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I am licensed in Maryland and Virginia with 19 years of professional work experience. I hold a BA in psychology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a MA in counseling psychology from Bowie State University. I am a Certified Grief Informed Professional. I also have extensive training and experience in grief and loss, stress and anxiety, depression, trauma, perinatal and postpartum depression, relationship issues, hospice, illness and disability issues, cultural diversity /special populations, working with first responders, and meeting the unique needs of active duty military and veterans. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I am eclectic in my clinical approach and will adapt to to your needs in choosing therapeutic approaches and in assisting you in developing treatment goals to meet your unique and specific needs. I believe you know your needs better than anyone. I also believe that you have many strengths that with support, will be tools you can use in overcoming the things that challenge you. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy takes courage, and I am here if you are ready to get started.
Orientation & Focus
Modalities
Languages Spoken
Populations
Specialties
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating Disorder
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Pain Management
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Conditions Treated
- ADHD
- Aging & Senior Issues
- Anxiety
- Avoidant Personality
- Bipolar Disorder
- Blended Families
- Body Image
- Cancer
- Career Issues
- Caregiver Stress
- Chronic Pain & Illness
- Commitment Issues
- Communication Problems
- Coping Skills
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic Violence
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Family of Origin Issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Gambling
- Gender Dysphoria
- Grief & Loss
- Guilt & Shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice & End of Life
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Isolation & Loneliness
- Life Transitions
- Midlife Crisis
- Money & Financial Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Multicultural Concerns
- OCD
- Panic Attacks
- Parenting
- Personality Disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory & Non-Monogamy
- Prejudice & Discrimination
- Relationship Issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self Esteem
- Self Harm
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Health
- Sexuality & Sexual Identity
- Sleep & Insomnia
- Social Anxiety
- Somatization
- Stress
- Trauma & PTSD
- Trichotillomania
- Veterans & Military
- Women's Issues
- Workplace Issues
- Young Adult Issues
Treatment Options
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Somatic Psychotherapy
- Trauma Focused
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