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Takoma Therapy

At Takoma Therapy, we offer a thoughtful and creative approach to therapy designed to guide you on a journey of self-discovery.

Connect with us today, and let’s embark on this transformative path together.

12/29/2025

As the year comes to a close, there can be pressure to make sense of everything. Pressure to find meaning, closure, or clear takeaways. This reflection offers an invitation to slow down and notice what the year has held.

Rather than searching for answers or resolutions, this is a chance to acknowledge what remains unresolved, what lingers, and what continues to shape you. Using art, music, or words as a guide allows space for understanding to emerge naturally, without forcing it.

Here, you have permission to honor where you are and to carry forward only what feels true as you step into what comes next.

Happy New Year from all of us at Takoma Therapy!

12/22/2025

As the holidays come to a close, many of us are left carrying more than just memories. The season can leave behind exhaustion, strained family dynamics, unmet expectations, grief, loneliness, financial stress, and the weight of appearing “fine” when we’re anything but. Even joyful celebrations can deplete us, and the pressure to immediately pivot into New Year productivity ignores what our minds and bodies are telling us: that we need time to recover.

The post-holiday period deserves our attention. This is when the adrenaline fades, the distractions end, and we’re left to process everything the season stirred up.

We’re grateful to begin the new year by continuing our partnership with to offer a free Gentle Candlelit Yoga class on Friday, January 2nd from 6:30–7:30 PM at their Takoma Park studio. This is a dedicated space to tend to your mental health after the holiday rush and honor whatever this season has brought up for you.

This class invites you into soft movement, steady breath, and quiet candlelight. There’s no fixing, achieving, or pushing through. It’s an opportunity to gently release tension, reconnect with your body, and give yourself permission to simply be after weeks of doing.

This is a place to land without judgment, to reset at your own pace, and to begin the year by prioritizing your well-being. ✨ This offering is free and open to all. Registration details will be shared in our stories. Save the date and give yourself this gift of care.

12/19/2025

Little moments of joy ✨

This week, Bonnie is sharing one of hers:

“My 70 pound dog loves to sit in my lap. These snuggles (even though they come with some slobber, too) never cease to make things feel a little bit brighter and lighter”

So often, we think joy has to be something big or earned. But many of the moments that help us most are the simple ones. These moments ground us, slow us down, and connect us to our present.

We invite you to reflect: What small, everyday moment has helped you feel a little lighter lately, and have you allowed yourself to really notice it? 🐾💛

12/15/2025

Conflict in a relationship isn’t a sign that something’s broken; it often signals that something important needs to be expressed and understood. When arguments escalate or conversations shut down, it may be because underlying needs and feelings haven’t found their voice. Nonviolent Communication offers couples a way to pause, identify what really matters beneath the surface tension, and respond with intention rather than reaction. By practicing these skills, couples can shift from blame and defensiveness toward understanding, empathy, and genuine connection.

Reading about communication is one thing but practicing it is another. Real transformation happens when you apply these tools in real conversations, receive feedback, and learn alongside others navigating similar challenges. Hannah’s Couples Connection Group provides a supportive environment where you can actively develop these skills and strengthen your relationship. You’ll practice listening without judgment, expressing needs without blame, and building the kind of connection that weathers difficult moments. Registration is nearly full, so secure your spot before it closes!

12/12/2025

Little Moments of Joy ✨

This week, we’re honored to feature Priscilla’s beautiful reflection. She shared: ”A moment of joy for me was seeing all my family and friends gather together to celebrate my nuptials with me. I was initially nervous but my mom was there to encourage me and pray with and for me.”

It can be profoundly healing to be witnessed by the people who matter most to us during life’s significant transitions. Priscilla’s story reminds us that joy and nervousness can coexist. We do not have to navigate big moments alone. The presence of a supportive figure can transform anxiety into courage. Being held by community during transformation or transition makes all of the difference.

We invite you to reflect with us. 💭 Who has been an anchor of support for you during a significant life transition?

12/08/2025

Your window of tolerance is the zone where your nervous system is regulated. This is where you can be present, think clearly, and respond with intention. When we step outside it, and everything shifts. Anxiety may flood in, or you may go numb and disconnect entirely. The holidays are often a time that we find ourselves pushed beyond that edge.

It is impossible to stay regulated all of the time. The real work is learning to recognize when you’ve crossed your threshold, and knowing how to find your way back.

Therapy can help us find that path to return. We can learn to identify early warning signs, and build a toolkit of grounding practices that actually work for you. Done consistently and with compassion, this process actually expands your capacity and your window widens. What once felt unbearable becomes something you can meet and move through.

As this season unfolds, try checking in with yourself. Your nervous system is trying to protect you. Learning its language changes everything.

12/05/2025

✨ Little Moments of Joy with Renee

Throughout therapy, we discuss the importance of creating space for rest, creativity, and practices that support regulation and grounding. These moments can reconnect us in a world that moves quickly.

For Renee, creativity is a helpful grounding ritual. She shared: “Working on Perler bead projects has become my favorite way to unwind after a long day. As I listen to a podcast or audiobook while working on these projects, I find myself sinking into a peaceful flow, where my mind feels both quiet and engaged. There’s a special joy in creation itself; the gentle pleasure of watching something colorful and tangible emerge from a simple process. When the piece is finished, it feels like a soft exhale, a small celebration of patience, focus, and care.”

Creative routines, big or small, can support emotional regulation, reduce stress, and offer a feeling of calm and agency. You don’t have to be an artist for creativity to be therapeutic. The act of making, building, or shaping something with your hands is enough.

What’s one small creative ritual that brings you joy?

12/03/2025

We’re continuing our series on uncertainty, and this time, we’re looking at what it actually means to build comfort with the unknown and why it matters. Getting comfortable with uncertainty doesn’t mean liking the unknown or feeling calm all the time. Mindfulness teaches that uncertainty is part of life. Therapy can help us learn to meet it with a little more awareness and a little less fear.

Over time, this practice builds confidence in your ability to stay grounded while the future is still unfolding.

We want to add a disclaimer. Struggling with uncertainty is not a weakness. The unknown is genuinely hard to face, even for therapists. Feeling comfortable in the unknown may not apply to every situation. There is no shame in struggling with this.
But building even a little tolerance for uncertainty can support your mental health, your relationships, and the way you move through the world. Progress may be slow or subtle, and that’s still growth.
The goal isn’t to eliminate discomfort. It’s to feel just a bit steadier inside it.

12/01/2025

If you’re considering couples therapy, but feel unsure, this guide is for you.

This guide walks you through what couples counseling looks like at Takoma Therapy; what happens in sessions, how it can help, and what support options we offer.

Couples counseling provides a non-judgmental, distraction-free space to understand your relationship more deeply, break unhelpful patterns, and strengthen emotional connection. Whether you’re navigating conflict, life transitions, distance, or aiming to feel closer, therapy can help you learn new ways of relating to one another.

We offer both couples therapy and a Couples Connection Group. This group is offers a targeted option focused on attachment needs, relationship patterns, and how unmet needs shape emotional connection. It’s a supportive way to begin working on your relationship with guidance, structure, and community all with a focus on Non-Violent Communication.

If you have questions or are looking to begin, reach out to our Intake Coordinator, Kendal Edwards, at intake@takomatherapy.com. If you’re interested in the group and want to learn more, check out our link in our bio.

11/28/2025

As we continue to move into the holiday season, we want to highlight the importance of slowing down, creating space for ourselves, and returning to what grounds us. ✨

We’re grateful to partner again with to offer another free Gentle Candlelit Yoga class on Friday, December 5th from 6:30–7:30 PM at their Takoma Park studio.

This class invites you into the glow of candlelight, where movement and stillness meet. Through breath and gentle postures, we practice finding steadiness in the midst of holiday busyness. Yoga is an act that not only settles the body; it creates space for the mind and heart to come back into balance.

Whether yoga is new to you or a familiar part of your rhythm, this is a chance to release tension, reconnect with yourself, and remember that rest is just as essential as giving and gathering.

✨ This offering is free and open to all. We’ll share the registration link in our stories as the date approaches. Save the date and join us!

11/24/2025

As we head into Thanksgiving, many of us feel a mix of complex emotions. Holidays have a way of stirring old patterns and activating stress, while simultaneously inviting us to practice gratitude.

Self-compassion matters deeply right now. Drawing from the work of mindfulness teachers like Kristin Neff and Tara Brach, who remind us to pause and offer ourselves a loving, accepting presence, these affirmations and journal prompts are here to support you before the holiday begins.

Use these to center yourself before the day begins.
Return to them whenever you feel yourself getting pulled off center.

🧡 Save this post to revisit as you prepare for the holiday season.

11/21/2025

Moments of Joy with Lincoln✨

Parenting is full of quick, tender flashes that cut through the rush of everyday life. These little reminders of love may land before we even notice them. Lincoln shared one of those moments with us, along with a reflection on how pausing to notice joy shapes him as a parent and as a therapist:

“These pictures capture a brief moment of love and solidarity between my two daughters, the witnessing of which left me with a warm and contented feeling on a Tuesday before rushing off to daycare/summer camp. A brief and spontaneous positive feeling triggered by a simple pleasure. While these moments are abundant in the context of parenting, so are their antithesis: ‘small moments of frustration.’ My recognition and appreciation of these moments of joy serve to buffer my emotions in moments of frustration, and help me to be a more present father, husband, and therapist.”

These moments don’t cancel out the overwhelm or the hard days. However, they make room for us to reconnect with the parts of life that matter the most.

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6930 Carroll Avenue, Ste 610
Takoma Park, MD
20912

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Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	8am - 7pm
Saturday	8am - 12pm

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http://www.takomatherapy.com/

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