Theresa Ridley

Theresa Ridley, MD, LCSW-C, is a Maryland licensed clinician with 25 years of professional experience. Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She also attends to related concerns including abandonment, caregiver issues and stress, codependency, control issues, drug and alcohol addiction, process addictions such as gambling and pornography, and issues like guilt, shame, and life purpose.

Theresa combines a respect for each person’s story with structured clinical approaches. She draws on client-centered therapy to listen for strengths and priorities and on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify patterns and develop practical skills. She works with people across a range of challenges, from end-of-life and hospice counseling to multicultural concerns and seasonal mood changes. Theresa believes the person is the expert of their story and that existing strengths can support change. She acknowledges that beginning therapy takes courage and affirms that decision as a significant first step.