MD, LCSW-C
Dashaira Bennett, MD, LCSW-C
- Experience12 years
- LocationMaryland
- Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Dashaira
Dashaira Bennett is a Maryland-licensed clinician who combines medical and social work training to support people navigating stress, anxiety, trauma, self-esteem struggles, career transitions, and related concerns including ADHD.
Background and approach
With 12 years of professional experience, she centers collaborative, nonjudgmental conversations to help clients explore difficult emotions and make practical changes in daily life. She emphasizes creating a welcoming space where clients can discuss motivation, confidence, grief, relationships, intimacy, and a wide range of life adjustments.
Her background includes work with issues such as addictions, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue, and caregiving stress, in addition to specialized focus areas like attachment concerns, adoption and foster care, and body image. Dashaira brings a supportive, empowering stance intended to help clients build resilience and identify steps toward a more satisfying life.
Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care
Dashaira commonly draws on evidence-based techniques that help people manage overwhelming emotions and rebuild daily functioning. One approach focuses on building skills for managing distress and anxiety through practical strategies such as emotion regulation, problem solving, and behavioral changes that reduce symptoms and improve coping. Another evidence-based method emphasizes processing traumatic experiences in a paced, supportive way so clients can reduce the hold of past events and reclaim present-moment functioning. These approaches are helpful for concerns like stress, trauma, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be determined collaboratively. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and needs with each person and adjust techniques over time to match progress and priorities rather than prescribing a single method from the start.
Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or other commitments. These formats make it possible to maintain continuity of care from different locations and to choose the communication style that feels most comfortable while working toward emotional and behavioral goals.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Dashaira address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career difficulties, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, and ADHD among other focuses.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her approach centers on open, nonjudgmental conversation and collaboration to help clients explore feelings and identify practical steps forward.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Dashaira has 12 years of professional experience supporting clients through life transitions and a variety of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds MD and LCSW-C credentials and practices in Maryland; her license is listed as MD LCSW-C 18396.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Services are provided in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
In what formats are sessions available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Experience
12+ years
Licensed
Maryland
Languages
English