About Arleen
Arleen Faulkner helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. Arleen aims to help clients build self-esteem, grow self-love, and find a clearer sense of life purpose.
She brings 30 years of clinical experience to her work in Maryland. Sessions are geared toward practical changes and steady emotional progress. Arleen listens for small patterns that keep a person stuck and then tests simple ways to change them.
How Arleen works
Her practice often addresses workplace pressure, midlife transitions, and the emotional fallout from separation or divorce. She also supports people coping with body image concerns, forgiveness work, and questions about meaning and direction. Men's issues and women's issues are listed among her focus areas.
Arleen describes therapy as a collaborative process. She helps people identify strengths, try new behaviors, and notice what works. The tone in sessions is compassionate and direct, with attention to each person’s values and beliefs.
Over three decades she has worked with a wide range of concerns and refined a practical approach. Her goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. People who want thoughtful, experience-based guidance often find her approach useful.
What Arleen works with
The areas below are the ones Arleen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Arleen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical steps and personal meaning. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, try small experiments to change them, and notice how those changes affect mood and relationships. This kind of work is useful for anxiety, low mood, and self-esteem concerns.Another approach emphasizes exploring values and life purpose to guide decisions and foster self-love. Sessions look at what matters most to the person and then organize goals and actions around those priorities, which can help with midlife questions, workplace strain, and relationship transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they will adjust methods over time so the plan fits the person’s life and pace.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and a face-to-face feel, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing support. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and keep consistent progress.
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