Female Therapists in Mount Rainier, MD
Feeling stressed, stuck in the same relationship patterns, or just tired of being hard on yourself? You're not alone, and you don't have to figure it out alone. I'm a therapist who helps adults build lives that actually fit their values. I work with adults navigating anxiety, mood concerns, life transitions, and the messy in-between moments, including interpersonal challenges, intergenerational trauma, and the struggle to build routines and systems that actually work.
Feeling stressed, stuck in the same relationship patterns, or just tired of being hard on yourself? You're not alone, and you don't have to figure it out alone. I'm a therapist who helps adults build lives that actually fit their values. I work with adults navigating anxiety, mood concerns, life transitions, and the messy in-between moments, including interpersonal challenges, intergenerational trauma, and the struggle to build routines and systems that actually work.
Are you a black professional feeling overwhelmed by workplace stress? If so, I'm here to help. I understand the unique stressors that black professionals face in the workplace and the toll it can take on your mental health. My goal is to provide a safe and supportive space where you can explore your experiences and develop effective coping strategies. Together, we'll work to identify the root causes of your stress, including issues related to race, discrimination, and microaggressions. We'll also explore how your personal beliefs and values may be impacting your work experience.
Are you a black professional feeling overwhelmed by workplace stress? If so, I'm here to help. I understand the unique stressors that black professionals face in the workplace and the toll it can take on your mental health. My goal is to provide a safe and supportive space where you can explore your experiences and develop effective coping strategies. Together, we'll work to identify the root causes of your stress, including issues related to race, discrimination, and microaggressions. We'll also explore how your personal beliefs and values may be impacting your work experience.
I collaborate with patients to help them understand and resolve problems they experience with regard to: personal and work relationship difficulties, self-esteem concerns, depression and anxiety, unresolved grief and loss, sexual and intimacy conflicts, work and achievement inhibitions, parenting problems. Increased intellectual and emotional understanding of these problems often helps the individual develop more successful and rewarding approaches in dealing with day to day realities in adult life.
I collaborate with patients to help them understand and resolve problems they experience with regard to: personal and work relationship difficulties, self-esteem concerns, depression and anxiety, unresolved grief and loss, sexual and intimacy conflicts, work and achievement inhibitions, parenting problems. Increased intellectual and emotional understanding of these problems often helps the individual develop more successful and rewarding approaches in dealing with day to day realities in adult life.
Since 1991, I have supported adults in understanding and resolving emotional conflicts that can leave them feeling stuck or overwhelmed. I work with people navigating love, work, identity, parenting, and life transitions, offering thoughtful, compassionate psychotherapy tailored to each individual.
I specialize in working with young women finding their sense of self, men who want to better understand the emotional patterns shaping their behavior and relationships, older adults coping with grief and loss, and women navigating the emotional challenges of infertility and decisions about motherhood.
Since 1991, I have supported adults in understanding and resolving emotional conflicts that can leave them feeling stuck or overwhelmed. I work with people navigating love, work, identity, parenting, and life transitions, offering thoughtful, compassionate psychotherapy tailored to each individual.
I specialize in working with young women finding their sense of self, men who want to better understand the emotional patterns shaping their behavior and relationships, older adults coping with grief and loss, and women navigating the emotional challenges of infertility and decisions about motherhood.
When a relationship leaves you feeling more numb and confused than loved and secure, it can be hard to trust yourself much less know what to do next. I help clients relate to their experiences and emotions in a way that promotes self-discovery and realignment.
I work with people navigating complex personal or family relationships. Clients appreciate my supportive, straightforward approach—I balance honesty and compassion to inspire exploration and growth. I aim to create a space where you feel truly seen and understood, whether you have been negatively impacted by relationships or worry you could be impacting others.
When a relationship leaves you feeling more numb and confused than loved and secure, it can be hard to trust yourself much less know what to do next. I help clients relate to their experiences and emotions in a way that promotes self-discovery and realignment.
I work with people navigating complex personal or family relationships. Clients appreciate my supportive, straightforward approach—I balance honesty and compassion to inspire exploration and growth. I aim to create a space where you feel truly seen and understood, whether you have been negatively impacted by relationships or worry you could be impacting others.
I specialize in working with young adults on up as well as couples. facing challenges they are wanting to manage more effectively. The goal of therapy in my view is to help people access their best selves by learning to identify and work with their strengths along with impediments as they meet life's challenges with greater confidence and self awareness. Therapy is both an art and a science . Consequently I integrate cutting edge approaches utilizing neuroscience integrated with other modalities to provide meaningful and effective treatment.
I specialize in working with young adults on up as well as couples. facing challenges they are wanting to manage more effectively. The goal of therapy in my view is to help people access their best selves by learning to identify and work with their strengths along with impediments as they meet life's challenges with greater confidence and self awareness. Therapy is both an art and a science . Consequently I integrate cutting edge approaches utilizing neuroscience integrated with other modalities to provide meaningful and effective treatment.
Do you feel stuck? Maybe you can't seem to shake the blues. Maybe it’s a loss. Or you can’t make a crucial decision. Perhaps jittery moods have reduced your functioning. Or you’re unable to control unhealthy behavior. Maybe every conversation with your spouse becomes an argument.
Feel more confident, improve your relationships, move from illness to health, reconnect with your creativity, learn valuable coping skills, take control of your life and just feel better. I can help you move forward through obstacles, uncovering your true potential. Our work helps you feel resilient, so you can set and reach your goals.
Do you feel stuck? Maybe you can't seem to shake the blues. Maybe it’s a loss. Or you can’t make a crucial decision. Perhaps jittery moods have reduced your functioning. Or you’re unable to control unhealthy behavior. Maybe every conversation with your spouse becomes an argument.
Feel more confident, improve your relationships, move from illness to health, reconnect with your creativity, learn valuable coping skills, take control of your life and just feel better. I can help you move forward through obstacles, uncovering your true potential. Our work helps you feel resilient, so you can set and reach your goals.
Emotional suffering, whether from depression, anxiety, grief or harm and
betrayal by others, is often invisible. While you may urgently desire help, shame and
fear of exposure may make it difficult to get the help you want. In over thirty years of
psychotherapy practice, I have learned to help patients find ways to face their worst fears and feel safer. Even desired change can bring fear of losing yourself. I think honestly confronting loss and limitaion can lead to freer decisons about living your life.
Emotional suffering, whether from depression, anxiety, grief or harm and
betrayal by others, is often invisible. While you may urgently desire help, shame and
fear of exposure may make it difficult to get the help you want. In over thirty years of
psychotherapy practice, I have learned to help patients find ways to face their worst fears and feel safer. Even desired change can bring fear of losing yourself. I think honestly confronting loss and limitaion can lead to freer decisons about living your life.
My approach to therapy involves empowering persons to better understand themselves and acquire the tools to heal and make desired life changes. I utilize a combination of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic therapeutic orientations in my practice. Consistent with an emphasis on empowerment is my wholistic focus on total well being. I promote balance across all personal dimensions (spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, and social).
My life coaching practice draws from a similar wealth of psychological knowledge, however, with more of an educational emphasis. I facilitate the acquisition of problem solving and success orientation skills, aimed at enhancing personal empowerment and life satisfaction.
My approach to therapy involves empowering persons to better understand themselves and acquire the tools to heal and make desired life changes. I utilize a combination of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic therapeutic orientations in my practice. Consistent with an emphasis on empowerment is my wholistic focus on total well being. I promote balance across all personal dimensions (spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, and social).
My life coaching practice draws from a similar wealth of psychological knowledge, however, with more of an educational emphasis. I facilitate the acquisition of problem solving and success orientation skills, aimed at enhancing personal empowerment and life satisfaction.
My name is Mallory E. Marra, and I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). I work with adults and specialize in anxiety, stress, and depression, using core modalities such as CBT, DBT, ACT, and Motivational Interviewing, among others. In my experiences and research, I find my clients oftentimes are best positioned to address their own challenges through a range of goal-oriented and person-centered approaches. This requires a collaborative client relationship whose foundation is trust, safety, and authenticity, a relationship that I’m professionally and interpersonally committed to.
My name is Mallory E. Marra, and I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). I work with adults and specialize in anxiety, stress, and depression, using core modalities such as CBT, DBT, ACT, and Motivational Interviewing, among others. In my experiences and research, I find my clients oftentimes are best positioned to address their own challenges through a range of goal-oriented and person-centered approaches. This requires a collaborative client relationship whose foundation is trust, safety, and authenticity, a relationship that I’m professionally and interpersonally committed to.
While starting therapy may seem daunting, I offer a warm, nonjudgmental space in which I help my clients rediscover clarity and joy. I use compassion and humor to help clients move through pain and worry, and become more fully present in their lives, relationships, and community. I strive to meet my clients with empathy and authenticity, backed up by over twenty-five years of experience and a commitment to research-based methods. Being trained as a social worker means that I strive to understand the complex web of personal, relational, and systemic challenges that can impact clients' well-being.
While starting therapy may seem daunting, I offer a warm, nonjudgmental space in which I help my clients rediscover clarity and joy. I use compassion and humor to help clients move through pain and worry, and become more fully present in their lives, relationships, and community. I strive to meet my clients with empathy and authenticity, backed up by over twenty-five years of experience and a commitment to research-based methods. Being trained as a social worker means that I strive to understand the complex web of personal, relational, and systemic challenges that can impact clients' well-being.
We come to therapy to change our lives which can only be done by changing ourselves. I believe the most effective changes occur when we can experience and examine our behavior in relation to others. In individual therapy you and I will not only identify and try to understnad how your life experiences have shaped your behavior, but how you and I experience that behavior in our relationship. When I work with couples, I focus on your dynamics of intimacy, power imbalances, money, sexuality, and the impact of family and friends on your couple.
We come to therapy to change our lives which can only be done by changing ourselves. I believe the most effective changes occur when we can experience and examine our behavior in relation to others. In individual therapy you and I will not only identify and try to understnad how your life experiences have shaped your behavior, but how you and I experience that behavior in our relationship. When I work with couples, I focus on your dynamics of intimacy, power imbalances, money, sexuality, and the impact of family and friends on your couple.
I help people who feel isolated, depressed, or stressed feel better, and more satisfied with important aspect of their life. If you feel like you are struggling in some way, whether it is related to your mood, relationships, or, with where you are in life right now, contact me. Let's work together to figure out the source of your pain or unhappiness. As we explore you, and your current and past circumstances, my hope is to provide you with the insight you need to grow and be more resilient.
I help people who feel isolated, depressed, or stressed feel better, and more satisfied with important aspect of their life. If you feel like you are struggling in some way, whether it is related to your mood, relationships, or, with where you are in life right now, contact me. Let's work together to figure out the source of your pain or unhappiness. As we explore you, and your current and past circumstances, my hope is to provide you with the insight you need to grow and be more resilient.
I provide adults in the Washington, D.C. area with individual, couples and group psychotherapy. My style of therapy is accepting, collaborative, and respectful of individual values and choices.
I adjust my techniques and theoretical approach depending on your needs, comfort level, and personality. My goal is to provide a safe and nurturing therapeutic environment so that you may search within to find your own answers through greater self-awareness and self-directed growth.
I provide adults in the Washington, D.C. area with individual, couples and group psychotherapy. My style of therapy is accepting, collaborative, and respectful of individual values and choices.
I adjust my techniques and theoretical approach depending on your needs, comfort level, and personality. My goal is to provide a safe and nurturing therapeutic environment so that you may search within to find your own answers through greater self-awareness and self-directed growth.
Hi, I’m Erica—welcome, I’m so glad you’re here.
Clients often describe me as warm, approachable, and easy to talk to. My therapeutic style is person-centered and grounded in relational psychotherapy, with a specialty supporting Millennials. Many who are at this stage of life can feel overwhelmed, trying to balance family, career, and personal growth—as such, it can be an ideal time to prioritize mental health.
Whether you’re navigating depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, or work stress, we’ll partner together to uncover the root of your pain and move toward lasting relief.
Hi, I’m Erica—welcome, I’m so glad you’re here.
Clients often describe me as warm, approachable, and easy to talk to. My therapeutic style is person-centered and grounded in relational psychotherapy, with a specialty supporting Millennials. Many who are at this stage of life can feel overwhelmed, trying to balance family, career, and personal growth—as such, it can be an ideal time to prioritize mental health.
Whether you’re navigating depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, or work stress, we’ll partner together to uncover the root of your pain and move toward lasting relief.
I have been providing individual and couples therapy for 34 years. I have been told that my style is direct, compassionate and non-judgemental.
I have been providing individual and couples therapy for 34 years. I have been told that my style is direct, compassionate and non-judgemental.
You may be a highly educated and successful person who struggles with perfectionism, social anxiety, or impostor syndrome (doubting your accomplishments; fearing being seen as a fraud). You may be experiencing instability due to occupational stress and trauma, feeling uncertain about the future and relationships. And you may be a person of color, a child of immigrants or geographically separated from your family and other support systems. I work to understand your story, and together we develop a plan to address the goals that you have for improving your quality of life.
You may be a highly educated and successful person who struggles with perfectionism, social anxiety, or impostor syndrome (doubting your accomplishments; fearing being seen as a fraud). You may be experiencing instability due to occupational stress and trauma, feeling uncertain about the future and relationships. And you may be a person of color, a child of immigrants or geographically separated from your family and other support systems. I work to understand your story, and together we develop a plan to address the goals that you have for improving your quality of life.
I have 30 years of experience counseling individuals, couples, and groups. In addition to my many years of experience, I have advanced training in mindbody medicine, brainspotting, EFT couples therapy, and CBT-I for insomnia to name some of my areas of training and expertise. I view psychotherapy as a collaborative process. The goal is to gain insight about past experiences and relationships that influence your current choices and the problems you face. Together, we will use this insight to help you develop more satisfying responses to life's challenges.
I have 30 years of experience counseling individuals, couples, and groups. In addition to my many years of experience, I have advanced training in mindbody medicine, brainspotting, EFT couples therapy, and CBT-I for insomnia to name some of my areas of training and expertise. I view psychotherapy as a collaborative process. The goal is to gain insight about past experiences and relationships that influence your current choices and the problems you face. Together, we will use this insight to help you develop more satisfying responses to life's challenges.
Sometimes difficult experiences continue to affect how you feel about yourself, your relationships, and the choices you make long after you thought you had moved past them. You may feel unhappy, recognize patterns you haven't been able to change, or have lost sight of your own strengths and abilities. I especially enjoy working with adults who want to better understand themselves, including those with complex or longstanding mental health challenges, and who are ready to work toward meaningful change in their lives.
Sometimes difficult experiences continue to affect how you feel about yourself, your relationships, and the choices you make long after you thought you had moved past them. You may feel unhappy, recognize patterns you haven't been able to change, or have lost sight of your own strengths and abilities. I especially enjoy working with adults who want to better understand themselves, including those with complex or longstanding mental health challenges, and who are ready to work toward meaningful change in their lives.
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Accepting PCIT referrals! Dr. Renee DeBoard-Lucas is a licensed psychologist with over 15 years of experience treating trauma and anxiety in children, teens, and adults. She is passionate about using evidence based treatments because these treatments work and instill hope that people can get better! She is certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and is trained in Prolonged Exposure therapy. Dr. DeBoard-Lucas provides Exposure and Response Prevention and Habit Reversal Training for OCD & Tic Disorders. Dr. DeBoard-Lucas currently has openings for PCIT, for children age 2-7 years with behavioral concerns.
Accepting PCIT referrals! Dr. Renee DeBoard-Lucas is a licensed psychologist with over 15 years of experience treating trauma and anxiety in children, teens, and adults. She is passionate about using evidence based treatments because these treatments work and instill hope that people can get better! She is certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and is trained in Prolonged Exposure therapy. Dr. DeBoard-Lucas provides Exposure and Response Prevention and Habit Reversal Training for OCD & Tic Disorders. Dr. DeBoard-Lucas currently has openings for PCIT, for children age 2-7 years with behavioral concerns.
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FAQ - Therapist Gender
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or because they feel more comfortable with a therapist of their own gender due to shared life experiences or perspectives. Considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether your therapist’s gender may matter or improve their therapeutic experience. The most important consideration is that a client is able to build a trusting relationship with their therapist.
Can clients benefit from having a therapist of the same gender?
Therapy is not gender-specific, but some men as well as women feel more comfortable opening up about their experiences and history with therapists of a specific gender. An individual may feel that they have to explain less background information and be on the same page more quickly, particularly when discussing gender-specific challenges. That said, a good clinician can transcend most if not all gender concerns. Ultimately, the most important factor in therapy is the connection and trust the client is able to build with the practitioner.
What are the advantages of seeing a female therapist?
Many people - not just women - prefer to see a female therapist. For women, this could be because they believe that they will be able to better connect with a woman, and that a female therapist will be able to relate to their specific challenges and personal issues. It may be particularly beneficial for women to see a female therapist, for example, for gender-specific issues, such as sexism in the workplace, relationship issues, and gender roles. Women who see a female therapist may also feel freer to discuss challenges that are closely tied to gender, such as life transitions including motherhood or menopause. Some clients who instinctively feel more comfortable disclosing to women may find it easier to broach sensitive subjects with a female therapist.The most important factor in therapy is the client-therapist connection, and a therapist's gender as well as many other factors may play an important role in this.
Is therapy different for men and women?
Therapy can be different for men and women insofar as gender plays a role in the challenges an individual faces and the events in life an individual has experienced. Women often face different expectations from their families, friends, and society than men do. In some cases, women might feel most comfortable expressing themselves differently from how men do. Talking about one's feelings and emotions is a critical part of most therapies, and some women might find it comes more naturally when talking to a female therapist. Ultimately, though, therapeutic treatment should be tailored to the individual's specific needs.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK - even encouraged! - to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.