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Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC

Kellee Landry is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Houston who practices with PNL Counseling. She works with children, preteens, teens, adults, older adults, couples and families, and focuses on trauma, anxiety, depression, communication problems and the everyday difficulties that build up when emotions are held in. She also helps with grief, self-esteem, stress, substance use and bipolar disorder. She encourages clients not to push through alone, and brings an open mind and a teacher's outlook to her sessions, helping people build the tools and skills to reach their potential and support their loved ones. She sees clients in person in Houston and online.

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, NCC

Yousef Essex is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor listed in Bethesda who serves clients across Maryland and Washington, DC. His specialties are trauma, ADHD and the mental health of men, and he also helps with anxiety, depression, burnout and relationship difficulties. Before becoming a therapist he worked for over a decade in international education and as a federal Foreign Affairs Officer, living and working in places such as Cairo, Beirut and Damascus; his own burnout led him here. He combines Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing and CBT, and uses Gottman and emotionally focused methods with couples. He also offers psychedelic harm reduction and integration support, plus a free 20-minute consultation. Sessions are in person and online.

Family Therapist, MS, LCMFT

Jennifer Fang Brehm is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist in Silver Spring, Maryland, with 18 years in practice and licenses in Maryland and DC. She sees individuals, couples and families of all ages, from young children to older adults, and her specialty is couples work, including communication, conflict, intimacy, co-parenting, premarital preparation and separation or divorce. She also helps with grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD and family conflict. She views the therapy relationship as a judgment-free place to explore and heal emotional, interpersonal and spiritual concerns. Her methods are research-supported, mainly CBT, emotionally focused therapy and solution-focused therapy, with play therapy for children. She offers a free phone consultation and sessions in person and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Amy Taddeo Jimenez is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Arlington, Virginia, with nine years in practice and licenses in Virginia, DC and West Virginia. She has built her career around eating disorders, which often go unnoticed or misunderstood, and has worked across outpatient, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs. She works with teens, adults and families of any gender, whether they are new to treatment or long into recovery and want extra support. She also helps with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma and body image. She is trained in CBT for eating disorders and ARFID and in Family Based Treatment, and she treats clients as the experts on their own lives. Sessions are offered online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-C

Amy Gates is a licensed certified clinical social worker in Rockville, Maryland, with 26 years in practice. She works with adults who feel overwhelmed, anxious or depressed, and she helps people who feel stuck in difficult life transitions. A large part of her practice is couples and parenting work, often with parents raising a child with special needs, helping them develop coping strategies that ease worry. She also sees teens, older adults and families, with concerns including grief, self-esteem, OCD and the perinatal period. Her approach is supportive, practical and solution-focused, treating therapy as a way to make change rather than only gain insight, and she uses CBT, coaching and strength-based methods. Sessions are offered online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MA, MS

Tamara Sharifov is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Washington, DC, with ten years in practice, also licensed in California. She works with adults, older adults and couples on trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, grief, life transitions and burnout. Her clients come from many cultures and backgrounds, including diplomats, humanitarian workers and human rights professionals, and her work is shaped by international affairs and a social justice perspective. She specializes in third-wave contextual behavioral therapy and uses experiential methods that engage emotion and the body, on the view that deep pain often needs to be felt and processed, not only understood. She sees clients in person in Washington and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW

Matt McQuilkin is a licensed clinical social worker in Washington, DC, practicing in the Barracks Row and Capitol Hill area, with six years in practice. He is also licensed in Maryland and Michigan. He works with adults on anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship and family concerns, questions of identity and sexuality, life transitions, and substance use or recovery, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients and men's issues. His approach is psychodynamic, relational and attachment-based, exploring how earlier experiences and relationships shape the present while moving at the client's own pace. He offers sessions in person in Washington, DC, and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Samantha Levinson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Bryn Mawr with 18 years in practice and licenses in Pennsylvania and Florida. She works with toddlers, children, teens, adults, older adults, couples and families facing behavioral and emotional challenges. Her main areas are anxiety, ADHD, depression and other mood disorders, OCD, autism and trauma, and she also helps with eating concerns, grief and relationships. Her background spans in-home therapy, outpatient care and group practice. She uses person-centered therapy, CBT, DBT and play therapy, along with an understanding of child development, and she is gender-affirming and experienced with LGBTQ+ clients. She offers phone coaching between sessions and sees clients in person in Bryn Mawr and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Neal King is a licensed clinical social worker in Bryn Mawr, licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He takes a direct, head-on approach to anxiety and stress, helping teens and adults understand the triggers that hold them back, and he also works with depression, self-esteem, trauma, ADHD, OCD and relationship and family concerns. He sees children, couples and families as well. A strength-based therapist, he emphasizes mindfulness, stress management, problem-solving and cognitive restructuring, and has developed mindfulness programs for more than 15 years. He is certified in EMDR and practices hypnotherapy, and also draws on Internal Family Systems and motivational interviewing. He sees clients in person in Bryn Mawr and offers telehealth.