Parenting Therapists in Oakland, MD
Whether planned now or later, the reality of becoming and being parents is life changing.
Jump Starts for Growing Families was developed to meet the unique developmental needs of new parents and young families. Counseling may focus on identifying with parental roles; childhood experiences/traumas that may interfere with bonding; developing patience and flexibility to respond to changes; or being emotionally there for each other.
Whether planned now or later, the reality of becoming and being parents is life changing.
Jump Starts for Growing Families was developed to meet the unique developmental needs of new parents and young families. Counseling may focus on identifying with parental roles; childhood experiences/traumas that may interfere with bonding; developing patience and flexibility to respond to changes; or being emotionally there for each other.
I'm Shelly Yost, licensed clinical social worker and Christian counselor with over 20 years of experience helping women in Maryland find their way back to themselves. My approach is clinically grounded, faith-informed, and deeply personal because you should never have to choose between the two. Now accepting new therapy clients in Maryland. Coaching available nationwide.
Ready to take the first step? Book directly here: shelly-yost.clientsecure.me
I'm Shelly Yost, licensed clinical social worker and Christian counselor with over 20 years of experience helping women in Maryland find their way back to themselves. My approach is clinically grounded, faith-informed, and deeply personal because you should never have to choose between the two. Now accepting new therapy clients in Maryland. Coaching available nationwide.
Ready to take the first step? Book directly here: shelly-yost.clientsecure.me
As a licensed clinical social worker in MD, DC, PA and NY, I am committed to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges, develop resilience, and achieve personal growth. With a compassionate and non-judgmental approach, I strive to create a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore their thoughts, feelings, and goals. I believe everyone has the capacity for change, and my mission is to guide clients toward building the lives they want.
As a licensed clinical social worker in MD, DC, PA and NY, I am committed to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges, develop resilience, and achieve personal growth. With a compassionate and non-judgmental approach, I strive to create a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore their thoughts, feelings, and goals. I believe everyone has the capacity for change, and my mission is to guide clients toward building the lives they want.
I provide a heart-centered, trauma informed therapy approach to assist individuals, couples, and families in transforming and healing the effects of trauma, anxiety, depression, attachment/abandonment issues, and communication barriers. I am also very passionate about providing support for the highly sensitive person (HSP), while teaching them therapeutic tools to better navigate their life.
I provide a heart-centered, trauma informed therapy approach to assist individuals, couples, and families in transforming and healing the effects of trauma, anxiety, depression, attachment/abandonment issues, and communication barriers. I am also very passionate about providing support for the highly sensitive person (HSP), while teaching them therapeutic tools to better navigate their life.
Welcome! Finding the right therapist can be challenging and rewarding all at the same time. Are you seeking a compassionate guide to accompany you on your journey towards self-discovery and growth? I specialize in providing personalized therapy services to individuals and couples. With a focus on creating a safe, welcoming, and warm environment, I am dedicated to helping you navigate through life's challenges and achieve your goals.
Welcome! Finding the right therapist can be challenging and rewarding all at the same time. Are you seeking a compassionate guide to accompany you on your journey towards self-discovery and growth? I specialize in providing personalized therapy services to individuals and couples. With a focus on creating a safe, welcoming, and warm environment, I am dedicated to helping you navigate through life's challenges and achieve your goals.
I help people break cycles and patterns that no longer serve them so that they can live a life that aligns with their values. If you are looking for increased understanding of yourself or coping skills to help you navigate the stressors of an ever changing world, I got you! I use a trauma informed systems approach to help you unpack, unlearn, and heal. I have additional expertise treating adults with ADHD.
I help people break cycles and patterns that no longer serve them so that they can live a life that aligns with their values. If you are looking for increased understanding of yourself or coping skills to help you navigate the stressors of an ever changing world, I got you! I use a trauma informed systems approach to help you unpack, unlearn, and heal. I have additional expertise treating adults with ADHD.
Life can be a challenging journey. How are you at navigating the bumps in the road? Do you have the skills you need? Are you feeling disappointed in yourself and often frustrated with others? Is it challenging for you to express your needs in ways that you feel heard? When you are upset or frustrated, have you pushed others away, sabotaging relationships? Is it difficult to set and achieve goals? Understandably, frustrations intensify when efforts are unsuccessful. If you have thought "life will get easier when ..." and you are still waiting at a long red light, let's talk.
Life can be a challenging journey. How are you at navigating the bumps in the road? Do you have the skills you need? Are you feeling disappointed in yourself and often frustrated with others? Is it challenging for you to express your needs in ways that you feel heard? When you are upset or frustrated, have you pushed others away, sabotaging relationships? Is it difficult to set and achieve goals? Understandably, frustrations intensify when efforts are unsuccessful. If you have thought "life will get easier when ..." and you are still waiting at a long red light, let's talk.
Having started my profession a little later in life, I have an understanding of many issues that people of all ages face today. I have worked in many areas and hope to help those with mental health, behavioral health and personal issues that are troubling them. My education is in social work, which provides a broader generalist perspective to my work with children and adults.
Having started my profession a little later in life, I have an understanding of many issues that people of all ages face today. I have worked in many areas and hope to help those with mental health, behavioral health and personal issues that are troubling them. My education is in social work, which provides a broader generalist perspective to my work with children and adults.
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Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress, navigating a heavy season of grief, or trying to figure out how to "adult" without losing your mind? Maybe you are living with the daily, exhausting reality of chronic pain, or you keep finding yourself in relationships that leave you feeling disconnected. If you’re tired of just surviving and ready to understand why you feel this way, you are in the right place. I work with men, women, and young adults ready to break old patterns and build an authentic life. My style is supportive, warm and a little spunky. I believe in deep empathy, but also challenge to meet your goals.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress, navigating a heavy season of grief, or trying to figure out how to "adult" without losing your mind? Maybe you are living with the daily, exhausting reality of chronic pain, or you keep finding yourself in relationships that leave you feeling disconnected. If you’re tired of just surviving and ready to understand why you feel this way, you are in the right place. I work with men, women, and young adults ready to break old patterns and build an authentic life. My style is supportive, warm and a little spunky. I believe in deep empathy, but also challenge to meet your goals.
Looking for a down-to-earth place where you can be heard and supported with compassion, rather than a diagnosis? Or need help figuring out stressors that seem to seep into every area of your life? I use an integrative, holistic approach to therapy that focuses on the whole person. I come with an inclusive, anti-oppressive, feminist perspective, and have a variety of "tools" for therapy support. Sessions can include reflection, art and creativity, mindfulness, and other practices that are meaningful to you. Harmony Tree Counseling & Wellness is about nurturing a deeper sense of well-being and connection to live the life you want.
Looking for a down-to-earth place where you can be heard and supported with compassion, rather than a diagnosis? Or need help figuring out stressors that seem to seep into every area of your life? I use an integrative, holistic approach to therapy that focuses on the whole person. I come with an inclusive, anti-oppressive, feminist perspective, and have a variety of "tools" for therapy support. Sessions can include reflection, art and creativity, mindfulness, and other practices that are meaningful to you. Harmony Tree Counseling & Wellness is about nurturing a deeper sense of well-being and connection to live the life you want.
I’m passionate about working with younger to older adults, college students, parents, and other helping professionals.
What does this season of life look like right now? Are you tired, worn out, or struggling to make it day to day? Have you been bottling up or pushing aside your emotions and feel as if you might explode? Is your inner critic loud? Or are you overwhelmed with grief, loss and pain?
Whether you are new to therapy or not, I work in a way that puts you at the center of everything — your goals, your pace, your values. You're not told what to do — you're supported in discovering your own healing path, with expert guidance.
I’m passionate about working with younger to older adults, college students, parents, and other helping professionals.
What does this season of life look like right now? Are you tired, worn out, or struggling to make it day to day? Have you been bottling up or pushing aside your emotions and feel as if you might explode? Is your inner critic loud? Or are you overwhelmed with grief, loss and pain?
Whether you are new to therapy or not, I work in a way that puts you at the center of everything — your goals, your pace, your values. You're not told what to do — you're supported in discovering your own healing path, with expert guidance.
Online Therapists
Thank you for considering services through KTS Mental Health Group, Inc. Our passion and breadth of experience is in treating families, couples, adolescence, and children. At KTS, we believe the therapeutic relationship between the clients, their families and the therapist is paramount for achieving positive, long lasting results. We will try, to the best of our abilities and while abiding by the Code of Ethics, to meet the needs of clients and to ensure that services will render clients emotionally and mentally strong. We will also help clients with creating tools and coping skills for managing life's challenges.
Thank you for considering services through KTS Mental Health Group, Inc. Our passion and breadth of experience is in treating families, couples, adolescence, and children. At KTS, we believe the therapeutic relationship between the clients, their families and the therapist is paramount for achieving positive, long lasting results. We will try, to the best of our abilities and while abiding by the Code of Ethics, to meet the needs of clients and to ensure that services will render clients emotionally and mentally strong. We will also help clients with creating tools and coping skills for managing life's challenges.
Ideally, I try to create a comfortable environment so that the client can feel a connection. I realize that one of the hardest things to do as a person, is to admit that you need to talk a problem through with someone outside of your circle of family and friends. When meeting with the client, I try to distinguish where they are and go above and beyond to make the therapeutic process a success.
Ideally, I try to create a comfortable environment so that the client can feel a connection. I realize that one of the hardest things to do as a person, is to admit that you need to talk a problem through with someone outside of your circle of family and friends. When meeting with the client, I try to distinguish where they are and go above and beyond to make the therapeutic process a success.
'Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, courage is that quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.' Dealing with life's challenges requires a great amount of strength and courage. Whether for you or your child, sometimes the most courageous act of all is asking for someone to help you during the difficult times. My hope is to be this person for you as your therapist. Collaborating together in a non-judgmental environment, I will work to provide you with the support, empathy, and tools needed to take those first steps towards change.
'Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, courage is that quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.' Dealing with life's challenges requires a great amount of strength and courage. Whether for you or your child, sometimes the most courageous act of all is asking for someone to help you during the difficult times. My hope is to be this person for you as your therapist. Collaborating together in a non-judgmental environment, I will work to provide you with the support, empathy, and tools needed to take those first steps towards change.
Hi, I'm Jamie Harrison and I'm so glad you're here. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and it is my great privilege to be able to walk alongside you as you work toward a better life. I know that it can be hard to reach out for help, especially to a stranger, but I hope to make the process as approachable as possible and to work with you to achieve your goals. I use an eclectic approach in therapy. This is a term that basically means I pull from a number of different evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches in order to find the one that works best with your unique personality and situation.
Hi, I'm Jamie Harrison and I'm so glad you're here. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and it is my great privilege to be able to walk alongside you as you work toward a better life. I know that it can be hard to reach out for help, especially to a stranger, but I hope to make the process as approachable as possible and to work with you to achieve your goals. I use an eclectic approach in therapy. This is a term that basically means I pull from a number of different evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches in order to find the one that works best with your unique personality and situation.
The Shire Team consists of 16 LCSW's/LCPC's and It is our passion that we take insurances to ensure that all have access to Mental Health Care. We are currently accepting clients with Aetna, United Health Care, Maryland State Insurance - Medicaid and in addition we do offer self pay at reasonable rates.
Our practice sees children 10 and older, virtually to anyone in the state of Maryland and we also have a physical location in Williamsport, Maryland (Washington County) for in person. In addition, we have evening and weekends available via telehealth so that access to care doesn't add an additional barriers to your schedule.
The Shire Team consists of 16 LCSW's/LCPC's and It is our passion that we take insurances to ensure that all have access to Mental Health Care. We are currently accepting clients with Aetna, United Health Care, Maryland State Insurance - Medicaid and in addition we do offer self pay at reasonable rates.
Our practice sees children 10 and older, virtually to anyone in the state of Maryland and we also have a physical location in Williamsport, Maryland (Washington County) for in person. In addition, we have evening and weekends available via telehealth so that access to care doesn't add an additional barriers to your schedule.
Life transitions can bring unexpected challenges that leave us feeling anxious, disconnected, or unsure about the next step. Whether you’re adjusting to a new role, career change, relationship shift, or navigating the emotional and physical transitions of midlife, therapy can help you regain clarity and confidence.
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) practicing in Maryland with over 20 years of experience helping adults manage anxiety, depression, stress, and the uncertainty that often accompanies major life changes. Many of my clients describe feeling “stuck” — wanting something to shift but unsure how to move forward.
Life transitions can bring unexpected challenges that leave us feeling anxious, disconnected, or unsure about the next step. Whether you’re adjusting to a new role, career change, relationship shift, or navigating the emotional and physical transitions of midlife, therapy can help you regain clarity and confidence.
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) practicing in Maryland with over 20 years of experience helping adults manage anxiety, depression, stress, and the uncertainty that often accompanies major life changes. Many of my clients describe feeling “stuck” — wanting something to shift but unsure how to move forward.
My ideal client is someone who feels stuck, overwhelmed, or emotionally drained, often due to relationship stress, family dynamics, or major life transitions. They may struggle with anxiety, burnout, or setting boundaries and want help understanding patterns that keep repeating. They are looking for a safe, supportive space to feel understood and, most importantly, heard, while gaining clarity and practical tools to cope more effectively. Ultimately, they want to feel more grounded, confident, and in control of how they respond to life’s challenges.
My ideal client is someone who feels stuck, overwhelmed, or emotionally drained, often due to relationship stress, family dynamics, or major life transitions. They may struggle with anxiety, burnout, or setting boundaries and want help understanding patterns that keep repeating. They are looking for a safe, supportive space to feel understood and, most importantly, heard, while gaining clarity and practical tools to cope more effectively. Ultimately, they want to feel more grounded, confident, and in control of how they respond to life’s challenges.
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Many people who find this space are feeling a quiet pull toward knowing themselves more deeply. They may be used to shrinking their needs or softening their experiences and are looking for a place where their inner truth is met with care. There’s often a desire to speak more openly, trust their own voice, and move through life with greater clarity, grounding, and self-acceptance. I know what it feels like to be on that journey. I am here to support you with finding the way.
Reach out for session availability. My link may not show all available times.
I am currently booked for in person sessions at Hagerstown location...
Many people who find this space are feeling a quiet pull toward knowing themselves more deeply. They may be used to shrinking their needs or softening their experiences and are looking for a place where their inner truth is met with care. There’s often a desire to speak more openly, trust their own voice, and move through life with greater clarity, grounding, and self-acceptance. I know what it feels like to be on that journey. I am here to support you with finding the way.
I believe therapy should feel like a safe space where you can truly be yourself—free from judgment & surrounded by compassion. My approach is rooted in evidence-based practices, but at the heart of my work is empathy, genuineness, & respect. I see therapy as a collaborative journey: together, we’ll explore what’s weighing you down, uncover your strengths, & take steady steps toward the life you want to create. I value honoring each client’s unique story. While our past can shape us, it does not define us. Instead, I view it as a guide that can help illuminate a new path forward.
I believe therapy should feel like a safe space where you can truly be yourself—free from judgment & surrounded by compassion. My approach is rooted in evidence-based practices, but at the heart of my work is empathy, genuineness, & respect. I see therapy as a collaborative journey: together, we’ll explore what’s weighing you down, uncover your strengths, & take steady steps toward the life you want to create. I value honoring each client’s unique story. While our past can shape us, it does not define us. Instead, I view it as a guide that can help illuminate a new path forward.
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Parenting Therapists
What does therapy for parenting look like?
Therapists may work with parents individually, together, or include the whole family to find solutions for the problems a parent faces. Many parent-based therapies work on a parent’s relationship with their children, problem-solving within the family, and analysis of family dynamics. Therapy conducted remotely by video may be helpful in allowing a therapist to observe how families interact in their own homes.
When should a parent seek therapy?
When behavioral problems begin to disrupt the healthy functioning of a family, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If parents find that children are acting out in school, have started using drugs or alcohol, have developed eating disorders, or other similar red flags, a therapist may be able to help.
How long does therapy take for parenting problems?
Depending on the severity of a family’s challenges and the type of treatment utilized, therapy for parenting can last from weeks to months. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a pragmatic therapy type that can be brief, most often ranging from between 5 and 20 sessions. Structural family therapy, which inspects family dynamics, often takes several months. Parent-child interaction therapy is typically shorter-term, lasting between 10 and 20 sessions. For any therapy, the duration will depend on the progress made and results realized.
Can therapy help parents dealing with burnout or stress?
Parenting is difficult. Parents may dismiss or conceal feelings of exhaustion, overwhelm, or escape ideation—imagining withdrawing from their parental obligations altogether. but left unattended, these feelings can have negative effects on the whole family. A therapist can help parents work on the skills they might need to better cope with the burdens of parenting and help them be the best parents they can be.