Therapists in Gaithersburg, MD
Murray Kramer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
Murray Kramer has been a holistic psychotherapist for over 30 years. He graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from City College of New York in 1967. He went on to study Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania, and received an M.A. in 1970. He then became intensively involved Zen meditation, and was in residence in Zen centers for 17 years. His approach to working with children, adolescents, adults and families, is to start with where the individual is, and to bring to bear psychodynamic principles, within a supportive, open space encouraging insight and healing.
Jessica Blake Hawke
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
My approach to healing is compassionate and pragmatic as well holistic which includes being attentive to the mind and body. I am fully invested in helping you resolve anxiety and depression and in helping you find contentment in your life and relationships. I will work with you to create a collaborative and individualized treatment plan to treat symptoms of depression, anxiety and other struggles that interfere with daily living. I have experience working with a diverse client base and together we will work to identify current behaviors and introduce coping skills to help with your physical and mental health.
Andrea Mendez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-C
Verified
Verified
Welcome! I specifically enjoy working with adult women and their partners who have a history of childhood trauma, and are looking for more insight into their thoughts, feelings, and behavior patterns. Maybe it seems like everything is against you, that life will never get better, or that everyone else seems to have it together except you. Perhaps you have struggled for a long time with controlling your impulses, relationships never seem to stick, and chaos and crisis seems to follow you wherever you go. We can address feelings such as shame, distrust, overwhelm, panic, irritability, anger, and depression without judgement.
Kate Bramhall
Counselor, LGPC
Verified
Verified
Accepting new patients in Maryland! My highest priority is to cultivate a space for you as a client to feel safe, supported, and unconditionally accepted. I work from a person-centered approach; empowering clients to turn inward to find the holistic connectivity that will identify and lead them to their goals. Life balance can be achieved by trusting your inner voice, discovering your individual needs, and addressing the whole person as a sum of its unique parts.
Scott Bristol
Counselor, MA, LGPC
Verified
Verified
**NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS** Welcome to your first step and a vital decision to choose you! Being seen and heard are undervalued in our society. Do you allow the space and care that you need to be whole? Pouring from an empty cup is difficult. I welcome individuals, couples, and families, whether seeking self-enlightenment, coping, better communication, or unity. Though implied in the text, I extend a special invitation to the men. We feel we always HAVE to be "ok," but we know better, fellas! Seeking help is a show of strength.
Quita Mullan, Ph.D.
Psychologist, PhD, MPH
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Fear, sadness, grief, anger, anxiety, betrayal, confusion, physical pain and other life, relationship, and work stresses can leave us feeling lost and out of balance with ourselves and with others who are important to us. I have worked for 20+ yrs. with individuals and couples. I actively engage with my clients to bring about new insights, and fresh ways of thinking, feeling and behaving where a re-balance can occur. Together we work to release negative core beliefs and shift dysfunctional patterns resulting in clients' greater clarity, empowerment, peace, and satisfaction. Clients become more connected to themselves and others.
Mirshelle Edwards
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified
5 Endorsed
Verified
5 Endorsed
Identity, school and career stress, trauma, persistent worrying, family relationships, sadness, isolation/withdrawal and shame are my specialty. I facilitate empowering and solution-focused treatment to gain understanding of current cognitive patterns that result in undesired behavior and low mood. My clients learn emotion regulation, assertiveness, effective communication, trauma resolution, positive relationship and behavior change. I target cognitive distortions that are usually responsible for the heightened feeling of catastrophizing, worry, sadness, loss of interest and pleasure, low self-esteem etc.
Kerry Ann Aleibar
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-C
Verified
Verified
Are you feeling sad, anxious, and overwhelmed? Are you someone who is tired of figuring out things on your own? Do you have some unresolved areas in your life you would like to discuss? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone. I would love to partner with you to navigate these challenges and get you to a place where you can achieve inner peace and live the life you truly deserve. I work with adolescents and adults including the geriatric population who are seeking tools and strategies to overcome challenges related to anxiety, depression, grief and loss, stress, life transitions, and chronic illnesses.
Ruchi Bhargava
Psychologist, PhD
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
Welcome! I am currently accepting new clients. It may have been hard for you to take this first step in seeking help. I want to ease your mind. I believe that treating the whole person is essential to providing the best care. I provide a multifaceted collaborative approach to treatment and concentrate on an individual strengths. Many times we go through life feeling stuck or in a state of limbo, but when we begin to explore the reasons and underlying issues, it can become clear what exactly is standing between oneself and the goal.
JB Counseling Services, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, ADHD, CAIMHP
Verified
Verified
The way we experience our lives around us, is vastly shaped by our past learned experiences, especially as children and teenagers. Ideally, a child should learn how to navigate the world with confidence, feels secure and safe, skillfully assured of his/her own ability to problem solve. When someone suffers from anxiety, depression or personality disorders, he/she have been forced to develop different set of skills, mostly on his/her own, designed to defend the body against either perceived or real traumatic events. As a result, their views of themselves and, the world and others, becomes rigid, distorted and generalized.
Restorative Focus Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C
Verified
Verified
Currently accepting new clients! Restorative Focus Counseling Services has a passionate commitment for helping others make positive changes in their lives. The primary passions are helping individuals work through their problems and issues utilizing positive self-talk, mindfulness and grounding. We believe establishing a strong therapeutic rapport with her clients fosters a trusting, collaborative relationship in which clients begin to overcome their obstacles, developing positive coping skills, and achieve their goals.
Matthew Frasca
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified
Verified
Finding a therapist is challenging and stressful, but my job is to make it much easier for you. I work with a variety of clients all with different needs. My goal is to help you overcome and work through issues, empowering you to take back control over your life. My objective with my clients (children through adults) is to inspire self-discovery, inner peace, and help them find strength and understanding to make them feel complete, whole, and safe. I work with each client at their level and at their pace. Together we can broach difficult topics in a caring and empathetic way to begin the healing process.
Waitlist for new clients
Alem Asefa
Counselor, LGPC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Teens and adults living with low self-esteem, relationship challenges, and stress related to identity/culture (including 1st & 2nd generation American), roles and expectations, life transitions, trauma, and anxiety and/or depression work with me to identify and implement strategies to mana stress and distress. Through a process of identifying, understanding and evaluating emotional states, thinking and behavior patterns we eliminate and replace unproductive habits with more adaptive patterns toward an increased sense of well-being and ability to thrive and function satisfactorily.
Emma Mattingly
LPC Intern
Verified
Verified
Managing or eliminating sadness, difficult relationships, military life and its impact, uncontrollable worry, intrusive thoughts, work stress, family stressors, isolation, difficulty concentrating and little interest or pleasure in activities are reasons why clients come to me. They learn how to use solution-focused, dialectical behavior therapy, trauma informed care and cognitive behavioral to manage their difficulties. We will discuss the absence of a parent, the pressures of caretaking, the stress of balancing responsibilities, grief and loss, difficulty in interpersonal relationships, and more.
Yevgeniya K Melnik
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I provide individual and family therapy to individuals and families, who are looking for professional support in identifying their personal goals, clarifying concerns which may stand in the way of achieving them, and figuring out effective ways of moving forward.
Cathy Caldwell
Counselor, LCPC, ATR
Verified
Verified
Is your child stressed, overwhelmed or more irritable now than ever and it's even impacting the whole family? Are you exhausted trying to help your kids during these meltdowns? Perhaps your child or teen is not happy or the family is struggling. I believe that every individual possesses innate strengths, resilience and courage to live a fulfilling life. Counseling can be the support to help you and your kids live a more peaceful life. I help by contributing positively to you and your families lives through connection, empathy and creative expression and bolstering healthy self-concepts for children and the family.
Waitlist for new clients
Iris Ysern MSW / Ysern Therapy & Consulting, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-C, LICSW, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Bienvenido! Welcome! I believe that the overall health of a person depends on their physical, emotional, spiritual and social wellbeing- an integrated mind & body perspective. My approach focuses on supporting you to use constructive and healthy ways to better manage challenges life sometimes presents. I look forward to working with you to achieve your goals! I am licensed in Maryland, Washington DC & Virginia.
Mario Lagman
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MS, LCPC
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
I work with adolescents,adults, and couples using the Family Systems approach by considering individual relationships between family members in the context of the whole. This means that I take into account my clients' emotional and relational history, in addition to observing present interactions. This collaboration of information from both the past and present is important in helping each person realize that he/she contributes to the way his/her life functions. It is my goal to help individuals recognize the impact of their unique roles in the family so that they may improve the quality of their interpersonal relationships.
Shawntae Chase
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Do you feel as if no one understands or relates to you? Do you struggle to keep everything together or feel burdened by life's "what if's” that you feel stuck? Are you going back and forth with negative self-talk, thoughts, or feelings? Well life at times can be very overwhelming but you don’t have to navigate it alone.
Brandon Jackson-Mills
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
**CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS** Brandon is a mental health therapist passionate about helping community members fulfill their mental wellness goals. Brandon’s clinical experiences are extensive & include work as a psychiatric technician helping youth survivors of sexual trauma, an event coordinator, vocational trainer, & life skills coordinator for the Latin American Youth Center, as well as social worker & program manager for a semi-independent living program in PG County, Maryland. He concentrated his education in the areas of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Motivational Interviewing (MI), which he integrates in therapy.
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