Gina Kerrigan

LCPC, NCC
Accepting Clients

Welcome! I’m glad you are taking the step to choose a therapist. Here is a little about the typical client I work with and my approach:

Psychotherapist in Frederick, MD

Services
  • Individual

About My Clients

Many of the people I’ve worked with have felt they had to minimize their own needs, stay constantly on alert, or over-function for others. Over time, these patterns led to self-neglect, anxiety, people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, or feeling like they always have to be ‘on.’ They may feel like chameleons or find themselves retreating into their own world just to feel like they’re not sinking in quicksand.

My Background and Approach

In our work together, I honor the ways you’ve learned over the years to get through hard experiences — while helping you gently explore new ways of relating to yourself that support healing, connection, and growth. My approach includes evidence-based methods for trauma, anxiety, and OCD with a focus on helping you start to feel more freedom in your mind and body. I work collaboratively with clients to help them acknowledge their emotional needs, regulate their nervous systems, and respond to life’s challenges with their inner wisdom, clarity, and courage. You can expect deep compassion, curiosity, and respect in our sessions — never shame or judgment. In our work together, I’ll help you make space for your authentic self and reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have gone quiet.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT)
Other Techniques
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment Theory
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Family Systems
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT)

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Dissociative Disorders Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Other Issues
  • Abuse
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • United Healthcare

At A Glance

  • Experience: 4 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $130 - 145/session

Info

Email Gina
810 Toll House Ave.
Frederick, MD 21701

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