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Anchor Counseling & Training LLC
7566 Main Street, Suite 301
Sykesville, MD 21784
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| Profession: |
Clinical Social Worker/Therapist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
Coaching
Employee Assistance Counseling
On-line and telephone counseling
School consultations
Adoption consultation
Clinical training & presentations
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| Practice Description: |
Healthy families need nurturing parent-child relationships, clearly defined parent roles, and consistent household routines. I work closely with families to help parents provide the necessary environment to help their children heal from early childhood trauma, loss, adoption, and other types of psychological distress. I help restore and/or create healthy interpersonal relationships that allow an individual to achieve higher self-esteem, greater satisfaction, and more harmonious family functioning. Academic and peer problems often arise from emotional discomfort, and an inability to recognize, acknowledge and cope appropriately . My counseling sessions are used as "learning labs" to explore the uncomfortable feelings that drive behaviors, and to consciously choose more positive ways of managing distress. I have extensive training in attachment, family systems, play therapy, and Gestalt therapy. My approach is family-based, straight-forward, supportive, and interactive. I specialize in working with all families, including adoptive/foster families and non-traditional family constellations. As a bilingual therapist (Spanish/Portuguese/English), I also have expertise in cross-cultural adaptation and other immigrant issues.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
(Strengths are
in bold text) |
Adoption Issues
Attachment disorder
Crisis/Trauma
ADHD
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
Bipolar Disorder
Conduct Disorder
Depression
Divorce/Dissolution
Ethnic/Cultural Issues
Gay/Lesbian Issues
Grief/Loss
Infertility Issues
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Parenting Issues
PTSD
Relationship Issues
Self-esteem
Sexual Abuse
Spirituality
Stress Management
Older child adoption
Foster care
Interracial/intercultural families
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| Age Specialties: |
Children
Adolescents
Adults
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Couples
Family
Collaborative consultation, training
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Behavioral
Biopsychosocial
Cognitive/Cognitive-Behavioral
Eclectic
Experiential
Family Systems
Gestalt
Multicultural
Object Relations
Play Therapy
Psychoeducational
Attachment-oriented approach
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| Additional Demographic Expertise: |
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender
Latino American
Interracial/intercultural families
International adoption
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| Additional Languages: |
Portuguese
Spanish
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| Education: |
MSW, Social Work
Howard University, Washington, DC, 1989
BS, Applied Linguistics
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1978
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| License #: |
07354 |
| License State: |
Maryland |
| Additional Licenses/ Certifications: |
LCSW-C
Gestalt Therapist |
| Professional Affiliations: |
NASW
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| Fee Schedule: |
$135/session |
| Accepted Insurance: |
TRICARE
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| Insurance and Billing Instructions: |
Will assist in writing treatment plans for insurance companies |
| Office Hours: |
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday |
| Driving Directions: |
From Rte. I-70, Exit 80 Rte. 32 N, continue on 32N for 4 miles. Left onto West Friendship Rd. for .5 miles. Parking on street or public parking behind building.
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