Out of Network Therapists in Silver Spring, MD

Your decision to evaluate therapists today is a strong sign change is underway. I work to help individual adults and teens, couples, and families navigate relationship difficulties, behavioral issues, and unresolved emotional needs. My office is a place where clients can speak openly about their hopes, needs, and fears - with warmth, care, and authentic feedback in return. Our work can treat symptoms of grief, depression, anxiety, trauma, and addiction. Emotionally focused repair, cognitive insight, and concrete skills development can each play a role. My training emphasizes clients' experience in family, work, and other systems.

Parenting children and teens can be overwhelming. Allow me to help support, encourage, and empower you along your parenting journey. I provide developmentally sound individual psychotherapy to children and teens, using evidence-based treatment approaches rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy. Treatment approaches are tailored to fit your child’s unique needs. I give parents tools to build and strengthen healthy, loving relationships with their children. I am licensed to practice in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

Welcome, You have taken the First step in seeking a quality, personable, Professional to help offer some possible solutions to your challenges, and problems. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Therapist with extensive experience with teens, adults, couples, and groups. I am also a Licensed Clinical Addiction Therapist, and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. I am the Founder of DJB Therapeutic Solutions LLC. My Practice is a Clinical, Counseling, Educational, and Motivational Practice for individuals, groups, and organizations. I provide therapy in a warm, safe, confidential environment. My goal is to help you cope through stressful life situations, and "Bring real solutions to real problems".

I am a licensed psychologist who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, body image dissatisfaction, and mood and anxiety disorders. I work best with clients who are open to a Health At Every Size approach and/or who are in a more sustained eating disorder recovery. I strive to create a warm, compassionate, non-judgmental environment where we can work collaboratively on healing unresolved issues, strengthening your sense of self, and helping you live your fullest life now.

At Medpsych Health Services, our goal is to provide thoughtful, competent, compassionate, and thorough psychiatric consultation, diagnostic evaluation, medication treatment, and as well as therapy services to clients in a confidential and caring environment with special consideration to biological, psychological, and physical health. We are an integrated mental health service provider where psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychotherapists collectively treat mental illnesses with complete consideration of your full medical, psychological, social, and family history.

Relationships and intimacy require work and attention; I’d like to help you with that work, building a road to a more fulfilled future. I am an experienced Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in private practice. I work with the LGBTQIA+ community and people, (individuals, two or more), interested in learning more about developing stronger emotional connections with themselves and their partner(s), exploring ethical non-monogamy and kink, stimulating love and desire, building communication skills around sex and intimacy, and exploring sexual confidence, eroticism, and self-esteem.

2020 has been a tough year as we face this challenging time in our history. We’ve had to grapple with the longevity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the uncertainty it brings. Challenges, which are further confounded by a complicated and divisive political climate make this a time of grief, trauma, loss, and difficult transitions for many. Physical distancing measures, forced adoption of new technology, and disruption of our routines, though necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19, bring additional struggles with preventing isolation, remaining engaged with social supports, and coping with stress and anxiety. Please talk with a provider if you are finding yourself overwhelmed or if you are experiencing changes in sleeping, eating, or irritability, whether or not your challenges can be explained by current situations We have immediate openings for therapy and medication management appointments.

Do you feel you are not fulfilling your potential in life and love? Are there things you want to change about yourself, your situation, your partner? I use a multidimensional understanding of a person to quickly identify core issues. All people have strengths and gifts of which they are often unaware. Together we can uncover these strengths, develop new capacities and chart a course for the future. I'm an interactive, engaged therapist. I use a variety of techniques from cognitive, somatic and depth psychology, to promote self-awareness and emotional growth.

How do you go from feeling overwhelmed and lost to clarity and a solid sense of self? Contemplating this journey informs my work as a psychotherapist. In my experience, the single most important factor that leads to significant change is the development of a trusting client-therapist relationship. This allows trust in new possibilities,and seeing yourself differently and considering this new sense of self. I liken therapy to reorganizing heavy furniture in a room and in some cases getting rid of pieces. The furniture represents the client's view of self. With acceptance and empathic curiosity, change can begin.

Are you struggling with your intimate relationship? As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, this is all we do. With 10 years of experience in the field of sex therapy, men, women, and couples come to us for our expertise in female and male sexual dysfunction and intimacy concerns. Rivka Sidorsky & Associates is designed to improve all the areas of intimacy and sexuality. If you are experiencing pelvic pain, unconsummated marriage, Vaginismus, sexual anxiety, sexual aversion, libido concerns, differences in desire, infidelity, sexual trauma, male sexual dysfunction, relationship and other concerns, you have come to the right place.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by life's challenges? Are your emotions, or a complicated relationship, weighing you down? Are you interested in finding creative solutions to your problems? If so, then perhaps counseling, art therapy, or some combination of the two, might be right for you! I offer a supportive and non-judgmental space where you will learn how to take charge of your thoughts, emotions and actions while practicing better self-care and improving insight. My areas of expertise include: trauma, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, depression, anxiety, multicultural and LGBTQ+ concerns, existential dilemmas, spirituality and grief and loss.

Aren't you glad the days are getting longer now? I love winter, but it can be dark. We will soon be gaining an hour. Less sleep, but more daylight. Because of more daylight, symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder generally start to wan around springtime. This is a gentle reminder that you may need to continue taking your medication for a few more months. Make sure that you're covered with therapy and your medication. For medication management, give us a call or email wlumpkins@cms.hush.com, or schedule through (copy and paste this link): https://www.zocdoc.com/doctor/wanda-lumpkins-dmsc-pac-mspa-346027.

Are you dealing with stress, relationship issues, mood disorders, career/professional concerns, or life transitions? Are you feeling overwhelmed and imbalanced? When this happens, everything else suffers from your personal to your professional life, including how you feel. You may find it challenging to find the right therapist who can help you heal. Just know that you are not alone. It can be difficult to seek therapy, especially if you tried it before and felt like it didn't work. “One size does not fit all.” Our approaches are tailored to the needs of each individual to help you find long lasting solutions. We can help.

**Tweens and Teens only/Sólo adolescentes y pre-adolescentes* You're tired of blank-stare professionals who treat your kid like they're a diagnosis and not a unique human being. You're ready for a therapist who can relate equally to you and your tween/teen. You've sat across the table as well-meaning professionals described your child as "defiant" and "disrespectful." You may be feeling this way about them too. You're ready for something different. Quick fixes have only gotten you so far and your family is ready for emotionally transformative experience. This is where I come in.

*I'm not accepting new clients at this time* Are stress and anxiety are getting in the way of the life you want to lead? Do you feel tense, overwhelmed, and stuck in your head much of the time? Maybe you struggle with physical symptoms like headaches, insomnia, and digestive problems. But you don't have to live like this forever! The right treatment can help you move beyond the fear and worry that is holding you back. In therapy, I can help you understand how anxiety hijacks your brain and body and how you can stop it from getting the upper hand.

Do you live in a culture that is different from your culture of origin? Do you feel it's hard to be fully understood? Are you in the middle of a conflict with others? Sometimes, we feel lonely, lost, and disempowered when going through life transitions, good or bad. Transition could look like a divorce, a loss of a love one, a new cultural/sexual identity, or even an exciting new job. You don’t have to go through those transitions alone. Therapy is a safe space for you to explore the complex emotions come with those changes. If you are not sure what you are experiencing, therapy also allows you to get closer to the unknown.

Hello and welcome! My name is Andrea Boyd, (she/her) LCSW-C, and I am a psychotherapist specializing in working with young people, roughly ages 14-26. This time of life—late childhood and early adulthood is a time full of complexity— a time when we make myriad choices about who we want to be, who we want around us, what we want to do, and what we value, all while navigating a culture that puts impossible expectations on us. The amount of pressure to perform or to be a certain way in these years can be overwhelming, especially for anyone with a different or marginalized identity.

I believe it is possible for people to change. For over 25 years, I have been working with teens, adults and seniors, helping them reassess what they want out of life and how to get it, change their approach to work and relationships, and heal the emotional and spiritual pain of loss, anxiety and depression. My areas of special interest include: Couples Therapy: Resolving Conflict and Deepening Intimacy; Grief and Loss: Healing the Pain of Loss and Adjusting to Living--Washingtonian magazine has named me a Top 10 Grief Therapist; Chronic Illness and Care Giving: Balancing Reality and Hope

My ideal client is a client who is interested in solution-focused therapy and one who is willing to commit to sharing their challenges, vulnerabilities, hopes, and wishes. Someone who is willing to share their situation in an effort to find ways to change their environment and or the way that they respond to their environment.