Michael Abrahams LCSW-C
I see three aspects to the work I do with clients:
1) Finding practical solutions to immediate crisis and problems;
2) Understanding and changing self-destructive patterns of living;
3) Learning new ways to think, feel, and behave, that will bring more
satisfaction, productivity, and intimacy in life.
I work with individual adults, with couples, and with
teenagers and their families.
My work with adult individuals comprises about 60% of my
practice. Client problems may include: depression, anxiety, relationship issues,
post-traumatic stress disorder, long-standing emotional distress, and substance abuse issues.
My primary therapy approach is based on
psychodynamic psychotherapy, which involves understanding and changing personal problems
in the light of past experiences and the inner expectations we bring to our current
relationships. I have also had training in a variety of
other methods and techniques, including family systems therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing), problem-solving and
cognitive-behavioral techniques, and humanistic/spiritual approaches. I do both brief
therapy and long-term work. When I work with someone, we decide together
what methods will be most useful for the individual’s goals.
Couples’ therapy and work with teenagers and their families
make up the balance of my practice. In both of these areas, therapy usually
combines suggestions for behavioral change with insight-oriented work to uncover and
change patterns of thinking, feeling, and perceiving.
I am Board-Certified and licensed as a clinical social
worker, and have more than twenty years’ professional experience. You can find a
copy of my resume linked below followed by a list of post-graduate continuing education classes that I have taken over the years.
To contact me, you can send
me an email, or call me at
301-428-3557.
Thank you.
Click here for Resume
Michael Abrahams, LCSW-C., BCD
michael.abrahams@SugarloafCounseling.com