Parenting Therapists in Rockville, MD

Dr. Shira Benhorin is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with preschoolers/children, adolescents, and families with a wide range of behavioral, emotional, and social concerns, including behavioral challenges, anxiety, depression, ADHD, school challenges, social difficulties, and parent -child challenges. I offer individual and family therapy, and work closely with parents to enhance parenting and behavior management skills. I also specialize in working with children with Feeding Disorders (extreme food selectivity, limited oral intake), and LGBTQ youth and families.

I work mainly with children (2-12 years) who suffer with anxiety, depression, regulation disorders and trauma-related symptoms. I have years of experience working with parents and their adopted children.

WE PROVIDE TELETHERAPY AND TELE-PLAYTHERAPY. Growing Minds offers expertise in social-emotional development for early childhood through adolescence as well as parenting support. Our playful, experiential and evidence-based approach will engage your child and deepen your insight into your child's behaviors and inner-world. We provide guidance in concrete parenting strategies to both manage challenges and highlight your family's unique strengths. Our integrative methods focus on the whole-child through individual, family, and group therapy modalities, along with collaboration with schools, specialists, and community resources.

Did you wake up one day and feel as if you no longer recognize yourself? Are you beginning to struggle at work or with relationships? Do you feel like you know what you "should do" but you can't motivate to do it? Our therapists are action-based and can help support you or your teen/tween to get unstuck, gain insights, build more self-awareness, and work toward a positive future. We aim to help you improve your self esteem, strengthen relationships and work toward your goals. We teach skills that can be used outside of the office and in the real world and implement strategies to start feeling better.

Have you been feeling tense or stressed out? Perhaps you feel upset about current life challenges, are feeling overwhelmed by the demands of modern-day parenting or family life, or are feeling stuck or unfulfilled in your career or life in general. I provide individual therapy to adults, young adults and adolescents who are struggling with issues such as depression, anxiety, parenting problems, stress, sleep disorders, life transitions, and relational issues.

Welcome to my profile! I am a life coach: my clients use coaching to work through life, relationship or career challenges, at home or at work. I also specialize in parent coaching and expat coaching. Together we find and develop your inner courage to help you get past your challenges. By gaining clarity and creating new direction and goals, you lead a more fulfilled, productive, peaceful and joyous life. Clients choose me as their coach for my energy and catching enthusiasm, my strength, my unlimited compassion and ability to empathize, my laser-like instinct and my no-nonsense approach. Call today for your free sample session!

Making the decision to see a therapist is never easy and takes great courage. I try to provide a safe, trusting environment for adults who may be feeling overwhelmed, anxious and/or depressed. In my practice I use a supportive, solution-focused approach, which is practical and results oriented. I see therapy as a process for change rather than merely an exercise in insight.

Many challenges in life can feel like they are uniquely yours to bear alone; however, this is rarely the case. People visit me concerned about how they feel and function in key life and professional relationships. I have worked with individuals, couples, and families on a variety of overlapping issues such as anxiety and depression, self-esteem, parenting children with special needs, setting limits with adult children, work/life balance issues, and sexual desire issues in committed relationships. Often these issues can be helped by addressing the common denominator of individual development within a family or relationship system.

Sarah Jacques, LMSW, celebrates clients as unique, whole individuals who are more than just a collection of their struggles. With a strengths-based, person-centered, and culturally respectful approach, she joins with children, adolescents, young adults, parents, and families to help clients build confidence and address their challenges. Sarah's strengths include working with gender non-conforming youth and youth experiencing anxiety and depression. Her warm and grounded approach makes her effective at working with teenagers, especially those reluctant to engage in therapy.

I believe connection has a transformative power, allowing us to feel heard and understood as we navigate through life. Using the power of relationships, it is my privilege to join clients on their personal journey of looking within, which can lead to growth and healing. I create a safe space for my clients in which they are able to develop the insights and skills needed to enhance feelings of joy, self-compassion, and confidence. As a licensed therapist in the DC metro area, I work with children, teens, adults, parents, and women in the perinatal and postpartum period - offering a highly individualized approach during every stage.

I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor & a certified PCIT therapist/trainer. I have been working with children, youth, families, & adults for the past 10 years who have experienced a variety of different stressors, traumatic situations, & transitions/adjustments. My approach is therapy is to create a safe & accepting environment, help you develop insight into your thoughts, feelings & actions as well as develop effective coping strategies to manage stressors. Therapy will help you feel more confident & supported while also helping you/or your child learn to manage your emotions, needs & be able to communicate those with others.

Working with families and couples to connect with each other, while helping individuals learn about themselves and helping them feel grounded in their identity is my passion. I work with single parents, teenagers, and children as young as 4 years old. In my work with my clients, I offer positive parenting skill-building to help parents connect more with their children and build greater empathy, trust, and respect. It is really important to me to offer you and your family a safe space to heal and reconnect.

TELETHERAPY AVAILABLE My ideal client is someone who is coping with anxiety, depression, chronic illness, ADHD, grief, troubled relationship and family dynamics, developmental delays, LGBTQ and trauma issues. Any of these listed conditions or situations can negatively impact my clients’ ability to navigate daily living. So a successful client would be open to change and willing to try new approaches to collaborate with me in order to identify and verbalize their needs and goals and develop a plan to obtain these goals.

I am an interactive therapist, interested in helping clients reduce symptoms of distress, usually anxiety or depression and explore with them the roots of their distress. I find whether it is addiction, eating disorders, chronic pain, or straight forward relationship issues, understanding the "why" as well as the "how" to fix it, helps the problem and symptoms subside. Clients that work with me finish therapy with a greater awareness of themselves which helps them avoid difficulties in the future as well as a host of healthy coping strategies to help get through the rough times ahead.

We are a product of many things such as, but not limited to, our relationships good/bad, personnel experiences, family, trauma, and cultural background. When working with a client, I make it a point to acknowledge the differences that makes you, uniquely you. I strive to make our therapeutic relationship fluid, honest, and transparent. In therapy, my goal is to provide a safe space in which you can share your world without judgement, fear, or shame. During therapy I hope to provide you with tools and insight to better manage life’s challenges such as trauma past/present, unhealthy relationships, and stress.

Are you feeling depressed, anxious or scared? Are you experiencing adjustment problems in a new culture or suffered a recent loss? Have you been a victim or worry about your children? Feeling stressed over unhealthy relationships that you feel unable to change? If these are problems that you would like to resolve, contact me.

Psychotherapy with me will provide you a safe place to process life’s challenges, work through the impacts of significant life experiences & relationships, grieve from losses & disappointments, learn to untangle the past from the present & future, gain freedom from unhealthy patterns/behaviors, manage upcoming or recent life transitions, identify your strengths/values/goals, & find more pleasure & fulfillment in your life. You will learn to treat yourself with kindness, acceptance, & respect, & discover what changes you want to make to live your best life. Together we will do the work we need to do to help you on this journey.