the importance of

Resilience

At Resilient Child Therapy Institute, we specialize in child therapy and teen therapy for ages 3–17, while also offering dedicated support for adults (18+) healing from childhood trauma and loss. Whether you’re a young child, a teenager, or an adult revisiting your own story, we honor each individual and family exactly as they arrive with compassion, respect, and a deep commitment to their unique journey.

We also recognize that healing does not occur apart from culture, identity, race, family systems, and lived experiences. Our clinicians strive to provide culturally responsive, anti-oppressive care through ongoing learning, self-reflection, community engagement, and accountability. We are committed to creating spaces where children, families, and adults feel seen, respected, and empowered to heal without leaving parts of their identity at the door.

who we are

About Us

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Resilient Child Therapy Institute is a trauma-informed, holistic therapy practice offering both in-person and virtual therapy in Maryland, as well as virtual therapy services throughout Virginia. Our team specializes in supporting children, teens, adults, and families through a wide range of mental health challenges, including trauma recovery, anxiety, emotional regulation, executive functioning difficulties, childhood adversity, and major life transitions. Through compassionate, culturally responsive care, we help clients build resilience and move toward lasting healing.

what we do

Services

Now serving children, teens, adults, and families throughout Virginia via secure virtual therapy, along with in-person therapy in Maryland. We provide specialized care for anxiety, ADHD, executive functioning challenges, emotional regulation, trauma, and neurodivergent individuals. Our holistic therapy approach integrates play therapy, expressive arts therapy, yoga therapy, Brainspotting, and Reiki, while also offering parent support, school consultation, and clinical supervision for mental health professionals.

Psychotherapy & Consultation

Psychotherapy & Consultation services include:

- Play Therapy

- Expressive Arts Therapy

- Family Therapy

- Group Therapy

- Parenting Support

- Child-Parent Relationship Therapy

- School Consultation

- Clinical Supervision

Online Therapy

We offer online/virtual therapy services to children, teens, adults, and families. Using a secure telehealth platform, our therapists can provide the same quality care and services that would take place in our office.

Reiki Energy Healing

Reiki is a holistic system for balancing, healing, and harmonizing all aspects of the person–body, mind, emotions, and spirit. We offer this service to children, adolescents, and adults.

Yoga Therapy

Our Yoga therapy services promote self-confidence, attention, self-regulation, relaxation, empathy, and much more! We offer yoga workshops to children, adolescents, adults, and families. 

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Lego® Play Therapy Group

March 19 – April 16, 2022

Our new five-week therapy group aims to provide children ages 8-10 with skills training in social communication, collaborative problem-solving, and fine motor development. This group is ideal for children with a variety of communication and social development difficulties. Due to COVID, we will only be accepting a limited number of registrants and requiring masks.