Lynly Curtis

Lynly Curtis is a licensed clinical social worker based in Maryland with ten years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, career concerns, and the effects of trauma. Her approach looks for a person’s strengths and builds on them so change feels doable and steady.

Her style is warm and accepting. Sessions focus on honest conversation and practical steps people can try between meetings. Faith can be included when clients want it, and Lynly aims to create a nonjudgmental space to talk through painful or confusing experiences.

Lynly blends methods to match each person’s needs. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client’s priorities and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses EMDR when trauma memories are a core concern and applies mindfulness tools to manage stress in the moment.

She has helped people with relationship struggles, parenting strain, grief, intimacy-related issues, and work-related stress. Additional focus areas include attachment concerns, caregiving stress, body image, eating issues, and coping after separation or domestic violence.

In sessions she listens, explores what matters most to the client, and suggests small, concrete steps to try between meetings. The emphasis is on collaborating so goals feel clear and achievable.

How therapeutic methods translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what they hear, and helps clients set the topics and pace for sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It teaches clear tools for spotting unhelpful thinking and trying small behavior changes to reduce distress and improve functioning. EMDR is used when traumatic memories create ongoing distress; it involves guided procedures to help process those memories and lessen their emotional intensity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist treats this as a collaborative process and will help clients decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort. Plans are adjusted as sessions progress, and clients are invited to give feedback about what helps.

The original biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to practice skills between meetings and to bring real-life situations into conversation during scheduled time.