Online Anxiety therapists in Maryland
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. Brian Weir
Psychologist, PsyD
If you are suffering from anxiety, I can help! Anxiety keeps us from living a full life, it can badly effect our performance and pays a toll on our body. Many people become so used to their anxiety that they may think it not a symptom, but rather their personality. For this reason, they may even resist change because it doesn't feel authentic to their personality. Fortunately I have many tools and skills to address your anxiety and help you quite your anxious thoughts so you can hear, feel, and experience who you really are without anxiety calling the shots.
21 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Erika Gray
Psychologist, Psy.D
Anxiety is the most pervasive mental health concern in our society. I utilize CBT and exposure approaches to address the thoughts that fuel the anxiety that is disrupting your life.
13 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. Natasha Shukla
Psychologist, PhD., LPC
Anxiety can feel like an all-consuming challenge, impacting every facet of your life. The unique approach in my practice is designed to resonate with individuals facing anxiety. Together, we'll explore how career, relationships, your self-talk, and social comparison intersect to fuel your anxiety. We'll uncover the root causes, harness your personal strengths, and develop strategies that genuinely work for you. By enhancing communication within your relationships, we'll alleviate stressors that may exacerbate your anxiety. In this collaborative journey, you'll discover valuable tools and insights while building a strong support network. It's about regaining control, reducing anxiety, and finding a path toward a more balanced and fulfilling life, tailored just for you.
13 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Amanda de Armas
Psychologist, PsyD
Are persistent worries or fears holding you back from living your best life? You're not alone, and there is hope. In our safe and nurturing space, we'll explore the roots of your anxiety, uncovering the thoughts and beliefs that contribute to your distress. Together, we'll develop personalized strategies to help you regain control over your mind and body, fostering a sense of calm and confidence in facing life's challenges.
7 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Johanna Isaacs
Psychologist, Psy.D., PsyPACT Participant
I help clients with anxiety identify their fear and worry patterns, understand where these thoughts may have come from in their lives, and create new ways of thinking that are more balanced and supportive. Creating anxiety management tools that help reduce physical anxiety symptoms in the moment means that my clients build realistic and useful coping strategies that help them feel better when anxiety peaks. We cannot eliminate anxiety or fear from our life but we can learn to understand our anxiety as a piece of us and ultimately appreciate who we are as a whole person.
13 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Lauren Rance
Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist (PsyD, LP)
I work with individuals who feel like they can't relax, find themselves comparing themselves to other people, struggle with body image, and have frequent feelings that they "aren't good enough" despite evidence suggesting otherwise. We work together to create calm in the body and the mind.
8 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. Traci Williams
Psychologist, PsyD, ABPP, CFT-I
In our work together, I help you identify the root cause of your anxiety and understand your triggers. You will learn coping mechanisms and relaxation techniques so you can manage your anxiety. We will challenge and reframe negative thought patterns that can contribute to your anxiety so you can regain control of your life.
11 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Jayson L. Mystkowski
Psychologist, Ph.D., ABPP
While Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) is highly effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders (e.g., Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), clinicians do see some “return of fear,” or partial relapse, in some patients due to a variety of factors. Over the past two decades, treatment researchers, with whom Dr. Jayson Mystkowski had the pleasure of working with at UCLA for over 10 years, have studied “return of fear” and discovered some key variables that may optimize the effects of learning during CBT for anxiety disorders (Craske et al., 2008).
First, evidence suggests that focusing on tolerating fear versus eliminating fear yields better clinical outcomes in the long term. Namely, teaching clients that fear and anxiety are normal feelings, rather than attempting to “down-regulate” such feelings all the time, is more realistic and seems to engender “hardier” clients. Second, helping clients to generate an expectancy that “scary things will not happen,” is very powerful. To do this, it is important for clinicians to create more complex exposure exercises (i.e., tasks in which a client confronts a stimulus of which they are afraid), using multiple feared stimuli instead of one at a time. Then, the lack of a feared outcome becomes particularly surprising and memorable for a client and fear reduction is more potent. Third, increasing the accessibility and retrievability of non-fear memories learned during treatment are powerful factors in mitigating against a return of fear. Craske and colleagues demonstrated that exposure to variations of a feared stimulus, using a random schedule across multiple contexts or situations, is more effective than exposure to the same stimulus, on a predictable schedule, in an unchanging environment. The former paradigm, it is argued, creates stronger non-fear memories that are easier for a client to access when subsequently confronting feared objects or situations outside of the therapy context, than the later scenario.
In sum, clinicians have long been aware that some fear or anxiety returns following very successful CBT treatment. As mentioned above, there are some clear, empirically supported ways to modify the therapy we provide to further help clients generalize the gains made in therapy sessions to the real world.
20 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Richard Scott, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D.
It can be difficult to manage our fears, worries, and concerns. You may feel like you’re never good enough or that you can never do things right. Are you always thinking about the way things “should” be and having trouble coping with your stressors? Has life gotten too stressful and you just want to enjoy life again? We can work together to address your worries and get you back to feeling like yourself again living your best life.
18 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Jennifer Plumb Vilardaga, PhD
Psychologist, PhD
I am trained in exposure therapies, and work to assist people approach things they fear, learn to live more freely in the face of anxiety or fear, and cope better with worry. I draw on mindfulness techniques and acceptance-based strategies as well.
11 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Washington Psychological Wellness
Counselor/Therapist
Washington Psychological wellness is a boutique-style mental health practice located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Our clinicians are specialized in the treatment and diagnosis of anxiety-related phobias and disorders in children, adolescents, teens, and adults. Our clinicians believe in the uniqueness of each individual. They will provide a comfortable and collaborative environment where you can take risks and explore different ways of thinking, feeling, and being. We aim to help you gain clarity about the underlying causes of your anxieties/fears, provide strategies to help you cope, and empower you to trust your inner voice and live each day authentically. We are currently accepting new clients. Telehealth (online) therapy options are available. Call now to schedule your appointment!
10 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Karen Baumstark, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D., CMHIMP, CTACC
"Anxiety is actually a normal part of life and can be helpful at moderate levels, providing motivation to push you to achieve more, or providing a warning to avoid a bad or dangerous situation. However, many people experience such high anxiety levels that they feel distressed, and the anxiety interferes with their functioning. Therapy can help you learn to manage and reduce your anxiety so it no longer distresses you. Paying attention to habits, thoughts, beliefs, and feelings related to anxiety can help people greatly reduce the negative impact of anxiety. I use a holistic approach with psychodynamic underpinnings to help you to identify beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and habits that contribute to your anxiety, and then make changes to reduce and manage your anxiety.
34 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Karla Lawrence
Counselor/Therapist, LCPC, BC-TMH, CPC
Are you tired of fear and anxiety hijacking your life? Do you worry about the "what ifs" and then spend too much time trying to avoid things that haven't happened? Do you have trouble falling or staying asleep because your mind won't shut off? And are you tired of feeling like life is moving on without you while you just sit and worry as it passes you by?
If this sounds familiar then you are not alone. Counseling can help you find freedom from the constant worry so you can start enjoying life again. You know that many of your fears are "irrational" but you just can't seem to stop yourself from worrying. We will work together to understand and reframe your fears to reduce their negative impact and increase your sense of control. You will learn effective strategies to soothe anxious feelings in your body and stop worry in its tracks before it spirals out of control.
If you are ready to take your power back from anxiety, worry, or fear then I would love to help.
13 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Sala Psychology
Psychologist
We work with individual struggling with general anxiety and stress, social anxiety, obsessive and compulsive disorder, specific phobias, panic disorder, and health anxiety. We use exposure therapy, which research shows is the most effective approach.
3 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Jonathan Schmalz
Psychologist, PhD, HSP-P
Anxiety looks a little different in all of us and finds its foothold based on a variety of factors: genetics, early experiences, current stressors, and social discomfort, to name a few. For some people it is utterly debilitating in one or more domains of life and for others it’s an unpleasant refrigerator hum that dampens an otherwise well-lived life.
Therapy can help you both regulate the intensity of anxiety and make a pivot in how you respond to its presence, making way for less struggle and more opportunities for choosing how you want to live.
15 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Margie Schlesinger
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker LCSW, LCSW-C
One of the tools that I use for helping clients with anxiety and/or fears is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) which is a form of emotional acupuncture. I also utilize other mindfulness and grounding techniques that can help from having anxiety and fear paralyze you and take your life away.
32 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Matthew G. Mandelbaum
Psychologist, Phd, MSEd, MA
For intelligent, sensitive people with histories of anxiety, I help you learn to me mindful in the present and utilize your agency to make your life work.
11 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. Alexavery Hawkins
Psychologist, PhD
I help anxious clients process their fears, challenges, and concerns in a safe, warm environment that provides empathy as well as solutions and ideas for enriching their life and moving away from a fear-based point of view.
11 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. William Christiana
Psychologist, PsyD
Do you experience significant anxiety in social or performance situations? Is it hard for you to manage or control your worry? Are you afraid of having a panic attack? Have you been experiencing unwanted intrusive thoughts and performing certain rituals to lower the anxiety they cause? Do you avoid certain places, situations, or objects because of your anxiety? If you answered yes to one of these questions, you may benefit from mental health treatment to address your anxiety. I encourage you to reach out for a free phone consultation to discuss your goals and your symptoms. You do not have to face your anxiety alone.
10 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Kailyn Bobb
Psychologist, PsyD
We would use an effective therapeutic approach that helps individuals identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors contributing to anxiety. Then we will incorporate relaxation techniques, mindfulness, and deep-breathing exercises that can assist in managing physiological symptoms while also identifying triggers and experiences that have led to symptoms of anxiety and fear responses.
7 Years Experience