I am a licensed Couple and Family Therapist in Maryland with over 20 years of clinical, teaching, mentoring, and research experience. I am passionate about helping my clients heal from traumas and difficult life experiences, including childhood adversities and relationship aggression. I understand these experiences can be extremely painful and lonely, and profoundly impact us. Carl Jung once said, “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” Similarly, I firmly believe that while traumas and adversities impact us, they do not have to define us. Given the right support, we have limitless potential to be the best version of ourselves. As a therapist, I endeavor to help my clients on their healing journey and to overcome their pain and suffering. I am warm, compassionate, culturally attuned, and authentic. In addition to talk therapy, I integrate body-centered therapies in my work.
I am currently an Associate Professor at University of Maryland where I teach undergraduate and graduate level courses. I am also deeply engaged in clinical research where I work with national and international populations to develop and test programs/treatments that address the relationship between trauma, relational wellbeing, and health outcomes. My work has been published and cited in leading journals.
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Sabrina Roc is currently accepting new in-person and virtual clients in Maryland
I understand that therapy is not a one size fits all, so my approach is adaptable and collaborative to meet each client’s specific needs. I believe empathy and unconditional positive regard are key elements which help build a connection with each client to evoke empowerment and change. I also assist them with exploring alternate perspectives and work toward equipping them with skills and knowledge they can implement throughout their lives in order to continuously accomplish their goals. My style is simply one that helps you grow to be the best you possible. I am fluent in Haitian Creole and love working with clients from all cultural backgrounds.
I believe that “right connection” between you and I as your therapist is a fundamental component to effective treatment. I understand that everyone enters the therapeutic relationship with unique experiences, their own personal stories, strengths and individualized needs. For this reason, I employ person centered methods to create the most supportive, empowering environment possible. My role is to assist you in reaching your goals and achieving positive changes.
Sabrina Roc is currently accepting new in-person and virtual clients in Maryland
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Diana Nesko is currently accepting new clients for virtual appointments only
I do not believe that therapy is “one size fits all”. My approach to therapy is very integrative and humanistic in that I use a variety of techniques/mediums that will fit the situation and people involved. In making sure that each session is tailored to your needs, collaboration is key to the therapeutic success. You are the expert in your life and I am your facilitator of self understanding. Together, we can achieve insight needed to achieve your goals and tackle what is in front of you. I take pride in being able to empower clients to create meaningful experiences, foster change, build their sense of resiliency, and also sustain a balanced lifestyle/outlook.
I take a very personable approach to therapy and will create a non-judgemental atmosphere filled with positivity and encouragement to challenge my clients to utilize their strengths in order to overcome challenges. There may be other factors in your life that tells you what you “should be” doing but navigating your needs and what you want to see in yourself and/or relationship is what takes priority in the therapeutic setting. Whether it be day to day challenges, processing past issues, or moving forward towards positive changes, I am here to help strengthen and enhance. I am married and have two kiddos. When I’m not going on family adventures or kickboxing, I am trying new restaurants with my husband, rough and tumbling a 5-year old Spiderman, or using my dance training to share the love of movement with my Princess.
Diana Nesko is currently accepting new clients for virtual appointments only
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Clinical Interests: Communication issues, high conflict in couples/families, life transitions and adjustment, dating and relationship development, family of origin issues, depression/anxiety, burnout/stress management, emerging adulthood issues
My Background: I am an Assistant Professor of Couple and Family Therapy in the Department of
Family Science in University of Maryland’s School of Public Health, and the Clinic
Director for the Center for Healthy Families. I am also a PhD candidate in the
Human Development and Family Science: Marriage and Family Therapy at
Virginia Tech, and have received my master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from
Northwestern University. Being a therapist is the foundation of all of my professional experiences thus far and it is the work that motivates me the most in each facet of my professional life. I am looking forward to journeying with you as
we work together to achieve your goals.
About Me: As a therapist, I am a person-centered clinician that creates a therapeutic space
where clients are empowered to take charge of their journey. I believe that through
collaboration, effective communication and leading with authenticity is the best
way to cultivate healing and leads to long-term compassionate healing for all.
Being trained in Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST), my therapeutic work is
informed by all of the foundational systemic model and allows me to create unique
treatment plans based on the needs of the clients.
When I am not working, I love to binge watch TV shows and travel. Given that I am
not originally from the DMV area, I have been spending a lot of time indulging in
quintessential experiences specific to the DMV.
Education and Training
M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy, Northwestern University
Ph.D. Candidate, Human Development and Family Science: Marriage and Family
Therapy, Virginia Tech
Clinical Interests: Communication issues, high conflict in couples/families, life transitions and...
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Noha Phillips has limited availability for new in-person and virtual clients in Maryland
The focus of my work is on helping individuals and couples navigate stressors and develop healthier relationships with themselves and the people in their lives. I’ve worked with a diverse population of adults and young adults dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, phase of life problems, and relationship issues. To meet the client needs and their self-determined goals, I incorporate a range of relational, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioral therapeutic techniques. As a strength-based therapist, I work with clients on discovering and tapping into their strengths to overcome the specific challenges they face. We will work together to increase insight, reframe negative thoughts, and strengthen relationships through improved self-expression and deeper emotional connection.
Noha Phillips has limited availability for new in-person and virtual clients in Maryland
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Lindsay Enright is currently accepting new clients for virtual appointments only
As an individual and family therapist, I am comfortable assisting clients through some of the most serious crises including drug addiction, self-injury, emotionally and physically abusive relationships, grief/loss, separation and divorce. I also work with clients to address issues involving difficult life transitions, behavioral concerns, and academic performance particularly working with children and adolescents. As a couple therapist, I work with intention to encourage couples to explore their styles and patterns of communication as well as their roles and expectations–whether you are dating, engaged, married, or contemplating the status of your current relationship. I strive to connect with every member involved in the therapeutic process in order for everyone to be acknowledged, heard, and understood. It is my hope that regardless of my clients’ interest and reasoning for pursuing therapy, they achieve personal and relational growth, and see and understand both themselves and others more clearly.
I consider myself an easy-going, interactive, and accepting therapist who provides a collaborative approach. I explore all concerns, meeting you where you are, and offer a safe and peaceful space to assist families of all sorts and sizes. I am an ally who supports and advocates for equal civil rights, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ social movements.
Lindsay Enright is currently accepting new clients for virtual appointments only
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Sabrina Bowen has limited availability for new in-person and virtual sessions in Maryland.
I am a creative listener who hears my clients’ concerns and then helps them to think differently about them. I love working with clients to look for change, to appreciate what is working and to be more connected with others in their lives. No matter what one is struggling with, there is solution or something to deeply appreciate. I am honored by all the clients that have shared their struggles with me and allowed me to help them be healthier or more centered in their lives. I am fluent in Brazilian Portuguese but love working with clients from all backgrounds. I have been married for 20 years and have two children (a teenager and a tween). I have successfully used “Love and Logic” techniques for raising my own children and in my practice.
I have been treating individuals, couples and families in both Florida and Maryland for the past 18 years in a variety of settings, including private practice, church, school, and hospitals (inpatient and outpatient populations). I have worked with clients challenged by a wide variety of issues across the lifespan.
One of my deepest beliefs is the importance of keeping up with the newest research to provide clients with therapy that is both effective and efficient. I am particularly passionate about my work with couples, adolescent girls, and those going through divorce or separation.
Sabrina Bowen has limited availability for new in-person and virtual sessions in Maryland.
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Janine Joly-DeMars is currently accepting new clients for both in-person and virtual sessions in the Bethesda office
My client-centered, strength-based approach empowers and motivates my clients to direct the pace and trajectory of therapy. I assist my clients with identifying their goals for treatment, as well as the constraints preventing them from achieving them. As the therapeutic process unfolds, we work together to determine how to remove the constraints—and sometimes explore how they got there in first place. I am knowledgeable about and comfortable with a wide range of family therapy models and interventions, all of which offer useful tools for understanding how problems originate, as well as how to effect positive change here and now.
Conducting therapy is an exercise in curiosity, but it is not a difficult exercise because people and their relationships are fascinating to me. I believe that hearing each new client’s story is a sacred privilege, and I am blessed to be allowed to perform it. The resilience, resourcefulness, and capacity for affection evident in each person, couple, and family that enters my office never fail to impress me. When I am not at work, I try to care for my mind, body, and spirit, which generally takes the form of cooking, eating, and watching YouTube videos with my husband.
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Josh O’Connor is currently accepting new clients for both in-person and virtual therapy in Maryland.
Clinical Special Interests: LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC Affirming Care; ENM, Polyamory and Kink-Aware Therapy, Sex & Intimacy; Eating Disorders; Teen Identity Formation; Communication Issues; Family of Origin Issues; Anxiety; Depression; Life Transitions & Adjustment; Substance Use Disorder, Dual (Substance Use and Mood) Disorder
I believe fervently in the equality of all genders, cultural identities, physical appearances, abilities, neurological types, and lifestyles. Each client is the expert on their experiences and the captain of their ship. I am not the therapist staring across a desk over horn-rimmed glasses. I am the navigator who can help you get where you want to go.
For more than 30 years I have dedicated my career to observing and understanding the diversity of human beings, first as an Anthropology graduate from Columbia University, then as a journalist working and living in a dozen Asian and Middle Eastern countries. I have cultural sensitivity with regard to concepts of race, gender, and religious traditions including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism, and the cultures, histories and lifeways of Latin America, East, Southeast and Southern Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
My preferred modalities include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills Training, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Art Therapy, Play Therapy, Psychoeducation, and Family Systems Theory.
You will find me enthusiastic, good-natured and engaged in your life story. Whether you are a couple or individual, I seek first to empathize and to understand, to affirm you and to help you identify your secret strengths. I will ask you the tough questions, explain the biological and psychological functioning of the human mind, and help you look for answers in the corridors of your life.
I want to help you spot the patterns in your communication, behavior and relationships that brought you to my office, and work with you to replace them with new patterns and chart a course to the future you want to embody.
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