Hello and welcome, My name is Mary and I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in VA and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in DC. I am dedicated to assisting in your journey to find support and encouragement to process life’s challenges. I commend you for your willingness to seek available resources and welcome the opportunity to work together. During my career, I've had the pleasure of being involved with individuals (and their families) who have experienced life-changing events as well as daily hardships. These experiences have helped me realize that we all can grow, expand our resilience and obtain our goals. With the guidance of a trained therapist, this process may be a bit smoother.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
During our initial session, we will further review the intake form, anxiety and depression questionnaires. We will establish goals that you would like to focus on during our therapeutic sessions and schedule additional appointments. During follow-up sessions, we are able to focus on impactful events of your current week, following week and on your therapeutic goals (whatever you feel will be the most beneficial use of our time together).
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My biggest strengths include active listening and treating each client as the expert in their own life. My goal is to create an environment in which you feel validated and may freely express yourself.
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Strength-Based
I utilize this positive psychology approach to identify (and highlight) your personal strengths, which may have been helpful during difficult times in the past and may be useful in lower symptoms and obtaining your goals.
Motivational Interviewing
This technique is useful in discovering your motivation for change and contributes to our collaborative work together in order to meet your goals and lower symptoms.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Utilizing this approach assists with becoming more aware of thoughts and choosing how to proceed in decision-making processes. Mindfulness allows us to direct our focus (and work together) on the present moment which contributes to our ability to break tasks down into obtainable steps.