Therapy for adults and couples in Maryland

You can understand yourself clearly and still feel stuck.

Sage Oak offers psychotherapy for thoughtful adults and couples who understand what is happening, but still find themselves pulled into the same emotions, reactions, and patterns.

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Individuals & couples In person: Rockville, Maryland Virtual: anywhere in Maryland

Two ways to begin

Some people start on their own. Some start as a couple.

Individual therapy

For perceptive, capable adults who are tired of holding everything together.

Anxiety, relationship patterns, ADHD and neurodivergence, perfectionism, self-doubt, identity, and life transitions, with attention to the gap between insight and lived change.

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Couples therapy

For the same argument for the hundredth time, or the distance after you've stopped arguing at all.

Recurring conflict, emotional distance, betrayals and breaches of trust, feeling disconnected sexually or physically, or uncertainty about whether the relationship can improve. Attachment-informed, drawing on Gottman Method Couples Therapy.

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01 High-functioning anxiety → 02 Gifted & highly analytical adults → 03 Anxious attachment & people-pleasing → 04 Perfectionistic overachievers → 05 Men at a crossroads →

How I work

Insight matters. It's rarely enough on its own.

You may already understand yourself and your patterns well, or you may still be developing that awareness. Either way, self-understanding matters. But insight alone does not always change long-standing habits, reactions, or beliefs. Therapy works best when we address both: having honest conversations that build understanding, and experiential work that helps change become more concrete.

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Reflective work

Insight-driven conversation about meaning, choice, responsibility, and attachment. Grounded in existential / humanistic psychotherapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Experiential work

Working with somatic awareness, focused attention, emotional processing, imagery, and subconscious patterns to create change that is embodied, integrated, and enduring.

Meet your therapist

Taylor Sherman, LGPC, M.Ed.

I’m a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor in Maryland, and I practice the kind of therapy I’d want for myself: warm, direct, intellectually engaged, and practical. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I spent more than fifteen years working in hypnosis, coaching, and personal development, including over 6,000 hours with clients and extensive experience teaching and training other practitioners.

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In their words

“He has helped me to think out of the box of my own mind's constructs and limitations, and move beyond them.”

M.J.

”After one session, my apprehension about my problems slowly became less challenging. I am able to work through daily obstacles in a positive and productive manner, which I had struggled to do for most of my adult life.”

F.H.

”Thanks to Taylor, I found that confident, brilliant, active me again.”

M.H.

”When I started, my self-esteem and confidence were down and I cried several times a day. At the end of my sessions, the crying had stopped and I feel so much more confident. I trust myself again.”

E.G.

”I'm so grateful to Taylor for listening to my struggle with such patience and persistence. It was one of the most positive and life-changing experiences I've ever had.”

P.P.

Client reflections, including from Taylor's earlier mind-body and coaching practice. Initials only, to protect privacy.

Where we meet

In Rockville, or online across Maryland.

In-person sessions are available at 50 West Montgomery Avenue, Suite 300E, Rockville, on weekdays from 10 AM to 6 PM, with limited availability. Secure video sessions are available to adults and couples anywhere in Maryland.

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Start with fifteen minutes.

A free 15-minute consultation: tell me what's bringing you in, ask anything, and get an honest read on fit. If I'm not the right person, I'll say so and point you toward someone better suited.

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