Lynly Curtis, MD, LCSW-C, LICSW

Maryland · 10 years in practice

Lynly Curtis is a licensed clinician in Maryland who uses an empathetic, client-centered approach.

License and registration

LCSW-C, Maryland: 22244 · expires October 2027
LCSW, Virginia: 0904017627 · expires June 2026
LICSW, Washington: LW61625070 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1265989743 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Lynly

Lynly Curtis is a licensed clinician in Maryland who uses an empathetic, client-centered approach. She combines practical strategies with empathy to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Lynly brings ten years of professional experience to her practice and aims to identify strengths clients can use in daily life.

She emphasizes short, useful steps that make a difference between sessions. Sessions focus on skills people can try right away - for example, breathing and grounding for acute anxiety, thought-work for low mood, and planning for big transitions.

Background and approach

She also offers support for trauma and abuse using eye movement desensitization and reprocessing as one option among several approaches. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. Clients can choose how much of their faith they want to include in sessions.

The work is collaborative - goals, pacing, and techniques are adjusted to each person’s needs. Lynly helps people with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting challenges, career stress, caregiving strain, and issues like body image or codependency. She also supports those facing anger, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Practical details and logistics are handled clearly up front. Lynly uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on what fits a person’s routine. The path forward is organized into small, manageable steps so progress feels steady.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Lynly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Coping with life changes
Relationship issues
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Eating and food-related issues
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Lynly names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care

Many of the approaches Lynly uses adapt well to online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors. It helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by giving clear tools people can practice between sessions.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is offered as an option for trauma and abuse work. In short, it pairs focused memory processing with guided attention to reduce the intensity of distressing memories. Mindfulness therapy is also used to build moment-to-moment awareness and reduce reactivity to strong emotions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked in the past. Together they select and adapt techniques so sessions feel usable and relevant to daily life.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper, interactive work and skills practice. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or require less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can work for brief check-ins, homework, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine while keeping focus on measurable steps and progress.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Lynly focus on?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar, ADHD, and many other related concerns.

What is Lynly's therapy style like?

Her style is warm and client-centered, using practical steps and empathy. She blends approaches like cognitive behavioral work, dialectical skills, mindfulness, and EMDR when appropriate.

How long has she been practicing?

She has ten years of professional experience working with people on a range of mental health and life concerns.

Where is Lynly licensed and based?

She practices in Maryland and holds the credentials MD, LCSW-C, and WA LICSW as listed.

What languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Which session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are costs handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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