Elders (65+) Therapists in Millersville, MD

Rachel empowers individuals to find strength in themselves and gain control of their narratives. Clients often seek therapy when everything feels out of control and emotions are at their most intense. Rachel uses therapy to examine clients’ own unique stories, identify underlying strengths, gain insight, and increase self-compassion. Since 2013, Rachel has provided outpatient psychotherapy to adolescents, adults, and seniors.

Linda Idowu is a Licensed Master Social Worker in Maryland who has been practicing since 2019. She has a Masters in Social Work. Linda offers clients assessments, therapy sessions, and treatment. Outside of work, Linda enjoys listening to music, dancing, and cooking.

Stephanie Kestler has over 20 years of experience in the mental health field, specializing in trauma and abuse. Stephanie's therapeutic style includes her easy rapport, sense of humor, meeting people where they are, working together as a team, empowering them to find his or her own path toward healing and contentment. Stephanie's emphasis is on patient care, providing quality treatment with compassion and integrity.

Candice M. Kordish is a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor in Maryland who has been practicing since 2022. She has a Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Candice provides individual counseling to clients of various ages and psychological disorders including Adjustment Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Substance Use Disorder. She has also utilized her clinical skills in group therapy settings, with couples, as well as families. Candice tailors each client's treatment to his or her own specific goals.

You deserve to live a life that is positive and fulfilling; a life that leaves you feeling excited to wake up each morning and embrace the day’s potential. Finding that “spark” in life can sometimes feel like a struggle. Perhaps you feel anxious and overwhelmed, or find yourself generally losing pleasure in things you once enjoyed. Many of us experience these feelings, but you don’t need to continue struggling alone. I believe that collaboration is key, and together we can address your personal experience, learn to navigate life’s challenges, and help you get back to living your best life.

Lucas Lengrand is a Licensed Master Social Worker in Maryland who has been practicing since 2022. He has a Master's of Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Lucas offers client centered treatment based on a client's own unique strengths and experiences. He collaborates with clients to build insight and understanding through exploration of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Lucas challenges clients to consider if these thoughts, feelings, and behaviors align with their own values and morals and learn to identify and reframe potentially unhelpful thoughts/feelings.

Immediate openings for many insurances and self-pay! PDG Therapeutics provides individual, group, marital, and family therapy services. Our experienced clinicians are available day and evening hours, in order to meet the needs of individuals seeking services. Our services assist with depression, grief, trauma, family conflict, anger, suicide prevention/self harm, anxiety, and many other challenges. Therapy services take place in a warm, comfortable, and supportive environment. PDG Therapeutics' therapists will work with you to establish treatment goals for therapy, and to work toward those goals in a collaborative relationship.

Claudine Stebler Mooty LCSW-C is a clinical social worker with over 20 years of experience in the mental health field. She received her Master’s of Social Work degree, Clinical Concentration from Catholic University, where she completed two internships at Montgomery County Maryland’s DHHS Linkages to Learning Program and Adult Multicultural Mental Health Program. She previously received her B.A. at the University of Maryland College Park in Psychology, and Spanish Language and Literature.

People find themselves considering therapy for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they find themselves struggling to find balance and acclimate to the many changes in our world today. They find it hard to sleep, stay focused or find motivation. All of a sudden completing tasks takes more effort. Others find it hard to build or maintain relationships with others. Expressing or regulating emotions can be more difficult. While we all have a host of coping strategies that we rely on to get us through life's challenging moments, during times of increased stress we sometimes find these strategies just don’t work as well as they did before.

I am a Licensed Certified Clinical Social Worker with over 25 years providing mental health services. My background in Social Work and Counseling Psychology has given me an appreciation of how we are shaped by both nature and nurture. Through the lens of Cognitive and Behavior and Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, we will explore your unique history and learn to identify maladaptive thoughts and behavior patterns. New insights can lead to greater self acceptance and positive life changes. I provide a warm and accepting environment for adolescents and adults of all ages.

If you are reading my profile, you have already taken a courageous step toward healing. I believe identifying a therapist for your adolescent, or yourself can be a time- consuming and daunting process. I have immediate openings for new clients. I help those struggling with co-occurring disorders; specifically, depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and grief. I have a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling with a specialization in addiction counseling. Each client is unique, so I use a varied approach.

Libby has 30 plus years as an experienced therapist providing counseling services to children, teenagers, women, couples and families. She is trained to work with marriage and family issues where her focus is to build and strengthen relationships. She is highly experienced in play therapy for the effective treatment of children. She has an extensive repertoire to work with victims of physical, sexual and verbal abuse. Libby believes with God, nothing is impossible and she relies on Him to use her professional training and life experience to assist others who are wounded and seeking healing and restoration.

If you are seeking therapy, you’ve already been working so hard! A unique approach with concrete, directive interventions may be just what you’ve been looking for! I conduct individual and couples sessions, offer extended couples sessions and an intensive weekend option to expedite progress. This work emphasizes connection, alignment with values, forgiveness, acceptance, compassion, and living peacefully in the moment with a healthy sense of self. I can often help people who have been unsuccessful with therapy in the past, have had a return of symptoms after repeated therapy, or are reluctant to engage in the therapeutic process.

Diane Channas has been in practice helping clients for over 25 years. She has experience in treating men, women, adolescents, and children for a variety of individual, marriage, and family issues including PTSD, dissociation, depression, anxiety, grief, communication, and adjustment disorders. She uses a variety of therapeutic approaches which include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Systems Approach Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy. Diane enjoys helping others realize their potential as they move through challenging life circumstances.

Gisele Parker is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Maryland who has been practicing since 1998. Gisele views therapy as client specific and unique to each client. Her approach to therapy is Client-Centered Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). She offers clients the opportunity to be heard, accepted without judgement, and encouraged to face their fears, make changes towards growth, and navigate through the challenges of life. Gisele has worked with individuals of all ages with mental health issues including mood disorders, personality disorders, ADHD, and Autism-Spectrum disorders.

Are you feeling stressed, spread thin, trying to figure out how to manage? Wanting to increase feelings of calm, stability, self-worth and strength? I enjoy and strive to help clients reach their goals, decrease stress and heal. I have experience working with women, young adults, men and parents of children as they journey through life.

Marsha Wiggins-Washington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Maryland who has been practicing since 2014. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Columbia College and a Master of Social Work in Advanced Clinical Practice. Marsha believes that most people already possess the strengths and tools to address what ails them, at least in part. Most people are experts regarding their own lives. It’s great to have the tools, but it’s more helpful when one is trained to use the tools in a way that is most beneficial and useful to themselves, specifically.

Relationship problems can result from prolonged grief, excessive guilt, low self-esteem or having very few boundaries. Problems may occur from a series of failed or stormy relationships, being over-controlling or being too inflexible. They can arise from developmental "shocks," losses or being emotionally starved. Problems can result from violence, molestation, abuses, or feeling empty and disconnected. They may also occur from addictions, codependent choices, chronic illnesses, neurobiology or the quality of healthcare. And relationship problems can result from paralyzing fear of harm or being alone, or any combination of the above.

Brenda takes a person-centered, solution-focused approach. She enjoys working together with individuals experiencing life transitions and challenges, helping them identify and work through barriers to achieve their personal goals. Brenda has worked with individuals experiencing issues associated with depression, anxiety, aging and caregiving, grief/loss, complex/chronic medical conditions, interpersonal relationships, workplace challenges, childhood sexual abuse and intellectual/developmental disabilities.