Shashana Carter , MD, LCSW-C, LICSW

Shashana Carter is a licensed clinical social worker and therapist practicing in Maryland. She holds MD, LCSW-C, and LICSW credentials - MD indicates a medical degree and LCSW-C and LICSW are clinical social work licenses - and brings clinical training to her therapeutic work.

With six years of professional experience, Shashana has worked in a range of community and clinical settings including the Department of Social Services, the Department of Probation for adult and juvenile services, and opioid maintenance centers. Over the past four years she has focused on providing individual therapy, guiding clients to overcome obstacles, set realistic goals, and find practical solutions to challenges that interfere with healthier living.

Her counseling style centers on attentive listening and a warm, compassionate, and respectful approach. She offers honest, supportive communication and constructive feedback to help clients explore their concerns and build new ways of relating and coping. Shashana believes healing grows through deliberate, intentional work done collaboratively, and she creates a space where clients can be heard, examine their truth, and move forward in a positive direction.

She specializes in depression, anxiety and stress, grief, bipolar disorder, trauma and PTSD, and is experienced in addictions, weight and eating concerns, coping with life changes, couples counseling, and family issues.