Leading Counseling Services in Columbia, MD
individual therapy
In-person in Columbia & online across maryland, DC, virginia and florida
"I'm overwhelmed by stress and don’t know how to cope."
"I can’t manage my emotions and feel lost in life."
"I feel stuck in patterns that make my relationships feel exhausting and unfulfilling."
Sound familiar?
I see you.
Explore
your past experiences
uncover
What matters to you
identify
The root cause
I’m here to help with:
+ relationships
+ communication
+ Self-compassion
+ sexuality and intimacy
+ emotional regulation
+ Anxiety
+ mood disorders
+ stress management
If you’re ready to…
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Take control of your emotions and feel more empowered
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Regain a sense of balance and confidence in your life
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Discover your true potential by exploring your beliefs and goals
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Create a life where you are happy and free
…then let’s get to work.
because, At the end of the day:
investing in your own wellbeing can change everything.
Specialized therapy
for individuals
You’ve tried everything to feel better, but nothing’s really worked.
Despite trying therapy in the past, you’re still searching to find out how to move forward.
You’re still struggling with:
Anxiety & stress that are weighing you down…
Difficult and challenging relationships…
Needing a sense of peace and direction in your life…
Holistic Therapy with a Mind-Body Approach
Mind
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MCBT) can help you regulate your emotions to find balance.
This approach allows you to become more aware of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in the present moment, allowing you to observe them without judgment. By identifying and changing negative thought patterns, you’ll improve emotional regulation and develop healthier ways to cope with stress. This leads to greater emotional balance, stability, and long-lasting healing, empowering you to create a more peaceful and fulfilling life.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) uses a top-down approach, starting with your thoughts to influence your emotions and behaviors. This awareness allows you to identify and shift negative thought patterns into healthier perspectives. This approach integrates the mind and body, promoting calm and emotional regulation. By connecting mental and physical experiences, you can change your body’s stress response to promote calm healing.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MCBT) is one of the most extensively researched and empirically supported forms of therapy. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated across a wide range of mental health issues and populations.
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CBT Can Help You with:
Identifying and Changing Negative Thought Patterns, Managing Emotional Distress, Setting and Achieving Goals, Improving Problem-Solving Skills, Enhancing Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence, Overcoming Avoidance and Facing Fears, Developing Coping Strategies and Improving Communication Skills
body
somatic Therapy and biofeedback support stress reduction and improve emotional health.
Somatic therapy focuses on the body, helping you become more aware of physical sensations, tension, and anxiety stored in your body. By exploring these sensations, we can promote healing. This approach involves techniques like breathwork, movement, and body awareness exercises that support emotional regulation and stress reduction. By tuning into your body, you’ll learn how to respond to emotional challenges more effectively, leading to increased balance, stability, and overall well-being.
Biofeedback uses real-time data from your body, such as heart rate, sleep cycle, step count, blood oxygen, and muscle tension, to help you gain more control over your emotional responses, promoting relaxation and emotional resilience.
Somatic and biofeedback therapy utilize a bottom-up approach, meaning we start by addressing your body’s sensations to positively affect your mind and emotions. This method empowers you to gain greater awareness of how your body influences your emotional state, creating a cycle of healing where your body and mind work together.
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Somatic Therapy is grounded in research highlighting its effectiveness in treating trauma, anxiety, and chronic stress. Studies show that somatic techniques, such as body awareness exercises, breathwork, and movement, help release stored trauma and improve emotional regulation. Research supports the use of somatic therapy in reducing physical tension, promoting relaxation, and increasing emotional resilience, with findings indicating positive outcomes for conditions like PTSD and anxiety disorders.
Biofeedback is widely supported by research as an effective tool for stress reduction and emotional regulation. Studies show that biofeedback, which uses real-time data on physiological responses (such as heart rate and muscle tension), can help individuals regulate their stress response and reduce anxiety. Research consistently demonstrates biofeedback’s effectiveness in improving emotional resilience, reducing symptoms of chronic pain, and enhancing relaxation, making it a valuable tool for managing stress and emotional challenges.
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Somatic Therapy can help you by: increasing awareness of physical sensations and tension in your body, releasing trauma affecting your well-being, strengthening the mind-body connection for lasting healing.
Biofeedback can help you by: increasing awareness of your body's physiological responses, helping regulate your stress response in real-time, promoting relaxation and emotional resilience, improving emotional control and reducing reactivity.
