Borderline Personality Disorder therapists in Rockville, Maryland MD

Washington Psychological Wellness is a boutique-style mental health practice located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Our clinicians are specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of personality 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 one 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 suffering, provide strategies to help you cope, and empower you to trust your inner voice and live each day authentically. Our therapists will tailor treatment to your unique needs utilizing an integrative approach consisting of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), mindfulness meditation, solution-focused therapy, person-centered therapy, as well as other holistic and empirically validated therapeutic modalities. We are currently accepting new clients. Telehealth (online) therapy options are available. Call now to schedule your appointment!  

Loosing friendships, jobs, and/or fighting with family members is painful. In therapy everyone can learn about themselves to understand their emotions and cope with them. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) can help you understand your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to cope and communicate with people in your life in a new and meaningful way.  

I provide individual, couples and family therapy/counseling in a warm, safe, non-judgmental, environment to my clients. I believe that all my client's have an inner strength that can be accessed with help. I am trained in EMDR, psychodynamic Therapy and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.  

BPD is very treatable, but it's important to see a specialist. I began my practice after completing a post-doctoral fellowship in Treatment of Borderline Disorder at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, using the methods pioneered Dr. Otto Kernberg. For the last 5 years, I've integrated some aspects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) into my practice, especially mindfulness meditation.  

Helping clients and families identify what they can change and what they can’t change is #goals in DBT. In therapy, we help loved ones minimize their contributions to the problems (by invalidating) while also helping coach them in how to be real, transparent, and how to set their own limits. Learning how and when to validate is a huge part of the process.