Online Child therapists in Riverdale, Maryland MD
Find experienced online child therapists in Riverdale who provide testing, counseling and support for children, and their families. Our directory features detailed therapist profiles so you can compare specialties, experience, and treatment approaches to find the provider that’s right for you.
Child/Teen
Sarah Jacques
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSWC-C
Growing up today can be overwhelming, especially for children and teens navigating school pressures, friendships, identity, and family expectations. I provide a supportive space where young people can explore their feelings, build coping skills, and develop confidence in who they are becoming. I also work closely with parents to strengthen communication and understanding at home, so the growth we build in therapy continues outside of our sessions.
4 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Evolve Counseling Group LLC
Counselor/Therapist, LCPC
Focus in this area is on uncovering and exploring difficult times in someone's childhood and adolescence.
10 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Cyndi Turner
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LSATP, MAC
Children and adolescents face unique challenges that can impact their emotional and psychological development. We are seeing more kids struggle with anxiety. Play therapy involves engaging with young clients through age-appropriate techniques and fostering a supportive environment for growth while involving parents. Whether it’s managing behavioral issues, navigating school challenges, or dealing with emotional struggles, we are here to support their journey to a healthier mindset for the whole family.
31 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Clear Path Counseling and Wellness Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA. LPC
Brad provides compassionate, trauma-informed counseling for children, adolescents, teens, and families facing emotional, behavioral, social, and mental health challenges. Growing up in today’s fast-paced world can be overwhelming for many children and teenagers, especially with increasing academic pressure, social stress, family conflict, bullying, anxiety, and the constant influence of social media. Many young people struggle silently with emotional overwhelm, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, isolation, trauma, or difficulty coping with everyday stressors.
Brad takes a holistic and personalized approach to child and adolescent therapy, helping young clients feel safe, supported, understood, and empowered throughout the counseling process. Therapy is tailored to each child or teen’s unique personality, experiences, emotional needs, and developmental stage. His goal is to help young people improve emotional well-being, strengthen confidence, develop healthier coping skills, and create more positive relationships at home, school, and socially.
Many children and adolescents experience emotional struggles connected to bullying, peer pressure, social media stress, family difficulties, trauma, grief, behavioral challenges, self-esteem issues, or major life transitions. Brad provides a safe, non-judgmental environment where children and teens can openly discuss difficult emotions, experiences, fears, or concerns without feeling criticized or misunderstood. No topic is off limits, and therapy is focused on helping young clients feel emotionally secure while working through the challenges affecting their lives.
As an experienced trauma therapist and EMDR therapist, Brad integrates EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), trauma-focused counseling, emotional regulation strategies, and holistic therapeutic approaches to help children and teens process difficult experiences, reduce emotional distress, and build resilience. Therapy may focus on improving emotional regulation, reducing anxiety, strengthening communication, healing from trauma, improving self-esteem, and developing healthier coping strategies and relationships.
Brad also understands the importance of involving parents and families when appropriate to support healthy communication, emotional connection, consistency, and long-term progress. The counseling process is collaborative and focused on creating lasting positive change that supports both the child and the family system as a whole.
Healing, growth, and emotional resilience are possible. With the right support, children and teens can move beyond emotional struggles, develop greater confidence and self-awareness, and create healthier and more fulfilling lives.
Virtual counseling and online therapy sessions for children, adolescents, and families are available, providing confidential and convenient access to professional trauma-focused counseling from the comfort of home.
28 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD (Online Only)
Child/Teen
Kiersten Lipinski
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-C
Through a supportive and non-judgmental approach, I work with teens to understand their emotions, manage school or social pressures, and develop healthy coping strategies. Whether it’s dealing with anxiety, friendships, or big life changes, I provide tools to help adolescents build confidence, handle stress, and feel more in control of their lives.
7 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD (Online Only)
Child/Teen
Jeremy Brown
Counselor/Therapist, LCPC
I have extensive experience working with students from the middle school years through college, and the mental health issues that often accompany that developmental range.
14 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Maria T. Alonso, Ph.D.
Psychologist
I use a strength-based approach to support children and adolescents in therapy, by focusing on their inherent strengths, passions and potential rather than solely addressing problems or deficits. My therapeutic approach emphasizes identifying and harnessing each young person’s unique abilities, talents, and resilience in order to foster personal growth and improve problem-solving skills. Understanding the current landscape and challenges faced by youth today—such as academic pressures, social media influences and evolving family dynamics—is crucial for tailoring interventions that are relevant and impactful. I intentionally integrate the child’s or adolescent’s imagination and creativity into therapy as well, in order to create a therapeutic process that is interesting, engaging and ultimately empowering. Working with children and adolescents also requires a multidisciplinary approach which can involve parents, extended family, teachers, school counselors and pediatricans in the process. Parents understand the child’s home environment and family dynamics, teachers have insights into the child’s academic and social performance at school, and pediatricians offer medical, historical and developmental perspectives. Combining these viewpoints provides a more comprehensive understanding of the child’s situation and provides information that guides the therapeutic process and ensures greater treatment efficacy across the child or adolecent's environments.
29 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Rivers of Hope Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor
We provide guidance for children and families, including school challenges, parenting strategies, and child-focused therapy to improve emotional and behavioral outcomes.
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6 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Joseph W. LaFleur
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LICSW, DWTF, SEP, C-PATP
Parenting a child or teenager who's struggling can leave you feeling helpless and overwhelmed. We work with families to understand behavioral challenges, emotional difficulties, and developmental concerns from multiple angles. Our clinicians help young people build coping skills, emotional vocabulary, and self-awareness while supporting parents in creating environments where their kids can thrive. We address issues including school stress, peer relationships, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and family transitions.
26 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD (Online Only)
Child/Teen
Keri Downs, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Keri Downs specializes in addressing a wide range of emotional, behavioral, and social challenges faced by children, adolescents, and young adults. With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Downs provides compassionate and evidence-based therapy to help young clients navigate these critical developmental stages.
Common issues that Dr. Downs addresses include:
- Anxiety and Depression: Dr. Downs utilizes cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness techniques to help clients manage anxiety and depression, promoting emotional regulation and resilience.
- Behavioral Problems: Through behavioral therapy and family systems therapy, Dr. Downs helps children and adolescents develop healthier behavior patterns and improve family dynamics.
- ADHD: Dr. Downs offers comprehensive evaluations and tailored treatment plans to help clients with ADHD improve focus, organization, and impulse control.
- Social Difficulties: Using social skills training and interpersonal therapy, Dr. Downs assists clients in building and maintaining healthy relationships.
- Trauma: Dr. Downs is trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and other trauma-informed approaches to help clients process and heal from traumatic experiences.
Dr. Downs’s approach is holistic and integrative, ensuring that each client’s unique needs are met. She creates a safe and supportive environment where children and adolescents can explore their feelings, develop coping strategies, and achieve personal growth. In addition to in-person sessions, Dr. Downs offers telehealth services in over 40 states, making it convenient for clients to access high-quality care from the comfort of their own homes.
21 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Wendy Myers
Counselor/Therapist, LPC, NCC
I enjoy working with women (age 16+) and young adults on a variety of issues: navigating relationships, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, identity concerns, grief, trauma, family of origin issues, and life transitions.
21 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD (Online Only)
Child/Teen
Kelly McCabe
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW-C
Your child may be struggling with big emotions, behavior changes, or challenges at school or with peers. I provide a supportive, creative space to help them build emotional awareness and coping skills, while also working with you to support positive change at home.
9 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
PSYCHe, PLLC
Psychologist, PhD, DBT-LBC™, LPC, PsyD, MSW, Marriage and Family Counselor, LCSW
Teens need just the right fit when it comes to working with a therapist. They need someone who can make them feel comfortable enough to open up while also challenging them at a level that helps them to grow. We have therapists who work with adolescents struggling with a variety of issues such as social anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, addiction, self-harm, suicide, or just difficulty navigating everyday stressors.
12 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Dr. Jennifer Baumgardner
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Dr. Baumgardner holds a double doctorate focusing not only on clinical and treatment methods but also on human development. She has worked with experts across the globe and has served as the lead psychologist providing inpatient and outpatient care for adolescents in crisis.
20 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD (Online Only)
Child/Teen
Empathetic Connections
Counselor/Therapist, LCPC
At Empathetic Connections, we create a safe, supportive space where children and adolescents feel seen, heard, and understood. Our approach is developmentally appropriate and strengths-based, using a blend of play, creativity, and evidence-based techniques to help young clients express themselves and build emotional skills. We work collaboratively with caregivers to support growth both in and outside of sessions, helping children and teens improve emotional regulation, strengthen self-esteem, and navigate challenges with greater confidence and resilience.
8 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
GRIS ALVES
Counselor/Therapist, Compassionate Inquiry, Trauma Informed Mindfulness Teacher
I work with supporting the parents/caregivers that have children or adolescent with issues.
11 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Sara Fraser
Psychologist, PhD
From the outset of my graduate training and research interests, I have worked in multiple settings with children, teens and families to encourage closeness, connection and regulation. Attachment frames the work that I do with kids to ensure that existing attachments relationships-parents, extended family, siblings, teachers, friends-are seen as the connective tissue of healthy growth and development for folks at all ages across the life span.
26 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD (Online Only)
Child/Teen
Kristen W. Green
Psychologist, PhD, ABPP
I am a Board Certified Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist specializing in therapy and psychological testing with children and adolescents with a variety of problems. I have specialty training in working with children & adolescents ages 2-18. I have worked successfully with children with developmental delays, behavioral problems, mood disorders, ADHD, adjustment issues (divorce, death, illness, general stress), anxiety/OCD, and autism spectrum conditions. In therapy, I tend toward a cognitive-behavioral approach in a developmental framework. I also utilize mindfulness, play, DBT, and psychodynamic techniques.
21 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Dr. Danielle Goodwin
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I have had the privilege to work with children and adolescents for many years in the school, outpatient, residential and inpatient setting. I enjoy helping children to identify and build on their strengths and learn skills at a young age so they can feel more confident about who they are and grow to be the best version of themself. Integral to working with children or adolescents is involving parents so they can learn how to work together to create a harmonious home environment and guide their children or adolescent through difficult situations. I also may collaborate with schools so that interventions can be implemented that focus on their strengths.
25 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child/Teen
Dr. Elizabeth Coldren
Psychologist, PSYD, PSYPACT
I specialize in working with children and teens whose lives have been shaped by medical challenges, trauma, or neurodivergence. This may include serious or chronic illness, complex diagnoses, hospitalizations, accidents, frightening events, sexual abuse, or sensory and regulation differences that make school, friendships, or family life harder to navigate. Some young people I see are carrying several of these layers. Others are coping with one significant experience, such as PTSD after a specific event or the emotional impact of a new diagnosis.
Many of the children and teens I work with are carrying more than anyone realizes. On the outside, they may look like the good kid, the brave patient, or the one who holds everything together. Inside, they can feel scared, angry, overwhelmed, numb, or very alone.
My work is not general child therapy. I focus on how stress, trauma, medical experiences, and neurodivergence live in a young person’s body, emotions, and relationships. I also work closely with parents so you feel less isolated and more supported in responding to what your child is going through.
26 Years Experience
Online in Riverdale, MD
Child therapists in Riverdale, Maryland Statistics
Child therapists in Riverdale, Maryland average 20 years of experience and charge around $206 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Child or Adolescent Issues (100%), Anxiety or Fears (90%), and Depression (86%).
Average years in practice
20 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$206
Gender ID
| 69% |
Female |
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| 29% |
Male |
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| 1% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 72% |
In Person and Online |
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| 28% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Child or Adolescent Issues |
| 90% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 86% | Depression |
| 69% | Parenting |
| 67% | ADHD |
| 65% | Stress |
| 63% | Self Esteem |