Colleen Clark, MD, LCSW-C

Colleen Clark is a licensed clinician in Maryland who combines practical strategies with a person-centered attitude. She brings 10 years of experience to sessions and focuses on stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas to help people notice patterns and try new habits. Sessions are straightforward and goal-focused, with tools you can use between meetings to manage mood and stress.

Colleen emphasizes plain talk and mutual respect. She aims to create an open place where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. That approach helps people feel heard and clearer about next steps.

Her background includes work across common family and relationship topics such as blended family issues, communication problems, and family of origin concerns. She also supports people facing fertility stress, caregiver strain, body image and eating-related worries, and challenges connected to substance use and domestic violence.

People also bring concerns about abandonment, attachment, commitment, control, divorce and separation, and addiction. Colleen blends client-centered listening with skill-building from CBT and DBT so clients leave sessions with tangible steps they can test in everyday life.

Starting therapy is a process Colleen treats as collaborative. She helps people set realistic goals and adjusts methods as needs change, keeping sessions practical and oriented toward small, achievable changes.

CBT, ACT, and attachment work delivered online

Colleen commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT offers simple exercises and experiments to try between sessions for stress, anxiety, and low mood.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify their values and take small committed steps even when uncomfortable feelings appear. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early relationship patterns affect trust and closeness now, which can help with communication and relationship stress.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, then try methods that match those priorities. If something isn't working, she adjusts the plan so the work fits the person's life and pace.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer session work, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits a short break, and live chat or text-based messaging can support brief updates, prompts, or continuing skills practice between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between sessions.