Randye Brittain, MD, LCSW-C

Randye Brittain is a Maryland-licensed child and family therapist with more than 20 years of clinical experience helping people navigate anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, parenting challenges, career concerns, grief, and trauma. She holds an MD - a medical degree - and an LCSW-C, which indicates she is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland. Her practice includes work with survivors of emotional and physical abuse or neglect as well as families dealing with adoption, custody arrangements, blended family transitions, and related life adjustments.

Her therapeutic style is warm, interactive, and respectful. She approaches each person with compassion and sensitivity, avoiding labels and assumptions, and she collaborates with clients to shape conversations and goals that feel relevant and achievable. Her clinical work blends client-centered care, cognitive-behavioral strategies, psychodynamic insights, and brief solution-focused techniques, and when appropriate she integrates mindfulness exercises, relaxation methods, and EFT tapping to support emotional regulation.

Randye tailors treatment plans to individual needs and emphasizes practical tools for coping and growth. She encourages those who have already taken steps toward change to continue forward and offers steady professional support for people ready to work toward a more fulfilling life. She looks forward to working with new clients.

Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Care

Randye draws on client-centered therapy to create a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where the client's experience and goals guide the work. This approach helps people who need support building insight, self-acceptance, and clearer direction in their relationships and life choices.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy - CBT - which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is effective for symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, sleep difficulties, and many routine coping challenges because it emphasizes practical strategies and skill-building.

Psychodynamic therapy is part of her toolkit when deeper patterns from family of origin or long-standing relational themes are a focus. That approach helps uncover recurring dynamics and supports clients in developing new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Randye works with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the focus as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access care when in-person visits are difficult. These options allow licensed professionals and therapists to deliver consistent support in formats that suit individual lives.