About Bernadette
Dr. Bernadette Boozer-Madison helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes. She sees adults facing relationship strain, intimacy concerns, addiction-related struggles, and the effects of trauma or loss.
Dr. Boozer-Madison uses straightforward, practical work that aims to reduce distress and build everyday coping skills. She brings 30 years of clinical experience to sessions and holds the credentials LMFT and MD LCMFT.
Over her career she has focused on people affected by foster care and adoption issues, abandonment, and blended family concerns.
How Bernadette works
She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and post-COVID stressors. The approach is collaborative and client-centered. Sessions often include skill practice, problem-solving, and attention to how relationships and attachment shape current difficulties.
She draws on cognitive behavioral strategies and acceptance-based methods to help people move toward the life they want. Therapy is tailored to each person's goals and values. Conversations are practical and paced to fit what a person needs right now, whether that is short-term problem solving or deeper work on longstanding patterns.
Dr. Boozer-Madison aims to help clients leave sessions with clear steps to try between meetings. She provides care remotely for people located in Maryland.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference and schedule.
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What Bernadette works with
The areas below are the ones Bernadette 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
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | LMFT, MD, LCMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on accepting difficult feelings while clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward what matters. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and trust, and it helps people change how they relate to partners and close others. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and supports choices and self-directed growth through reflective listening and empathy.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they try approaches, adjust as needed, and focus on what produces useful change in daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face from a distance. Phone calls require less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options are intended to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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