Amy Kohn McNelly - Online Therapy

Specialties

Addiction, Aging, Attachment Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Marital / Premarital, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Family Conflict, Gender Identity, Grief, Interpersonal Relationships, Men's Issues, Postpartum, Psychoses/Major Mental Illness, Self Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality Issues, Stress, Suicidal Thoughts, Trauma / PTSD, Women's Issues

Languages

English

Age Group Focus

Adolescents, Adults, Children, Seniors

Treatment Approaches

Advocacy, Behavioral, Case Management, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Contemplative, Crisis Intervention, Discernment Counseling, Dream Work or Analysis, Early Intervention (Birth to 3 years), Emotionally Focused, Evaluation/Diagnostic, Existential Psychotherapy, Feminist, Geriatric Consultation, Gestalt, Gottman Method, Guardian ad Litem, Holistic, Humanistic, Information and Referral, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Long-Term, Meditation/Relaxation, Mindfulness Based Approaches, Narrative, Parent Guidance, Person-Centered (Rogerian), Play Therapy, Prevention, Psycho-Educational, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic, Psychopharmacology, Relational, Satir, Sex Therapy, Short-Term (Brief Treatment), Social Support, Systemic

Issues

Abuse and/or Neglect, Adoption, Anger Management, Anxiety, ADHD, Behavior Issues, Career Counseling, Child Abuse and Neglect, Developmental Disability, Domestic Violence, Education/Personal Development, Elder Abuse, Factitious Disorders (Munchausen Syndrome), Health Insurance, Immigration/Newcomer, Infertility, Life Transitions, Medication Management, Multicultural Issues, Neurological, OCD, Pain Management, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Physical Illness/Impairment, Pregnancy, Psychosomatic, Runaways, Sexual Disorders, Sleep or Insomnia, Spirituality, Traumatic Brain Injury, Women's Health, Workplace Stress

State Licenses

District Of Columbia and Maryland

About Amy Kohn McNelly

Often the circumstances that bring a person into therapy feel monumental or shameful. Other times the reasons for seeking therapy are unclear or hard to identify. Regardless of magnitude, life's struggles matter. They are real, and, because we are human, they are complicated! The relationship my patient and I build is the most important aspect determining the effectiveness of the therapy we do. When it feels restorative, shared, and caring, the relationship provides a uniquely valuable context in which we can take on struggles and uncertainties together, while we learn about individual needs, personal values, and difficulties.

As therapy progresses, our understanding and familiarity with stumbling blocks, previously established patterns, personal strengths, and existing alternatives increase. Patients can try on, experience, and practice new ways of being, while developing their abilities to better manage challenges and hardship, experience love, the love of others, and their capacity for continuous growth.

The origins and life circumstances of people I see differ greatly. While their concerns and personal situations are always unique, they are also, without exception, human. As a therapist, I come to know each person genuinely, regardless of his or her state of mind, harbored fears, or emotional well-being. This is an honor I take very seriously. Trust, confidentiality, and privacy are paramount and essential to the work of psychotherapy.

I have decades of experience working with individuals, couples, families, family subsets, very young children, elderly, wounded veterans and their loved ones. While I do not believe that any specific problem truly sets one apart from the rest of us, several of the topics with which I have expertise and experience are listed here.

Thank you so much for viewing my profile.

Amy Kohn McNelly, LCMFT