, gain new awareness, bring big changes to your life or not, counseling is a great resource. As a counselor, I enjoy helping individuals with anxiety and OCD get back to - or create - the life they want to be living.  I have a special interest in anxiety and distress about large-scale issues such as environmental and climate-related concerns.

My name is Matthew Stevens and I am a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C). I have over ten years of experience as a mental health therapist, both in an outpatient clinic and an acute care inpatient setting. Being a therapist in two extremely different settings provided me the opportunity acquire and hone my clinical skills with adults seeking treatment for a variety of challenges and issues These include depression, anxiety, substance abuse, relationship concerns, mood disorders, and life transitions, among others.

I specialize in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders in children, adolescents and adults as well as behavior problems in children and adolescents. I also treat those who have experienced trauma. I utilize cognitive behavioral, behavior modification, relaxation, and solution focused therapies to help clients achieve a better life. My treatment approach is to listen carefully, develop treatment goals that are important and achieveable for the client, build on the client's current skills and help to develop new life skills as well as helping the client to achieve life balance.