Therapists in Silver Spring, MD

Whether you struggle with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and/or are navigating life transitions, my goal is to create a safe and supportive space for exploration and growth. My approach to therapy is client-centered and collaborative. I work with clients to gain enhanced self-understanding, address challenges, build resilience, adopt new coping skills and affect meaningful change. Special areas of focus include: anxiety, depression, fertility and family-building, grief/loss, adult ADHD, family dynamics, and life transitions.

O.R.E.A, LLC is a Maryland State Licensed and ACHC Accredited Early Intervention Education, Counseling and Treatment program. We offer both individual and group therapy sessions. Our counselors are fully licensed and professional therapists that work to support and provide you with the best therapeutic experience.

My clients are smart, successful people who want to create change in their lives. Does your life look good on paper, but you don't feel happy or fulfilled? Experiencing mild to moderate anxiety or depression? Maybe, like many, you suffered trauma, now interfering with your quality of life. You want insight and action, process and results, to feel and perform better. Maybe you are the concerned parent of a child, seeking help for emotional or behavior problems. You want a trusted therapist for your child who will include you in their treatment, and who will provide you with information and realistic strategies you can use at home.

I have 25+ years of experience in treating anxiety disorders (such as OCD, panic disorder, and phobias), depression, and difficulties related to psychological trauma. For the past 13 years, I have also been treating eating disorders and trichotillomania. I work primarily from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. This involves my client and me working as a collaborative team to determine what skills it would be useful for my client to learn and practice. This process tends to reduce distress and facilitates achieving a greater sense satisfaction, happiness, and meaning in life.

You have a life story. You have had challenges and struggles, and although you are doing your best, sometimes it just gets to be too much. You may be struggling in a way that stops you from functioning, you may want to live a more fulfilling life, or you may just want to get to know more about yourself. You want to find a deeper sense of contentment and fulfillment, and become more mindful of the world around you.

Deciding to ask for professional help with a personal or relationship problem can be a bit intimidating. Please feel free to contact me for a brief consultation to discuss whether or not I may be the best fit for you. If it seems that I'm not the best fit, I will gladly direct you to other resources. It's important that you feel safe, respected, and in capable, compassionate care. I work with individuals in an eclectic approach; that is, I integrate elements from several theoretical orientations to help people solve emotional problems, change behavior, and cope with stressful life circumstances, including relationship problems, work stress, and life transitions - to name a few.

I am a clinical psychologist with 30 years experience working with adolescents, adults, and couples. I provide brief consultation to help you clarify the challenges you are facing, weigh options, and overcome inertia; individual psychotherapy when you are dealing with issues such as anxiety, depression, or stress; and couples counseling to help you communicate effectively, solve problems jointly, and strengthen your relationship. I also work with individuals and couples whose careers may take them abroad and away from their families for extended periods and can make video conferencing services available in lieu of office-based appointments for established clients who are traveling.

Hello! I specialize in using cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) primarily to help people with anxiety problems. I have considerable expertise in treating OCD, illness anxiety, and social anxiety, but I work with a large number of other problems, including relationship problems, depression, and BFRBs, and I do couples therapy as well as individual. Voted a Top Therapist in Washingtonian Magazine's survey of DC-area practitioners, I have over 20 years of experience in helping people to live and feel better.

“True mastery of life’s tasks depends upon a disciplined freedom, whose model may be found in the artistic process (Edith Kramer).” As an Art Therapist, I desire to guide your artistic process as you come to your means of liberation, grounding, self-awareness, and inner peace. In our practice, we will work to develop personalized creative tools to work through all you may be seeking in therapy.

Evolve Wellness is a woman-owned, virtual, clinical therapy & wellness consulting practice based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Alexis is a licensed clinical professional counselor with two decades of experience providing individual therapy for folks living with grief, complex trauma, depression, and anxiety. Utilizing behavioral health interventions, she strives to meet each and every human exactly where they are. She’s a firm believer that each person is their own expert and capable of healing.

Need help getting through a recent breakup? Feeling like you won’t beat dating and find a relationship? You didn’t go into your relationship thinking it would have to end. Nonetheless, here you are, post-breakup, hurting, avoiding, maybe even dating, and hating every second of it. You want a relationship, but you keep self-sabotaging. You push partners away, you get called "too clingy," or you keep choosing people who treat you poorly. You’ve got trust issues, maybe you’re hung up on an ex, it’s hard to find genuine connection with others, and you’re feeling low. But the feelings feel too big to face head on by yourself...

I believe that each person possesses an innate ability to heal. I consider it a privilege to work with my clients while they face transforming challenges. In my work, I customize my approach to each person, emphasizing individual strengths. My practice is holistic and I bring knowledge of alternative therapies, philosophical and spiritual approaches. With an emphasis on wellness and stress reduction, a client can achieve calm in order to focus on the problems at hand. I specialize in trauma, abuse and relationship issues, utilizing a blend of treatment approaches. I am trained in EMDR, mindfulness meditation and visualization techniques.

Sometimes creating or maintaining a happy, satisfying life requires help. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, I will listen and engage you in ways that support a life of balance, healing & growth as you move toward a better and more authentic you. Though my practice is not limited to work with the LGBTQ population, I have years of experience working with this community especially trans/gender expansive/non binary individuals. I am credentialed through the WPATH GEI certification program. More info: https://www.wpath.org/about-gei

If you’re looking for a therapist in Silver Spring, MD, you’ll want to contact me. Whether you, your teenager or a family member is depressed, anxious or having relationship problems, I can help you develop the skills needed to improve self-esteem and enhance your relationship with others. I believe that your thoughts and feelings, people and experiences from your past cause negative feelings; anger, sadness, anxiety. People who work with me in therapy, generally feel a sense of well-being and gain the strategies and ability to manage challenges in their life.

We can assist clients with healing based on trauma (including childhood, sexual, PTSD), grief, and other mental health issues through a holistic approach of treating mind, body and spirit. We help children, Adolescents and Adults with Anxiety Disorders, Bi-Polar Disorders, Conduct/Disruptive/Impulse-Control Disorders Depressive Disorders, Eating and Feeding Disorders, Death and Survivor Grief, Mood Disorders, and Trauma Disorders.

Life can be challenging, and you don’t have to figure it out alone. If you are feeling hopeless, depressed, or anxious, perhaps I can help you with this. If you feel you have no support from friends and family, I can be a support to you. Maybe it is childhood trauma you need to unpack. I can help you through it. I am skilled in CBT, DBT, and mindfulness to help clients reach their best selves. My goal as a clinician is to feel empowered to take control of their lives and be in optimal health.