Online Life Coaching therapists in Takoma Park, Maryland MD

Rather than limit counseling to only one approach, I offer my clients what I think is best specifically for them from a wide array of expert approaches in my marriage and other counseling. In addition to leading seminars to train other professionals in marriage counseling, I have benefited by receiving extensive professional training from most of the leading marriage counseling experts in the country, including but not limited to John Gottman, Susan Johnson, John Gray, Harville Hendrix, Virginia Satyr, Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson, Gary Brainard, Frank Pittman, Shirley Glass, Janice Abrahms Spring, and Neil Jacobson. In conducting counseling, I am fortunate to be able to choose from numerous resources including principles from Gottman's research, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Mars & Venus Counseling, Imago Therapy, Positive Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, Systems Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Rogerian Therapy, Integrative Therapy, Humanistic Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Reality Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, Gestalt Techniques, NLP, and EMDR. I also offer counseling tools that I personally developed here in Houston.  

My life coaching services focus on helping you achieve personal growth, setting and achieving goals and objectives, and navigating challenges in your life. We work together to clarify objectives, identify obstacles, and develop actionable plans for success. My coaching process always integrates hypnosis and hypnotherapy and typically involves: 1. Guiding clients to define specific, measurable, and meaningful goals. 2. Assisting clients in the exploration of their values, strengths, and passions. 3. Keeping clients motivated and on track during and between sessions. 4. Assisting clients overcome personal, professional, or emotional obstacles. And, 5. Helping clients shift self-limiting beliefs or negative thought patterns that are restricting success. I work with clients on areas such as goal setting, career transitions, relationships, health, personal growth, time management, work-life balance, etc. As a life coach, I typically focus on the present and the future, emphasizing practical steps toward improvement rather than addressing deep psychological issues or past trauma. When combining hypnosis with life coaching the results can be profound. This is attributable to the fact that together we are bypassing the flawed logic and reasoning that all too typically hold people back from achieving goals and overcoming obstacles. Lastly, during the past six decades I have frequently combined my education, skills, and experience with those of psychiatrists, psychologists, MFT’s, and LCSW’s to benefit their patients or clients, such as the case might be.  

Intensive Recovery Coaching utilizes a team of advanced trained, elite Betrayal Trauma-Informed Life Coaches. In addition to life coach training, our coaching team also have expertise in using trauma-informed approaches for addressing problematic sexual behaviors, betrayal trauma, and the resulting destructive impact on relationships. https://intensivehope.com/pages/services/coaching.html  

Do you feel stuck or unfulfilled in your personal or professional life? Life coaching can help you gain clarity, set meaningful goals, and create a path towards achieving them. Whether you're navigating a major life transition, striving for personal growth, or seeking greater fulfillment, life coaching offers the support and guidance you need to move forward with confidence. As a Soulful Life Coach and Holistic Psychotherapist, I integrate psychotherapy and holistic healing techniques to help you address not only your goals but also your emotional and spiritual well-being. Our sessions will focus on your unique aspirations and challenges, allowing us to develop personalized strategies that align with your values and promote overall balance and harmony. In our coaching sessions, you will find a supportive and empowering environment where you can explore your ambitions and heal from within. Together, we will work on building resilience, enhancing self-awareness, and cultivating the skills needed to achieve lasting success and inner peace. My goal is to guide you in creating a life that is not only successful but also deeply fulfilling and aligned with your true self.  

I provide coaching for various life issues including around career struggles.  

Sometimes in life we are looking to excel or reach more or our potential. When working with clients as a life coach, I teach clients skills to optimize personal and professional performance, assist clients on their journey of self-discovery, help them renew their passion for life and create the life they desire.  

Life doesn’t come with a roadmap, and sometimes we all need support finding clarity, direction, and motivation. Our life coaching services are designed to help clients identify goals, overcome barriers, and take practical steps toward meaningful change. At PsychWorks Clinic, our coaches blend psychological insight with action-oriented strategies — helping you strengthen confidence, improve relationships, and create balance in your personal and professional life. Whether you’re navigating a transition, seeking purpose, or working toward personal growth, we partner with you to turn intention into progress and progress into lasting transformation.  

Have you ever noticed that when you aspire to move towards your higher aspirations, or when you set a new goal, resistance tends to surface more strongly? If you are struggling with sabotaging parts of yourself that are afraid to move forward, parts work, and inner-child exploration can help you discover how to care for the neglected younger parts that block access to soul-level gifts and strengths you need to move forward.  

My passion for coaching predates my therapy licensure and remains a core element of my practice. Where therapy often focuses on healing, coaching illuminates possibilities and activates potential. As a certified coach, I create forward-focused partnerships that help clients envision and create their desired futures. Using principles of positive psychology (without toxic positivity), we identify strengths, clarify values, and develop actionable steps toward meaningful goals. This aspect of my practice particularly resonates with clients who are stable but seeking greater fulfillment, purpose, or direction. Our coaching work emphasizes possibility, agency, and the cultivation of hope—empowering factors that can transform how we navigate life's challenges.  

In my practice, I blend elements of various therapeutic modalities such as CBT, humanistic therapy, and narrative therapy to provide holistic life coaching services. By incorporating art therapy and experiential techniques, I help clients explore their values, goals, and aspirations in a creative and meaningful way. Additionally, I draw upon relational therapy principles to foster a supportive and collaborative relationship with clients, empowering them to navigate life transitions and pursue personal growth with confidence and authenticity.  

For clients looking for life coaching (and not psychotherapy), I offer these non-clinical services. Whether you are looking to achieve a goal or know yourself better, coaching can be helpful.  

It is my goal to cultivate our relationship by providing a warm, supportive, and non-judgmental environment where you can feel understood and heard. To find the method that works best for each individual client struggling with major life transitions, I draw from psychodynamic, humanistic, and existential perspectives. Additionally, I incorporate a variety of modalities into my work with clients including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing.  

My solution-focused orientation keeps you grounded in the present moment, transforming any challenges into gifts to help propel you forward into the future life you dream of.  

Dr. Keri Downs offers professional life coaching services designed to help children, adolescents, and young adults achieve their personal and professional goals. With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Downs provides guidance and support to clients as they navigate significant life changes and work towards greater fulfillment. Life coaching with Dr. Downs focuses on: - Goal Setting: Helping clients clarify their goals and create actionable plans to achieve them. - Self-Confidence: Building self-awareness and self-esteem to empower clients to take decisive actions. - Stress Management: Developing strategies to manage stress and maintain a healthy work-life balance. - Personal Growth: Encouraging clients to explore their potential and pursue their passions. - Relationship Building: Improving communication skills and fostering healthier relationships. Dr. Downs’s approach is tailored to each client’s unique needs, ensuring personalized care that addresses their specific challenges and aspirations. She utilizes a variety of techniques, including cognitive-behavioral strategies and mindfulness practices, to help clients overcome obstacles and achieve lasting change. In addition to in-person sessions, Dr. Downs offers telehealth services in over 40 states, making it convenient for clients to access high-quality life coaching from the comfort of their own homes. Her goal is to support clients in creating a happier, more meaningful life through compassionate and collaborative coaching.  

Couple's Coach - stop getting hooked on the same triggers and repeating the same patterns. Heal, grow, and deepen intimacy together so your relationship gets better & better over time.  

Life coaching is based on positive psychology . I offer help to single, divorced and widowed individuals who need assistance in the areas of dating and mating, social skills training and communication skills. This is a solution oriented approach . I provide my clients with a toolbox of skills to help them find more fulfillment in their lives and personal relationships.  

Life coaching has been my forte. All my clients are thriving and they are on the way to achieve their health, career, professional, relationship goals. Julien Moe is a multilingual Fulbright Scholar life coach, and a certified clinical hypnotherapist who specializes in helping others heal from codependency, narcissistic abuse, emotional neglect, psychological invisibility, and alike. His coaching practice is founded upon the idea that all dysfunctional relationships with Self, and or with others, are the results of the thoughts beliefs and behaviors inaccurately or falsely impacted by psychodynamic experiences. "I Will Help You: • Enhance confidence, self-esteem and well-being • Improve the quality of your life • Reduce stress, increase productivity, develop peace of mind • Get more energy, time, passion and focus • Take control of daily stressful issues • Reach your potential and academic, social and professional goals • Love your work • Have lasting relationships • Personal freedom • Find and sustain personal, academic and professional success, wealth and happiness Your First Session will be a 60-minute formal assessment during which I will explore all areas of your life (relationships, dating, career, fun & recreation, money, friends, family, personal development & growth) I will help you discover what your satisfaction level is right now and where you want to be, examine your values (what is important to you right now), I will learn what's been getting in the way. I will examine your thought processes and look for any limiting beliefs, assumptions, harmful patterns of thinking. I will get your questions answered in person." Life coaching is an action-oriented and solution-based approach where you are not just listened to but offered effective solutions to help you reach your academic, dating, social or professional goals in time. Through the coaching conversations, exercises, various tools and techniques, reflection, powerful questioning and inquiry you develop the self-confidence to be able to live a happy life but to thrive on the right track. We won't look at your past and why you got to this place but instead we will focus on how you can make it better. Looking back at your life will be a place where you no longer judge yourself for past mistakes (which holds many individuals back) but discover how to reflect and learn from your actions and experiences so you are experiencing an action-learning-growth cycle. We all have enough negativity in our lives, often, leading to great anxiety and fear. These harmful thoughts and feelings can prevent forward motion. Life coaching is based on positive psychology. You will learn to recognize unhealthy thought patterns that hold you back and use your strengths to reach your goals. We will focus on moving you forward with an emphasis on having a positive, healthy and focused head space. Book Your Session Today, by calling 212-814-9527 We will work from the inside-out. We will explore your values; who you really are and what is right for you - not just what you were told was right but what you really want out of your life. Looking at this, along with exploring what challenges get in the way, you will begin to create the life of your dreams. This is when you will begin to truly live authentically and find fulfillment and satisfaction in the life you have created. Life coaching helps people create changes that will lead to the results they would like. It helps clients discover, clarify and align with what they want to attain. Life coaching can address many different areas in a clients life. It can be used to help with short term or long term projects. Clients are able to set better goals and reach those goals. In explaining life coaching, sometimes it helps to explain what coaching is not. It is not psychotherapy, counseling, mentoring or consulting. However, there are some similarities. We will not look at your past but your future. It is not about me telling you what to do. How many times have you been lectured or told what to do? and did you find it motivating? Coaching is about your agenda. You decide what you want to cover and when to stop. You will find the right answers for you. However, I may guide you through my questioning and re-framing to find new choices and healthier perspectives. Coaching is about using some incredible tools and techniques to help you learn how to get what you want. ********** Why Does Life Coaching Work? When you buy a new car most people spend a lot of time and energy doing research. They must compare cars to decide which car meets their specific needs. Therefore, they must know what is important to them and what car will supply these needs. They check out the features and decide what they need. They also shop around to find the best deal. Your life and your mind deserve the same attention that you would put into buying a car. Unfortunately, we were not born knowing how to get the most out of our lives. Most of us walk around blindly hoping we will get it right. Coaching gives you the power to be an active creator of your life. Coaching provides structure, support and a tool belt of tools to help you learn how to do this yourself. A good coach is one who teaches you how to coach yourself. My clients often describe coaching as a life altering choice and as one of the best decisions they have ever made. ******* What are the Benefits of Life Coaching? • Help people set better goals and reach those goals • Build self-confidence • Have someone champion, believe in and motivate you • Find time and energy for the important areas in your life • Become the leader in your life • Finding fulfillment and life satisfaction • Leading a balanced healthy life • Reframing harmful perspectives • Expanding choices • A safe person/place to explore your life • Provides openness and space needed for the journey of change To book a session, please text or call 212-814-9527  

Coaching is progress related using goals and metrics. Clients should experience relief in just 6 sessions.  

I often support people experiencing dating or career difficulties. If you are dating and feeling defeated and like you want to give up, or anxieties are getting in the way of your dating life, please reach out. If you are wanting to make a career pivot, struggling to exist at your job, are wanting to re-enter the workforce after taking time away, or you would like support with the ups, downs and anxieties of the job interviewing process, please message me to schedule a free consultation call.  

For clients seeking growth rather than clinical diagnosis, life coaching offers a forward-moving, goal-oriented space. I help you clarify values, overcome blocks, build confidence, and create actionable steps—while still honoring your body’s wisdom and cultural context. This is ideal for those ready to take meaningful action in relationships, career, or personal development.