First Responders Therapists in Silver Spring, MD
I frequently work with trauma, pregnant & new moms, executives & professionals in legal, financial, medical & military fields, and those seeking to explore career/life/parenting/spirituality fears, transitions, and meaning.
Life can feel debilitating & overwhelming. I get it, From relationships, to career & life transitions, managing parenting, addressing family conflicts, & then add finding meaning & purpose in life. Not sure where to start?
I utilize a blend of Animal Assisted Therapy with Otto & an Adlerian approach, which are proven ways to give you skills, help you regulate your nervous system, & recreate the life you want to live.
Learn to heal attachment & emotional traumas, reconnect with yourself, find balance, reignite your purpose & joy.
In-Person sessions available with Otto, my certified therapy dog, or virtually online.
I frequently work with trauma, pregnant & new moms, executives & professionals in legal, financial, medical & military fields, and those seeking to explore career/life/parenting/spirituality fears, transitions, and meaning.
Life can feel debilitating & overwhelming. I get it, From relationships, to career & life transitions, managing parenting, addressing family conflicts, & then add finding meaning & purpose in life. Not sure where to start?
I utilize a blend of Animal Assisted Therapy with Otto & an Adlerian approach, which are proven ways to give you skills, help you regulate your nervous system, & recreate the life you want to live.
Learn to heal attachment & emotional traumas, reconnect with yourself, find balance, reignite your purpose & joy.
In-Person sessions available with Otto, my certified therapy dog, or virtually online.
I have much experience with fire service personnel and some experience with military.
I do EMDR 1.0 and 2.0, CPT, schema therapy, and cognitive therapy. Be aware that I accept Maryland and Federal Workers' Compensation.
I have much experience with fire service personnel and some experience with military.
I do EMDR 1.0 and 2.0, CPT, schema therapy, and cognitive therapy. Be aware that I accept Maryland and Federal Workers' Compensation.
With over 23 years of experience, I provide scientifically proven methods to couples, professionals, and adolescents to gain finite skills, find deeper meaning & purpose, improve quality of life, and process trauma, grief, and pain.
I often work with entrepreneurs, CPA's, lawyers, and others in high stress professional. I also work with couples and teens. I provide solutions for work-life balance, stress management, health & wellness, relational repair, marital dissatisfaction & infidelity. With adolescents specialties include neuro-emotional challenges, bullying, conflict resolution, 2 parent households, and social disconnection.
With over 23 years of experience, I provide scientifically proven methods to couples, professionals, and adolescents to gain finite skills, find deeper meaning & purpose, improve quality of life, and process trauma, grief, and pain.
I often work with entrepreneurs, CPA's, lawyers, and others in high stress professional. I also work with couples and teens. I provide solutions for work-life balance, stress management, health & wellness, relational repair, marital dissatisfaction & infidelity. With adolescents specialties include neuro-emotional challenges, bullying, conflict resolution, 2 parent households, and social disconnection.
I specialize in working with first responders, professionals , communication barriers, self esteem, career challenges, stress & mood
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style - Maya Angelou - Hello my name is Constance,
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker/ therapist (LCSW, LICSW, LCSW-C) in the states of Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, and Florida. I have 12 years of experience employed in behavioral health facilities, outpatient therapy clinics, correctional centers, veteran affairs, and also providing medical social work/ therapy to oncology, emergent, and crisis patients in the hospital settings.
I specialize in working with first responders, professionals , communication barriers, self esteem, career challenges, stress & mood
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style - Maya Angelou - Hello my name is Constance,
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker/ therapist (LCSW, LICSW, LCSW-C) in the states of Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, and Florida. I have 12 years of experience employed in behavioral health facilities, outpatient therapy clinics, correctional centers, veteran affairs, and also providing medical social work/ therapy to oncology, emergent, and crisis patients in the hospital settings.
I am lucky to have a broad base of experience working in this field. I have experience working with many types of issues. I have worked in a variety of clinical settings. I have done work in the USA and overseas, so I have a broad base of work experience. Most importantly, I am passionate about helping people make their lives better.
I am lucky to have a broad base of experience working in this field. I have experience working with many types of issues. I have worked in a variety of clinical settings. I have done work in the USA and overseas, so I have a broad base of work experience. Most importantly, I am passionate about helping people make their lives better.
I am a licensed certified social worker-clinical (LCSW-C) with 12 years of experience supporting clients across the lifespan. I specialize in helping adults manage anxiety, depression, grief, emotional imbalance, trauma, relationship concerns, life transitions, and stress. I also work with individuals navigating communication challenges, family dynamics, attention-related issues, intimacy concerns, and job-related stressors.
I am a licensed certified social worker-clinical (LCSW-C) with 12 years of experience supporting clients across the lifespan. I specialize in helping adults manage anxiety, depression, grief, emotional imbalance, trauma, relationship concerns, life transitions, and stress. I also work with individuals navigating communication challenges, family dynamics, attention-related issues, intimacy concerns, and job-related stressors.
I primarily work with individuals facing serious illness, trauma, grief, life transitions, and caregiver stress - especially those affected by cancer, chronic conditions, military service, or pediatric illness.
Hi there, I'm Elena! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals and families through medical crises, trauma, grief, and life transitions. My approach is trauma-informed, client-centered, and culturally responsive. I integrate evidence-based therapies to support clients through complex medical, emotional, and behavioral health challenges. I believe in collaborative care that empowers individuals and families to access their strengths and navigate life's most difficult moments with dignity and support.
I primarily work with individuals facing serious illness, trauma, grief, life transitions, and caregiver stress - especially those affected by cancer, chronic conditions, military service, or pediatric illness.
Hi there, I'm Elena! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals and families through medical crises, trauma, grief, and life transitions. My approach is trauma-informed, client-centered, and culturally responsive. I integrate evidence-based therapies to support clients through complex medical, emotional, and behavioral health challenges. I believe in collaborative care that empowers individuals and families to access their strengths and navigate life's most difficult moments with dignity and support.
I am a licensed certified social worker-clinical (LCSW-C) with over six years of experience in behavioral health services, working with adults struggling with a wide range of mental health challenges. I specialize in working with clients who have complex needs and those within marginalized populations and communities, approaching each person through a humanistic lens. I recognize that each client's needs are unique, and my therapeutic style—grounded in empathy and unconditional positive regard—is not one-size-fits-all.
I am a licensed certified social worker-clinical (LCSW-C) with over six years of experience in behavioral health services, working with adults struggling with a wide range of mental health challenges. I specialize in working with clients who have complex needs and those within marginalized populations and communities, approaching each person through a humanistic lens. I recognize that each client's needs are unique, and my therapeutic style—grounded in empathy and unconditional positive regard—is not one-size-fits-all.
My extensive background includes working with individuals, children, and families in a variety of settings, from private practice to emergency management and crisis response.
My approach is rooted in providing trauma-informed care. I understand that life's difficulties can affect us in profound ways, and I am dedicated to helping you navigate these experiences with compassion and skill. I specialize in addressing a range of concerns, including anxiety, grief, major life changes, and the unique challenges faced by you.
My extensive background includes working with individuals, children, and families in a variety of settings, from private practice to emergency management and crisis response.
My approach is rooted in providing trauma-informed care. I understand that life's difficulties can affect us in profound ways, and I am dedicated to helping you navigate these experiences with compassion and skill. I specialize in addressing a range of concerns, including anxiety, grief, major life changes, and the unique challenges faced by you.
Sarah Epstein: Therapy for Doctors & Family Issues
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Silver Spring, MD 20910
I help physicians, residents, and healthcare professionals navigate anxiety, stress, burnout, moral injury, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, long hours, patient care, corporate medicine pressures, and the emotional toll of their work. I also help adults who grew up in dysfunctional or controlling families address people-pleasing, conflict avoidance, peacekeeping, unresolved trauma, emotional abuse, and complicated relationships, including estrangement. I see clients in Silver Spring, Bethesda, DC, and virtually, exploring wounds, building boundaries, strengthening sense of self, and retooling relationships for healthier lives.
I help physicians, residents, and healthcare professionals navigate anxiety, stress, burnout, moral injury, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, long hours, patient care, corporate medicine pressures, and the emotional toll of their work. I also help adults who grew up in dysfunctional or controlling families address people-pleasing, conflict avoidance, peacekeeping, unresolved trauma, emotional abuse, and complicated relationships, including estrangement. I see clients in Silver Spring, Bethesda, DC, and virtually, exploring wounds, building boundaries, strengthening sense of self, and retooling relationships for healthier lives.
Are you used to holding it all together, even when things feel overwhelming inside?
I'm glad you're here. Through trauma-informed care, I help adults navigate anxiety, process past experiences, and reconnect with a sense of safety within themselves.
Healing doesn’t have to happen all at once. It begins with slowing down, making space for what’s been carried alone and learning to trust your own steady rhythm again.
Are you used to holding it all together, even when things feel overwhelming inside?
I'm glad you're here. Through trauma-informed care, I help adults navigate anxiety, process past experiences, and reconnect with a sense of safety within themselves.
Healing doesn’t have to happen all at once. It begins with slowing down, making space for what’s been carried alone and learning to trust your own steady rhythm again.
Braquelle Murphy
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
6 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I have a passion for working with first responders, active-duty military, veterans, and their families.
The aftermath of trauma can feel both daunting and undefined. You may feel like you don’t know yourself anymore. The idea of who you are becoming may bring even more uncertainty. You may notice that your relationships are falling apart, causing you to feel isolated, yet still yearning for connection. I’m dedicated to providing you with a safe and non-judgmental space where you can start to make sense of it all. Slowly, you’ll learn to feel and identify emotions which will enable you to process your past. Eventually, your nervous system may find equilibrium again. Gradually, your body can learn to let go.
I have a passion for working with first responders, active-duty military, veterans, and their families.
The aftermath of trauma can feel both daunting and undefined. You may feel like you don’t know yourself anymore. The idea of who you are becoming may bring even more uncertainty. You may notice that your relationships are falling apart, causing you to feel isolated, yet still yearning for connection. I’m dedicated to providing you with a safe and non-judgmental space where you can start to make sense of it all. Slowly, you’ll learn to feel and identify emotions which will enable you to process your past. Eventually, your nervous system may find equilibrium again. Gradually, your body can learn to let go.
Life is hard, and the journey is worth taking. I am here to help you with specific goals you want to reach, challenges you want to overcome, experiences you want to process, and changes you want to make. I have been working in the mental health field since 2015, and I have supported hundreds of individuals on their journeys.
Life is hard, and the journey is worth taking. I am here to help you with specific goals you want to reach, challenges you want to overcome, experiences you want to process, and changes you want to make. I have been working in the mental health field since 2015, and I have supported hundreds of individuals on their journeys.
Therapy should be a place to experience being seen and heard and an opportunity for personal growth. My approach is collaborative and builds on one’s strengths. Areas of focus include major life transitions, anxiety, depression, juggling multiple roles (parenting, caretaker, partner, career), health issues, and navigating the inevitability of change and loss. We will work together on a plan that helps generate greater insight, make changes that are difficult, and allows you to live in way that is more aligned with your values.
Therapy should be a place to experience being seen and heard and an opportunity for personal growth. My approach is collaborative and builds on one’s strengths. Areas of focus include major life transitions, anxiety, depression, juggling multiple roles (parenting, caretaker, partner, career), health issues, and navigating the inevitability of change and loss. We will work together on a plan that helps generate greater insight, make changes that are difficult, and allows you to live in way that is more aligned with your values.
I work with individuals and couples whose relationships are under strain and who are feeling overwhelmed by constant arguments, emotional distance, betrayal, and unresolved hurt. Many of my clients come in feeling anxious, depressed, emotionally exhausted and disconnected. I work with high-conflict couples, coparents who want to reduce the impact of conflict on their children, couples reeling after infidelity and individuals struggling with betrayal trauma or relationship stress. I also support people navigating postpartum stress and relationship changes after having a baby.
I work with individuals and couples whose relationships are under strain and who are feeling overwhelmed by constant arguments, emotional distance, betrayal, and unresolved hurt. Many of my clients come in feeling anxious, depressed, emotionally exhausted and disconnected. I work with high-conflict couples, coparents who want to reduce the impact of conflict on their children, couples reeling after infidelity and individuals struggling with betrayal trauma or relationship stress. I also support people navigating postpartum stress and relationship changes after having a baby.
There is a particular kind of courage it takes to seek therapy, to decide that understanding yourself more fully is worth the vulnerability of being truly witnessed by another person. The people who find their way to Diverleaf are often carrying more than they show. Thoughtful, perceptive, capable, and tired in a way that rest alone cannot touch. Whether you are navigating a specific season of life and need focused, time-limited support, or you are ready for deeper, longer-term work that addresses the patterns beneath the patterns, there is a place for you here. Therapy can be meaningful at any length and transformative at any stage
There is a particular kind of courage it takes to seek therapy, to decide that understanding yourself more fully is worth the vulnerability of being truly witnessed by another person. The people who find their way to Diverleaf are often carrying more than they show. Thoughtful, perceptive, capable, and tired in a way that rest alone cannot touch. Whether you are navigating a specific season of life and need focused, time-limited support, or you are ready for deeper, longer-term work that addresses the patterns beneath the patterns, there is a place for you here. Therapy can be meaningful at any length and transformative at any stage
I am currently accepting NEW clients in Maryland with immediate, tele-health openings! I applaud you for taking this step to focus on your self care and overall healing! I am here to help guide you through the journey of healing, rebuilding, learning coping mechanisms to deal with triggers and stressors of life, internal thoughts and relationships. My main goal is to help you create the life you want to live.
Therapy can offer a safe, supportive place for you to decompress, heal, reassess, and rebuild.
I am currently accepting NEW clients in Maryland with immediate, tele-health openings! I applaud you for taking this step to focus on your self care and overall healing! I am here to help guide you through the journey of healing, rebuilding, learning coping mechanisms to deal with triggers and stressors of life, internal thoughts and relationships. My main goal is to help you create the life you want to live.
Therapy can offer a safe, supportive place for you to decompress, heal, reassess, and rebuild.
Constancy Therapy Services LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCSW-C, LICSW, C-DBT
Online Only
I specialize in working with individuals who are first responders, professionals, all persons with communication barriers, self esteem, career challenges, stress & mood.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style - Maya Angelou Hello my name is Constance,
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker/ therapist (LCSW, LICSW, LCSW-C) in the states of Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, and Florida. I have 12 years of experience employed in behavioral health facilities, outpatient therapy clinics, correctional centers, veteran affairs, and also providing medical social work/ therapy to oncology, emergent, and crisis patients in the hospital settings.
I specialize in working with individuals who are first responders, professionals, all persons with communication barriers, self esteem, career challenges, stress & mood.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style - Maya Angelou Hello my name is Constance,
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker/ therapist (LCSW, LICSW, LCSW-C) in the states of Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, and Florida. I have 12 years of experience employed in behavioral health facilities, outpatient therapy clinics, correctional centers, veteran affairs, and also providing medical social work/ therapy to oncology, emergent, and crisis patients in the hospital settings.
Therapy doesn't have to feel formal or intimidating. My goal is to create a space where you can show up exactly as you are, have honest conversations, laugh when it's helpful, cry when you need to, and feel supported as you navigate life’s challenges.
Together, we’ll explore your story—the highs, the lows, and everything in between. We'll examine what's contributing to the challenges you're facing, identify patterns that may no longer be serving you, and develop practical tools to help you move forward with greater confidence.
Therapy doesn't have to feel formal or intimidating. My goal is to create a space where you can show up exactly as you are, have honest conversations, laugh when it's helpful, cry when you need to, and feel supported as you navigate life’s challenges.
Together, we’ll explore your story—the highs, the lows, and everything in between. We'll examine what's contributing to the challenges you're facing, identify patterns that may no longer be serving you, and develop practical tools to help you move forward with greater confidence.
Accepting new clients. At Trusted Therapeutic Services, (TTS) our therapist are committed to providing a safe and compassionate space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings without judgment. We understand that seeking therapy is a courageous step, and we want you to know that your trust is our highest priority. We believe that healing begins with a strong therapeutic relationship, built on honesty, empathy, and respect. Whether you're navigating life’s challenges, seeking personal growth, or working through complex emotions, we are here to support you every step of the way.
Accepting new clients. At Trusted Therapeutic Services, (TTS) our therapist are committed to providing a safe and compassionate space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings without judgment. We understand that seeking therapy is a courageous step, and we want you to know that your trust is our highest priority. We believe that healing begins with a strong therapeutic relationship, built on honesty, empathy, and respect. Whether you're navigating life’s challenges, seeking personal growth, or working through complex emotions, we are here to support you every step of the way.
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First Responders Therapists
Why is mental health important for first responders?
As part of their work, first responders are often exposed to high levels of stress, trauma, and physical injury that can put them at a greater risk for serious mental health conditions than the general population. Conditions like PTSD, anxiety, substance use, and depression are more common in first responders, which can greatly reduce quality of life and lead to burnout, sleep disruption, and even suicidal thoughts. Therapy can offer an opportunity for first responders to process difficult on-the-job experiences and develop coping skills to better manage any mental health symptoms they may experience.
How can first responders get access to mental health support?
Many first responders can access therapy for free or at a very low cost through their employer, such as through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Workplaces may also offer or have referral recommendations for support groups, where first responders can meet with others in their profession to receive support. Individuals who would like to access mental health services outside of their employer may use their insurance benefits to see a therapist, which they can find by searching for therapists online or asking for recommendations from their primary care physician.
What type of therapy is best for first responders?
The best therapy approach depends on the mental health concerns of the client. Since many first responders struggle with trauma or PTSD, they may benefit from trauma-specific therapeutic approaches, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Exposure Therapy, or Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Individuals with symptoms of anxiety, depression, or stress may alternatively benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or mindfulness-based therapeutic approaches, which can help clients develop coping skills to manage distressing thoughts.
Can therapy for first responders help with trauma and PTSD?
Therapy can be highly effective in both treating and preventing trauma and PTSD in first responders. Typically, therapy for trauma and PTSD focuses on developing stress management skills and managing intrusive or unwanted thoughts. Therapists working with first responders often help clients strengthen their relationships and reduce harmful coping mechanisms, such as excessive substance use. Additionally, therapists assist first responders in establishing daily habits that support overall mental and physical health and enhance resilience to future stress, such as regular physical exercise, mindfulness practices, and improved eating habits.