Our team of therapists is here to help guide your healing journey.

About Our Practice

  • All of our therapists are trained in the effects of trauma on child development and how attachment wounds interfere with well-being and relationships in adulthood.

    We provide individual psychotherapy, Attachment Focused EMDR, Brainspotting, Psychedelic Integration, yoga therapy, health coaching and parent coaching to adults. We also offer Trauma Sensitive Massage therapy, please visit this page to learn more about these services.

    Our therapy work focuses on what is causing the problem, rather than only symptom reduction.

    You don’t have to live with anxiety, depression, people pleasing, low self-worth, sleep problems, suicidal thoughts, relationship issues, disordered eating/body image concerns, boundary violations and/or addictive behaviors for your whole life. Healing is possible!

    The “Integrative” part of our name refers to two things. First of all, it references our integrative approach to psychotherapy, which is different from the traditional “top down” psychotherapy approaches most people think of when searching for a counselor. In an integrative approach, thoughts, feelings and behavior are part of our work, but not the whole story.

  • We use specialized bottom-up therapies based in Attachment Theories, Polyvagal Theory and relational neuroscience in our work. These include:

    • Attachment Focused EMDR

    • Attachment Informed EMDR

    • Safe + Sound Protocol (SSP)

    • Somatic Experiencing

    • Mindful Self-Compassion

    • Embodied Recovery for Eating Disorders

    • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

    • Brainspotting

    • Psychedelic Integration

    • Expressive Arts

    • Sensory Modulation

    • Reiki

    • We use mindfulness and breath to help with grounding and co-regulation

    • Yoga therapy, Trauma Sensitive Massage and more.

      Additionally, we use trauma-sensitive “top down” therapy methods including:

    • Motivational Interviewing,

    • Parts Work/IFS and

    • Psychodynamic therapy as well.

  • The second reason we are called Integrative Psychotherapists is because our perspective on healing includes the belief that the parts of ourselves that we are detached from hold so much wisdom and by integrating these “shadow” aspects of ourselves held in our unconscious minds, we can reconnect with our authentic nature or highest self, leading us to feel whole and rooted in our lives.

    We operate from an anti-oppressive, social justice-focused lens and understand symptoms and behaviors through that perspective.

    You are accepted, just as you are, when you work with us at BA Healing.

    We understand that all humans need to feel a sense of worthiness and belonging and many things have been happening in our world to interfere with that connected feeling, including racism, oppression, colonization, sexism and anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

    We help you reconnect to the feeling of self love and safety, which may have been lost through negative experiences from your early years, or other painful and traumatic losses that have happened over your lifetime.

    We are LGBTQ+ and Polyamory affirming and welcoming and we on a lifelong journey to embody anti-racism in our personal and professional lives. We welcome and affirm all cultures, ethnicities, body sizes, religious beliefs and identities. This is an intentionally non-violent, liberation-focused space.

    We offer virtual and in person sessions in Maryland.

    Contact us today to schedule an in person (Maryland only) or virtual appointment and take the first step on your path to healing!

    See each psychotherapist below to learn about their experience, specializations and style of counseling, and see who is accepting new clients.

    Call us at 443-320-4034 to request an appointment via our Intake Coordinator.

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Click the arrow to expand more details about each therapist in our practice. Read about what type of therapy is being offered, what kind of clientele is suggested, and what each individual specializes in. All of our therapists treat clients in MD, virtually and/or in person. Emily Francis, LCPC is also licensed in Virginia. Learn how you can begin your process of healing here at BA Healing. Get started below!

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Laura Reagan, MSW, LCSW-C (she/her)

TCYM, CCTP, SSP Certified

  • I started BA Healing back in 2013 as a solo practitioner. I had a vision to help my community heal from the impacts of historical and intergenerational trauma that were contributing to anxiety, depression, eating disorders, poor self worth, suicidal thoughts, autoimmune disorders, chronic pain issues and relationship problems. At the time there weren’t any psychotherapists that I knew of in our area who were focused on trauma.

    In 2015 I launched Therapy Chat, a podcast to help therapists learn about ways to help clients with trauma and attachment wounds using alternative methods to the typical talk therapy based on the medical model that are so prevalent in our area. It has grown to be heard in over 160 countries over the past 8 years. It’s been downloaded more than 8 million times, and aside from running my group practice, this is where much of my time is focused.

    In 2021 I created Trauma Therapist Network, a website to teach people about trauma and how it shows up in our lives. Earlier that summer I created Trauma Chat, a podcast focused on teaching people that trauma is real, healing is possible, and help is available, if you know where to look. In addition to blog articles about trauma, Trauma Therapist Network holds all episodes of Therapy Chat and Trauma Chat, as well as a searchable directory to find a trauma therapist. It has evolved into a membership community supporting trauma therapists to do our best work while being held in community, to overcome the isolation and burnout which are so prevalent in our field, especially after the pandemic turned our worlds upside down in 2020.

    I’m trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy through level 2; Brainspotting (Phases 1 & 2, intensive and ongoing additional trainings); Mindful Self Compassion (5 Day Intensive): LifeForce Yoga Therapy (Level 1); IFS (IFS & LifeForce Yoga weekend, IFS & Complex Trauma 5 Day Intensive with Dr. Frank Anderson; IFS Inner Circle); Applied Polyvagal Yoga (Dr. Arielle Schwartz); and in 2015 I earned an Advanced Level II Certificate in Trauma Therapy from the Ferentz Institute. In 2024 I completed an EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Basic Training through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness. Although I have let go of the certification as of 2022, I completed training in Brené Brown’s The Daring Way™ method in 2014. I’ve been training in anti-racism work and reflecting on the intentions of decolonizing myself and my practice since 2020 through Decolonizing Therapy for Black Folks (Dr. Shawna Murray-Browne) and other liberatory-focused, anti-carceral methods. I’m also a huge believer in the benefits of investing in therapy, coaching, bodywork and other supports to help us thrive.

    I also have lived experience with Complex PTSD and I’ve specialized in working with sexual trauma since 2002. I love teaching and training therapists in using integrative approaches in healing trauma and attachment. I’ve been a Maryland Board-Approved & Registered Supervisor since 2014 and I offer Clinical Supervision and Consultation. I’m a Field Instructor for the University of Maryland School of Social Work.

    Laura earned her Masters Degree in Social Work from University of Maryland School of Social Work. She has worked in a variety of settings including outpatient community mental health clinics, hospitals, the military, and private practice. She has been working with trauma survivors since 2002 and started BA Healing in 2013.

    Laura is currently accepting a limited number of new adult clients for virtual therapy sessions. Laura also has openings for Clinical Consultation.

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Martina Samuel, MSW, LMSW (she/her)

Attachment Informed EMDR

  • I enjoy working with adults of all cultures and backgrounds who are overcoming the effects of abuse within relationships. I am particularly interested in helping those who are survivors of narcissistic abuse. My approach to healing from narcissistic abuse is based in my study of the work of Dr. Ramani Durvasula.

    If you’ve been abused in relationships, whether it was emotional, verbal, physical, sexual, or spiritual abuse - even if it happened long ago, it can affect your trust in yourself and other people for your whole life. The trauma of this type of experience won’t go away on its own - we can’t just “get over it,” or “put the past in the past.” The good news is, it is possible to heal these core wounds which change the way we feel about ourselves and others.

    It’s possible to feel safe in the world, and to have safe and healthy relationships, even if you’ve found yourself repeating the same patterns throughout your life and you have no idea why.

    Using parts work, Attachment Informed EMDR and other trauma and attachment focused therapy methods along with a strong therapeutic relationship, I can help you learn to set boundaries, express yourself, and feel confident to be who you are to live your most empowered life, regardless of what anyone else thinks of you.

    We will work together to set goals that work for you, to create the life you want.  

    I’m LGBTQ+ affirming and welcoming to all cultures and identities. I work with adults only and am available to work with clients in Maryland virtually.

    Martina, a native speaker of Arabic, earned a masters degree in Social Work from the Catholic University of America. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings. She completed EMDRIA-approved EMDR Basic Training through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness in March 2023, and EMDRIA-approved Attachment-Focused Trauma Therapy for Adults (AFTT-A) with Ann Potter and Debra Wesselmann in April 2024. Martina is supervised by Maureen Tabor, LCSW-C, an integrative, somatic, trauma and attachment focused therapist.

    Martina has immediate openings for new adult clients for virtual therapy sessions.

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Dominique Mann, LCSW-C, RYT-200 (she/her)

  • Dominique Mann, LCSW-C is a clinical social worker who has years of experience working with children, adolescents, families, and single mothers. Also a yoga teacher, she has a Certificate in Advanced Trauma Treatment and utilizes a strength-based approach rooted in mindfulness and somatics. Dominique believes that you hold everything you need in order to be the best version of yourself, and it's her job to help you bring those things to the surface.

    She is passionate about working with those who struggle with anxiety, depression, or low self worth. She welcomes anyone who feels their voice hasn’t been heard. Dominique holds a Master of Social Work degree (MSW) from the University of Maryland School of Social Work.


    Dominique Mann, LCSW-C is currently accepting new teen and adult clients, virtually and in person and has evening and weekend availability.

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Maureen Tabor, MSW, LCSW-C, TCYM (she/her)

  • Do you ever feel like this adulting thing is a lot harder than you expected? For many of my clients, this comes up a lot when dealing with parenting. I have been there, and understand how hard it can be! Especially for those of us who grew up believing that we “should” be “good girls.”

    The whole “be nice,” “put others first” thing gets tiring when you’re juggling work - inside or outside the home - trying to parent differently from the way your parents did it, trying to make it in your career, hustling to keep up with everything and feeling like you’re failing everywhere you turn. It’s even worse if you hold yourself to super high standards - add in perimenopause and it’s a recipe for feeling exhausted and burned out!

    If you’re feeling like you’ll never catch up, wondering why you can’t “get it right,” I’d love to help! I specialize in helping high performing adults struggling with people pleasing and perfectionism. I use a mindfulness based, somatic parts work approach focused on developing self compassion, meeting unmet attachment needs and healing the wounded inner child.

    Another specialty of mine is supporting caregivers (parents/adult children) who set their needs aside to support a loved one. The weight of caregiving can be heavy at times, and brings up a lot of mixed feelings including fatigue and exhaustion, tension, frustration, guilt, resentment, worry and more.

    Caregivers often deny their own needs because someone else needs more. Sometimes life requires us to do this, but when it goes on for a while we can become depleted. This can turn into a habit of neglecting ourselves and can have negative impacts on our relationships to self and others.

    If you have a tough inner critic; struggle to love yourself; think you have to be perfect to earn love and belonging, let’s talk!

    I use a holistic, client-centered, strengths-based, warm and compassionate approach. I practice with a Psychodynamic therapy approach focused on increasing Self Compassion and healing the wounded parts of ourselves which haven’t been safe to be expressed. I also use the Trauma Conscious Yoga Method, CBT, Mindfulness, parts work based in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and my perspective is based in a somatic trauma and attachment lens rooted in Polyvagal Theory. I’m available virtually and in person.

    I hold Level 1 and 2 Trauma Certificates from the University of Maryland Graduate School of Social Work, through a program led by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C in 2010-11. I completed the certification in Trauma Conscious Yoga Method, Level 1 with Nityda Gessel, LCSW in 2025.

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Emily Francis, MS, LCPC, LPC (she/her)

EMDR Certified, Consultant In Training; SSP Certified

Licensed in Maryland + Virginia

  • Hi!  I am an attachment-focused EMDR, Brainspotting and IFS/parts work psychotherapist with a background in psychodynamic approaches to therapy and a passion for integrative therapy.  My style is warm, direct, and affirming and I bring humor and genuineness to my work with clients.  

    Do you struggle with intense emotions including anger, sadness, or shame?  Feelings of chronic emptiness, numbness, or existential dread?  Do you struggle with impulses or destructive behavior?  Feeling out of sync with others or the world?  

    Trauma from childhood attachment wounds, abuse and neglect, chronic invalidation, and loss can become stored in our bodies and encoded in our way of viewing the world and ourselves.  This can then manifest in difficult to understand intense emotional states, numbness, or destructive behaviors.  We can carry shame around these experiences, yet often any of our present struggles can best be understood as adaptations to trauma or loss that helped us survive.  

    In working with trauma, I rely on Attachment-Focused EMDR, Brainspotting, somatics, IFS/parts work, attachment theory, and relational psychotherapy to help clients access, reprocess, and integrate trauma memories and states as well as develop and increase their access to inner resources and adaptive information.  This sort of trauma work can free us to be able to engage in new ways with ourselves and the world as we release old patterns and beliefs and create the neural structures associated with integration and secure attachment.  

    My approach to therapy is unapologetically affirming, collaborative, and strengths-focused.  I believe our current challenges are opportunities to heal and grow.  As a trauma therapist, I seek to sit with my clients in the hard places, bringing warmth and authenticity, and providing relational safety and containment to allow clients to do the hard word of reconnecting with the exiled or frightened parts of themselves.  

    If you feel hopeless, I will hold the hope for you.  If you struggle with anger, shame, or deep and confusing pain, I will join you there.  There is nothing so terrible that cannot be seen or named in the context of a strong and affirming therapeutic relationship.  

    I have a particular interest in working with adults and teens with attachment wounds and those who have suffered from religious, spiritual, or narcissistic abuse and survivors of cults or high demand groups.  I also have a passion for working with neurodivergent teens and adults including Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, HSP (Highly Sensitive Persons). I include parent work in my neurodivergence-affirming practice.

    I also have lived experience navigating the joys and challenges of raising neurodivergent kids and kids with high emotional and medical needs in an imperfect world.  I love working with parents of kids of all ages on accepting themselves and their kids as they are and building a life that works.  In this work I lean heavily into Ross Greene's Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Model and integrate attachment theory, DBT mindfulness and radical acceptance skills as well as EMDR, Brainspotting and IFS/parts work as needed. 

    If I sound like I might be a good fit for you, please reach out to request an appointment!  I look forward to hearing from you!

    Emily earned her masters degree in Pastoral Counseling (spiritually-integrative Clinical Mental Health Counseling) from Loyola University in Maryland.  She has worked with teens and adults in psychiatric inpatient settings, military installations, community mental health, and private practice.  She has experience providing comprehensive DBT as well as Attachment-Focused EMDR to support adults and teens struggling with the effects of trauma including self-harm and behavioral addictions.  She is an EMDRIA EMDR Certified Therapist.

    Specialities

    • Attachment trauma and childhood abuse and neglect and associated symptoms including hypervigilance, intense emotions, and feelings of chronic emptiness or disconnection

    • Recovery from Narcissistic, Religious, and Spiritual Abuse 

    • Embracing and navigating neurodivergence

    • Parent coaching / Parenting Challenges including navigating the impact of past trauma or neglect on parenting and parenting high-needs kids and teens

    • Relationship Concerns including working with individuals in the LGBTQIA+, polyamory, and kink communities

    Emily currently has limited availability for new teen and adult clients for virtual and in person sessions.

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Tanory Ateek, MSW, LMSW (she/they)

Somatic Experiencing, EMDR Basic Training

  • Are you looking for more ease, well-being, and positive transformation in your life? Do you wish you could get out of their head and feel more awake and alive to your present day experience? Do you want to feel more freedom, pleasure and joy in their lives and relationships?  Let’s talk.

    Do you have past traumas, and want to work with a therapist who uses techniques that do not retraumatize or require extensive talking about the trauma?

    Are you caught in work, family, relational, or societal dynamics that you’d like to be free from?

    Are you looking for a therapist who considers the multiple layers of your life - community, cultural and systemic factors affecting health and well-being? 

    My approach to therapy is a mix of the most solid evidence based practices in Western Psychology, as well as practices learned during ten years as a yoga/meditation teacher and body worker. 

    As a therapist, I come alongside you, with a non-judgmental and curious presence, to help YOU discern your OWN unique way of healing and growth into the person you already are.

    We will work together to set goals that work for you, to create the life you want.  

    I’m LGBTQ+ and Polyamory Friendly. I value and work to embody an anti-racist and liberatory framework using harm reduction approaches. I use Somatic Experiencing and EMDR therapy in my work.

    Tanory earned a masters degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland. She has worked with children, adolescents and adults in community outpatient settings and has been a yoga and meditation instructor for 10 years. She’s trained in Somatic Experiencing, a Three Year training program for healing trauma held in the body which was founded by Peter Levine. She completed EMDRIA-approved EMDR Basic Training through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness in March 2024. Tanory is supervised by practice owner Laura Reagan, LCSW-C, an integrative, somatic, trauma and attachment focused therapist.

    Tanory has limited openings for new adult clients for virtual therapy sessions.

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Joanna Wahler, LMT (she/her)

  • Joanna Wahler, LMT is a licensed massage therapist with 10 years’ experience who practices from a trauma sensitive perspective. We are thrilled to be able to offer her services through BA Healing for anyone who would benefit from self care, relaxation, stress relief, pain relief, proprioceptive input, grounding, and/or support with fertility challenges.

    A gifted and intuitive healer, Joanna holds a Certificate from Collectively Rooted in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies.

    She also has specialized training in Moon Massage for those impacted by fertility challenges. This technique was created at Pulling Down The Moon by massage director Meredith Nathan who received a Pioneer award in 2018 for this revolutionary treatment . Since being awarded, this treatment has been purchased and marketed by Shady Grove Fertility and is recommended for both males and females as a means to even further increase chances of conception.

    Our fertility focused massage service is designed to support Partners during their fertility journey- no matter what stage. Every family is unique in its own timing and we are dedicated to this sacred process. We use a combination of massage techniques from different cultures around the world (Mayan abdominal massage is an example) in conjunction with acupressure, Chinese Medical massage, Aromatherapy and Reflexology to improve blood flow, reduce stress, and promote overall reproductive health for every stage of your journey. 

Wondering how trauma may be at play in your life? Check out these articles on how trauma can show up in our lives from our sister program, Trauma Therapist Network, which was founded by practice owner Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. Learn how childhood experiences can impact our health, both physical and mental, over the lifespan here. This blog post explains that trauma is not always what we think it is.