Relationship Issues Therapists in Silver Spring, MD

No Crunch Counseling: Clear, Grounded, Connected. I provide a comfortable setting to understand what you are experiencing and learn skills to move forward. I help individuals, couples, and families gain clarity and connection. Relationships have the potential for love, understanding, and security. When this is not present, the effects can be painful and isolating. Our relationship with ourselves is the same way. We sometimes feel frustrated, stuck, or overwhelmed. With the right tools, we can have clear thinking, manage challenges, and feel content.

Are you seeking happiness and a positive change in your life but feel uncertain about where to start? I'm here to help. Through a collaborative, non-judgmental approach, I work with you to enhance your overall happiness and well-being. I firmly believe that everyone possesses the potential for happiness, but various life stressors and obstacles can obstruct the way. My mission is to meet you where you are, identify and overcome those challenging roadblocks, and equip you with the tools to achieve your unique goals. I prioritize the therapeutic relationship, creating a secure and welcoming environment for personal transformation.

For over 30 years, I've worked with a wide range of clients to help them identify, understand and address the causes of their distress. Together, we explore the themes and patterns in your life, past and present, that may be interfering with your personal satisfaction and growth. We work to expand your perspective, increase understanding of yourself and your relationships, enhance and develop more effective coping strategies and communication skills. I believe that therapy is most effective in an atmosphere of safety, empathy and collaboration and I strive to foster that through active engagement, openness and flexibility.

Are you looking for a therapist to provide a safe space of respect and transparency? I specialize in unique relationship dynamics dedicated to supporting individuals, couples, and diverse relationships on their journey towards growth, understanding, and fulfillment. I embrace and celebrate the unique tapestry of human connections. Whether you identify as monogamous, non-monogamous, polyamorous, or belong to the LGBTQIA+ community, my practice is open and affirming. Here, you can explore challenges, strengthen connections, and foster a deep sense of self-acceptance.

Deciding to ask for professional help can be intimidating. In order for psychotherapy to work, it's important that you experience the process as safe, respectful and informed by experience and expertise. Taking a collaborative approach, I work with individuals in an eclectic style; that is, I integrate elements from several theoretical orientations to help people to tackle an array of issues including anxiety, depressed mood and relationship problems to name a few.

The right therapist can make all of the difference in one's journey to healing. A well matched therapist provides confidential, non-judgmental guidance, comfort and a sense of safety to their clients. I believe that every person holds their own answers to attaining their best life, and therapy is a way of unlocking, processing and utilizing those answers to create positive change. It is a relationship that helps you grow in a comfortable way. I am a licensed clinical social worker, and I have over ten years of experience empowering adults from diverse backgrounds to make desired changes for a better, richer, more fulfilled life.

Sometimes life just gets you down! It can be from stress in a relationship or from raising children, unequal work-life balance or the result of a traumatic event. The important thing to know is that you don't have to go through it alone. I also work with teenage girls on relationship issues, anxiety, and depression.

'What worries you, masters you.' Do worries, stress and fears cause imbalance in your life? I work with individual clients to identify and reframe core beliefs and assumptions, and shift challenging patterns and behaviors. 'Love does not dominate; it cultivates.' Relationships require openness, curiosity, and trust. Couples counseling provides a nonjudgmental, distraction-free space to share and listen. Clients explore challenges, identify strengths, and mutually gain deeper understanding of themselves and the relationship. Couples therapy is self-pay only. I am licensed to serve clients living in Maryland and Virginia.

Struggling to balance work with family commitments? Want to learn how to communicate in a more healthy way? Not hitting your goals? Experiencing relationship issues? I can help. Many years ago, a painful breakup led me to go to therapy, where I learned how to calm my anxiety and be more authentic with others. I learned so much from therapy that I eventually decided to become a therapist myself. I will bring my experience as a licensed counselor to helping you find relief, get unstuck, and achieve your goals.

I specialize in improving the connection between parents and children who are adults, teens, or younger. Senior citizens yearning to improve their relationship with a grown-up kid and wanting to experience the joy of reconnecting, sharing stories, understanding, and feeling understood are delighted with how much our work together transforms their relationship. There is nothing better than bridging the generation gap and creating new memories together. I also work with sibling conflict and couple challenges.

Are you experiencing anxiety, depression, or relationship issues? Perhaps you are facing problems involving your partner, your family, or your employment, and you are struggling to cope? Or maybe you wish to explore and develop your sense of self and enhance your overall well-being? You are not alone, and I am here to help. My approach to wellness is a holistic one, which includes a compassionate exploration of all facets of life, including relationships, intimacy, spirituality, work, and play. I strive to help my clients find meaning, with a purposeful awareness of the impact of culture and the uniqueness of each individual.

Accepting NEW Clients! I specialize in working with adolescents and adults that feel overwhelmed by life's demands. I partner with my clients to stay grounded, and develop skills and strategies to handle stress more effectively. I help clients who are dealing with identity issues and racial stress. Everyone deserves to be heard and listening is the foundation I provide to help clients look inward and find practical solutions to the challenges they are facing. Together my clients and I work to achieve their goals for greater life balance, managing stress, resolving conflictual relationships and living a happier and healthier life.

Life's journey can present us with unexpected challenges, leaving us feeling adrift at times. Whether you're grappling with personal hurdles, exploring questions of faith, or navigating the complexities of aging, rest assured that you're not alone. As a therapist, I offer a supportive space where you can explore, heal, and grow. Drawing from my experiences as a stepmom and mediator, I understand the intricacies of family dynamics and relationship struggles. Together, we'll acknowledge your experiences, validate your feelings, and embark on a journey towards deeper connections, self-acceptance, and lasting love.

Are you weary of feeling lonely, tired, sad? Perhaps you're scared or confused and don't know what to do about your marriage--the two of you are almost like strangers, or you fight all the time, or you're facing infidelity? Maybe you know your child is troubled, and you're not quite sure how to be of help. A special strength of mine is healing connections--connections between people as well as personal connections to the inner self--whether I see you in a couple, a family, or as an individual.

Have you reached a point where your past experiences and beliefs about yourself are impacting your life now? Are you wanting to live as your most authentic self, but having a hard time doing so? Do you want to improve your relationship with your partner(s), but think a guide would be helpful? Then I'm glad you're here! Through exploration and skills-building, I can help you develop greater resilience, and a deeper connection with yourself and your community. I (they/them) am a trans and queer therapist who enjoys working with LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, & polyamorous folks.

I have experience working with clients ages from 5 to 105. I have worked at elementary school working with children, middle school & high school working with teens, university students working with young adults, community mental health centers working with adults, and a hospice setting working with mostly elders, providing individual, couples, family, group-therapy including bereavement counseling. I have enjoyed working with clients at every human development stages and learn to respect every one of my clients in the process of supporting them.

Choosing the right therapist may feel like an overwhelming, daunting, yet rewarding task. I will do my best to tailor each therapy experience to your specific needs by creating a warm, empathic, and trusting relationship. I view therapy as an opportunity to work collaboratively with you in order to allow you to uncover your own strengths, explore issues through a new perspective, and effectively manage your thoughts and emotions.

I CAN HELP YOU HEAL YOUR RELATIONSHIP. PREMARITAL AND COUPLES COUNSELING. "Why does my partner overreact?" "Why do I get so triggered?" "How come the punishment doesn't fit the crime?" “Why can’t he be more supportive?” “Is anything I do ever enough for her?” While you are feeling hurt, you have an added layer of confusion. You simultaneously love your partner and even hope to stay in this relationship to keep your love, family, and dreams intact. You are torn in a tug-of-war of emotions and desire to feel understood, accepted, and embraced by your partner.

In a space of warmth, comfort and acceptance, I offer you an experienced therapist who listens closely, actively, inquisitively- with the goal of helping you to feel heard and understood. I strive to help form the questions that need to be asked, to discern that which is in your control, to divine the source of your pain, and to use humor, laughter, tears and plain talk to make sense of your world; to motivate and help create an authentic healthier you. Over a 30 year career, I've acquired experience that includes: counseling and therapy, program management, training and consultation.