About Arleen
Arleen Faulkner helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or depression. She supports individuals facing relationship trouble, workplace strain, addiction concerns, and life changes like divorce or midlife transitions. Arleen holds an MD and is licensed as an LCPC and brings three decades of practice to her work.
Her sessions focus on practical steps people can use right away. She listens to what matters most and helps create simple routines and ways of thinking that reduce daily pressure.
Background and approach
The aim is to build more self-love, clearer purpose, and steadier emotions over time. Arleen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address symptoms and habits that keep problems repeating. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns and then try new responses.
This can include setting manageable goals, learning coping skills, and reshaping negative self-talk. Her approach is collaborative and respectful of each person's values and beliefs. She supports clients through grief, forgiveness work, body image struggles, and questions about meaning.
Sessions are paced to match the client’s comfort and readiness for change. Arleen offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. She works from Maryland and conducts therapy in English.
With long experience, she focuses on steady, practical progress rather than quick fixes.
Evidence-based approaches and online access
Arleen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she employs helps people learn new coping skills and break reactive patterns; this kind of work is useful for anxiety, stress, and everyday mood struggles. Another strand of her practice centers on building self-compassion and clearer life purpose through guided conversations and goal-setting, which can help with low self-esteem, forgiveness work, and midlife transitions.Choosing the right method is a team effort. She works with each person to identify which approaches match their needs, goals, and personal values. Sessions begin with straightforward assessment and a plan that can be adjusted as progress is made so clients stay involved in the decision-making.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and longer work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for short updates, scheduling, or steady support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and longer-term healing.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English