Online therapy · Silver Spring, MD
Therapy in the language your life actually happens in.
Online therapy for adults and couples in Silver Spring and across Montgomery County, in English or French.
Silver Spring is one of the most linguistically mixed places in Maryland. A large number of households here run on more than one language, and for many people the language of childhood is not the language of work.
That matters clinically. Therapy conducted in a second language asks you to translate what you feel before you can say it, and the nuance thins out on the way.
Who this is for in Silver Spring
Adults and couples across Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Wheaton and the wider Montgomery County area. Federal workers, international organisation staff, healthcare and service workers, and a large first and second generation immigrant population.
Francophone clients from West and Central Africa, the Caribbean, France, Belgium and Canada are a substantial part of the practice.
Working across two languages
Sessions can run entirely in French, entirely in English, or move between them as the material requires. Many bilingual clients analyse in one language and feel in the other, and that movement is welcomed rather than corrected.
For bilingual families, the gap between the parents' language and the children's is often where the real difficulty sits, and it is treated as a clinical subject in its own right.
A few markers before you get in touch.
What tends to bring people in
Anxiety, depression, grief at a distance from family abroad, trauma that predates a migration, and the strain of obligations to relatives in another country.
Couples work, including couples who do not share a first language and where one partner has been arguing at a permanent disadvantage for years.
Practical details
Sessions are held on a secure HIPAA-compliant video platform, and you must be physically in Maryland at the time. Individual sessions are $180, couples $280.
Enquiries are answered within 24 to 48 hours. In an emergency, call or text 988.
Is this a fit?
Is this the right fit?
A few markers before you get in touch.
You'll likely get the most from this work if you are:
- Adults and couples in Silver Spring and Montgomery County
- Francophone and bilingual clients
- Bilingual families and couples who do not share a first language
The work asks for:
- A private space for the session
- Regular attendance
- A willingness to work in whichever language the material needs
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