Aminah Long , MD, LCSW-C

Aminah Long is a licensed clinician in Maryland with 13 years of experience. She greets people with calm, direct care and focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and build confidence. Aminah aims to help people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of their next step. She supports those facing grief, anxiety, and life changes, and pays special attention to concerns that affect women. In session, Aminah treats stress and anxiety with clear, goal-oriented work. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and experiment with different ways of coping. For grief and loss she offers steady support and small, manageable strategies to carry forward. Career and workplace concerns are explored in relation to values, boundaries, and daily routines. Aminah also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, communication problems, and the emotional effects of divorce or separation. She helps people sort through guilt, shame, and isolation, and to reconnect with purpose and meaningful goals. Financial worries and panic attacks are met with practical techniques to reduce immediate distress. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of her and on skills that can be tried between appointments. People who prefer structured options and clear next steps often find this approach helpful. Aminah works with adults in Maryland and conducts sessions in English. She balances empathy with concrete tools so people leave with something they can use that week.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care

Aminah commonly draws from cognitive-behavioral ideas that help people notice and test unhelpful thoughts, then try behavior changes that improve mood and function. This method is useful for anxiety, panic, and low self-esteem issues.

She also uses mindfulness-informed practices that teach simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and ground someone during stressful moments. These tools can help with worry, panic, and ongoing stress. Additionally, solution-focused techniques are used to set small, attainable goals and to build momentum toward larger life changes. Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Aminah works with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts strategies over time so sessions stay practical and relevant to what the person wants to change.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit brief check-ins during a workday, and texting lets someone send updates or ask quick questions between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.