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Colleen Clark

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Colleen Clark, LCSW-C

Maryland

LCSW-C focused on parenting and mood

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About

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Parenting support
  • CBT and ACT methods

About Colleen

Colleen Clark is a Licensed Certified Social Worker in Maryland (LCSW-C) with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, parenting struggles, self-esteem, depression, and life changes. Colleen speaks English and works with adults seeking clearer ways to handle pressure at home and in day-to-day life.

She uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage symptoms and make choices that match their values. Sessions often include learning skills to reduce worry, noticing how thoughts affect behavior, and practicing small changes that feel manageable. Colleen draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-based ideas when these fit a person’s needs.

Colleen pays attention to family-related concerns without running family sessions. She helps individuals address blended family issues, family-of-origin patterns, communication problems, caregiver stress, and fertility or separation stresses. She also works with people facing substance use, body image, or eating-related worries alongside mood or anxiety concerns.

Her style is client-centered and practical. Conversations focus on what is getting in the way now and what can be tried between sessions. She supports people as they test new ways of responding to difficult emotions and relationships.

To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session. The practice uses a cancelable subscription for session billing that varies with location.

How sessions work

Using ACT, CBT, and attachment ideas in online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, then choose actions that align with what matters most. It can be useful for parenting stress, anxiety, and low mood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings connect and teaches practical skills to reduce worry and change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. Attachment-Based Therapy centers on how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and helps people understand and shift relational responses that show up under pressure.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try first, based on current concerns, goals, and what feels most helpful. That decision can change as progress unfolds.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or letting someone join from a quieter place. Licensed professionals can help tailor session length and focus so therapy fits around parenting and work demands rather than the other way around.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersNarcissismPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Maryland

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Which everyday concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, parenting struggles, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related family and relationship issues.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her approach is client-centered and practical, using techniques from ACT, CBT, DBT, and attachment-based ways of thinking to develop useful coping skills.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has ten years of professional work experience in clinical settings and community practice.

What are her credentials and location?

She holds the LCSW-C credential in Maryland and practices under that licensure.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English only, and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Session formats are not specified in the profile. Confirm current session options before booking by using the online matching flow.

How are sessions billed and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started with her practice?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the booking flow.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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