Men's Issues Therapists in Rockville, MD

Are you considering reaching out for support? Could your teenager use some new ways of dealing with stress? Are you hoping for a change in your life? Does your adolescent need a safe place to talk? Do you want to live more fulfilled? There are many changes that come with life's seasons and we're proud to be here to help you navigate them. We help people develop a self-care plan to deal with stress, cope with grief or loss, deal with past traumatic experiences, and better manage anger. We can also help you to get along better with family members, improve your relationship with your spouse, and learn new coping skills.

Welcome. You’re probably wondering why you should entrust me to take this journey with you. My treatment style utilizes a holistic, integrative psychodynamic approach. This means that I believe in utilizing your total self and experiences, while also providing support and interventions to help you achieve your therapeutic goals. I have experience working with various individuals from a wide range of cultural, religious, and socioeconomic groups.

Dr. Ahmed Adetola is passionate about health and wellness, and he views health in a holistic manner, which means he acknowledges the multidimensionality of health, such as: physical, mental, spiritual, social, and emotional. He believes that the health and wellness of these multidimensional aspects of human existence is what makes an individual whole and healthy. Ahmed believes we are all driven to realize our true potential and live a life that we are happy to live. In our journey to fulfill these objectives we may have to overcome various obstacles in our physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health.

Welcome to Empathy First Therapeutic Services. I started this clinic as a way to provide support and guide clients through difficult times utilizing an empathy forward approach. I value providing a safe place for others to express themselves without judgment and with pure empathy and understanding. I have worked as an outpatient therapist for 10 years working with clients from all demographics and walks of life. As an outpatient therapist I have primarily worked with males ages 6-80 but welcome all!

I believe counseling is my calling in life because I've had mentors and coaches that have impacted my life for the better. But more importantly, I've also experienced some challenging failures. I've taught and counseled hundreds of individuals and empowered them to grow into the best versions of themselves. I provide candid and honest feedback to my clients that is designed to help propel them forward to self actualization and success.

I specialize in treating young and middle aged adults who struggle with mental health concerns surrounding depression, anxiety, loneliness, peer/romantic relationships, self-esteem, & life-transition issues.

TELETHERAPY APPOINTMENTS, I have a profound passion to help clients with life events, transitions, challenges, and their personal growth. I provide a safe environment, positive support, and guidance to help you reach your goals. My practice style is an integrative mix of person-centered, solution focused, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavior, and attachment based therapy. The development of a safe and collaborative relationship serves as the foundation for positive and lasting change.

The key to successful psychotherapy is the trusting relationship which the therapist and client establish. Throughout my career, I have worked hard to welcome, listen and understand in an informal and collaborative manner. My approach with all of my clients, regardless of their age, is to focus on their strengths and to be flexible. I believe that maintaining regular communication with other care givers and family members, (where appropriate,) is key to making progress. My many years of working in the same community allows me to have a vast knowledge of local services, including other professionals.

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.

Oladipo Adedeji is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland and a Resident in Counseling in Virginia. Oladipo has 6 years of experience providing individual and group psychotherapy to clients of various demographics (ages 4-65). People across the lifespan often experience low self-esteem, low motivation, irregular moods, discrimination, poor impulse control, family stress, school-related or work-related conflict, substance abuse, and grief. Oladipo partners with those experiencing these barriers to help them cope and develop more meaningful relationships in their communities.

My approach to counseling is to be fully present, attune, and resonate with my clients by co-regulating their nervous systems in a therapeutic setting. I am trained to identify and treat the root causes of emotional triggers and associated thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. I believe mental wellness is characterized by calmness, clarity, curiosity, creativity, confidence, courage, compassion, and connectedness.

I am a licensed clinical social worker with nearly 10 years of direct clinical expertise treating children/adolescents, adults and couples. I am licensed to treat clients in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, New York and Pennsylvania. I have a particular passion for helping clients overcome anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, and stress. During our sessions, I am person-centered and solution-focused. In order to help you achieve your therapeutic goals, I use a variety of treatment approaches and offer a non-judgmental setting where you are a willing participant in obtaining the life you want to live.

Choosing a therapist is an important decision. Thank you for your consideration and I hope that we have an opportunity to work together. I believe that all of us have unique strengths and potential. Psychotherapy offers clients the opportunity to utilize these strengths to overcome a variety of life's challenges. These challenges may include anxiety, depression, addiction, career stress, relationship issues, and family conflict. I believe that clients gain the most from therapy when they work hard to explore thoughts and patterns of behavior that might be holding them back.

Addressing negative and irrational thoughts; managing ADHD; enhancing self worth; managing an emotional event without overwhelm; identity and transracial adoption; addressing changes and stressors; improving communication and assertiveness; emotional self-regulation are some of the skills my clients and I work on in therapy. We'll explore how work or school stress, difficult relationships, transitions, trauma, identity and other experiences inform and affect your thoughts, behaviors, relationships, perception and mood. Upon developing insight and awareness, we collaboratively identify strategies to aid in effective change.

I enjoy challenges and diverse people and helping those who are in difficult situations. I specialize in responding to crises, trauma and workplace problems. So ideally I approach each situation, person or group with an open mind and a non-anxious-presence. I strive to provide that same level of confidence and trust to people in therapy. My strength is understanding complex systems (the big picture) and finding the little steps to improve things. If you have the courage to change; I’ll work to help you make your life easier using a program of change or the path that works best for you.

Teens and adults living with low self-esteem, medical challenges, grad school and related stress, relationship and family of origin issues, grief and loss, identity/immigrant experiences, transitions, trauma, and anxiety and/or depression work with me to identify and implement strategies to manage or eliminate 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.