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I use a holistic mind-body approach to help my clients overcome overwhelm. Overwhelm can look like perfectionism, anxiety, depression, illness, pain, and more. Overwhelm causes the nervous system to stay in the fight-of-flight stress response. The mind-body, psychology, and coaching techniques I use help to unwind the nervous system from its chronic state of stress to help my clients live a happier, healthier life....
How many times have you heard, “These are the best years of your life”? And who says this? [Hint: adults who went to college many years ago.] But if you ask a college student, there’s a good chance they will talk more about anxiety or depression than enjoying the best years of their life. According to the American College Health Association’s 2018 study, 63 percent of college students said they had “felt overwhelming anxiety” and more than 41 percent said they had felt so depressed that it wa...
Therapy is all about the relationship you have with your therapist. Shana specializes in working with trauma and its related disorders. Trauma shatters your world the world around you, including your personal and professional relationships. Shana bring creativity and above all else sincere caring for her clients. She creates a warm self-honoring environment that increases in the ability to develop positive tools to navigate through their traumas, challenges, anxieties, and fears. Shana's counse...
Dr. Graham helps you to find balance and fulfillment in your life. With over 20 years of experience Dr. Graham is a licensed clinical psychologist practicing at Brighter Hope Wellness Center. She treats people who are diagnosed with various disorders including autism spectrum disorders, behavior problems, ADHD, anxiety (including OCD, generalized anxiety disorder, hair-pulling), and depression. Dr. Graham works with parents to implement effective strategies for working with their child's specifi...
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Ever feel like no one gets you? Not your parents, friends, acquaintances? You feel like you don't belong anywhere? School feels overwhelming and you don't have anyone in your family who can relate to you? You ever feel like you don't want to get out of bed for the day, you just want to lie there under the covers? Are you drinking more on the weekends so much so that you can not remember what you did the night before? Do your friends and family tell you that they are concerned about your drinkin...
I’ve spent my career working with children, adolescents and families who are struggling to overcome trauma, depression, anxiety, difficulties with transitions, emotional regulation issues and interpersonal conflict primarily in school settings. I use a variety of treatment approaches such as CBT, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Play Therapy, Christian Counseling, and Family Systems. I enjoy integrating creativity and play into my work with younger clients. I strive to listen, reflect and to help...
At the Baltimore Annapolis Center for Integrative Healing, our therapists specialize in relational, compassionate attachment and trauma focused psychotherapy using EMDR and Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, ACT, DBT, TF-CBT mindfulness, expressive arts, movement, and other mind/body approaches. We also offer parent coaching and trauma sensitive massage. We help with anxiety, depression, family of origin issues, identity issues, relationships, body image, perfect...
I believe everyone is capable of making positive changes and overcoming obstacles. I help people figure out what they need and where to begin to overcome the issues they face. Through various traditional and creative approaches to treatment, I collaborate with youth and adults to maximize their strengths and build skills to resolve and move beyond challenges. Because I also know how hard it is to share one’s thoughts and feelings with someone new, I strive to provide a supportive, judgment-free ...
Najwa Awad (LCSW-C) is a psychotherapist that has provided mental health services to individuals and families in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area for over 10 years. She obtained a Bachelors degree in Psychology at George Mason University in 2005. In 2007 she received a Masters in Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University specializing in the clinical treatment of individuals and families. Najwa also has postgraduate certification in advanced trauma treatment. Her experience...
Finding a therapist that fits can be an answer to helping you build Independence, learning how to take good care of yourself, make better or more healthy choices, and help you to perceive possibilities that previously seemed out of reach. I have worked with young adults, individuals, and families using an eclectic approach utilizing CBT, Mindfulness, and Motivational interviewing-tailored to the unique needs of each new client. I have over 13 years of experience in a variety of settings and wit...
We are a group practice that specializes in working with college students who are struggling with body image, anxiety and eating disorders. We use a Health At Every Size approach and provide high quality care to help womxn overcome disorder eating, work through anxiety and depression and start to heal from trauma and grief. We have a passion for helping young adults improve their mental health and their relationship with themselves. We use a down to earth approach in our therapy, and focus on ge...
I listen closely to each individual and support his or her unique ability to heal by utilizing the wisdom of their mind, body, and soul. My approach is grounded in the belief that each person possesses innate inner resources he/she can use to heal, grow, thrive, and fully connect with their soul to become the whole person that they are meant to be. My service is the work of the soul. My work and approach are characterized by intuition, compassion, optimism and collaborative exploration, and a re...
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, tired, irritable, have no interest in things you once enjoyed for what seems like no reason? Has life just got you feeling overwhelmed and anxious? Do you feel like you cannot manage stressors like you once could? If you are someone who struggles with life stressors/changes, anxiety, depression, postpartum issues or parenting concerns that you would like to improve then we will be the perfect team. If you want to make positive changes and be the b...
I help dedicated young people learn to loosen the hold of intense thoughts and anxieties to feel empowered and competent in what they do. It’s hard to get things done because of thoughts and worries that hold you back even though you know you want to let them go. And even when you do accomplish your tasks efficiently the inner toll it takes feels much greater than the task itself. Sometimes the physical toll of all this mental baggage is apparent and you feel it in your body. With dedication pra...