Psychotherapy
for
Healing
AND
Aliveness
through
Self-understanding,
human connection,
and imagination
Individual and couples therapy
Annapolis, MD and telehealth
Where Do You Find Yourself?
In therapy, we start where you are, with what you’re living, and we build a connection that is vital and steady enough to see you through an exploration that can be both painful and freeing.
My work is psychodynamic at its core, integrating aspects of cognitive behavioral and somatic therapies, and neuroscience-informed approaches such as EMDR.
You may struggle with self-doubt or fragile self-esteem, or have a vague, even hollow sense of yourself. Perhaps you feel absent — hidden, unknown. We make room for who you are to emerge.
Traumatic experience can disrupt your life long after the events themselves — emotionally, in your body, and in your relationships. We work at your pace, so that what happened becomes part of your story — something in the past, no longer relived in the present.
Living with fear and anxiety can leave you feeling lost, exhausted, and completely overwhelmed. We work on two levels: steadying your body and mind in the moment, and understanding where the anxiety comes from.
Depression can make you feel like you’re stuck in a fog, unable to see a way forward. Together we look at what’s weighing on you, and gradually bring back what has gone quiet: feeling, joy, energy, and connection.
Big life changes like retirement, loss, or illness can trigger anxiety and doubt, and shake your sense of self at the core. We make space to grieve what is ending and to ask, with curiosity, who you are becoming and what you want your life to be.
Struggle is a normal part of relationships, but when it spirals, it comes at the cost of vitality and intimacy.
Meet
Daniel Jonathan
Meckel
Most people who reach out to me have been struggling with something for a good while: painful experiences they can’t seem to put behind them, self-doubt or an uncertain sense of who they are, a major change later in life such as retirement, loss or illness, or relationships that keep going wrong. Many have tried to work it out on their own.
In therapy with me, you’ll have a steady and attuned partner. The relationship we build is the foundation: I’m your guide and we explore together. You’ll gain deeper self-knowledge, but not only that. You’ll also experience something new – in feeling, in the body, and in the relationship itself. Working on all of these levels produces lasting change.
I’ve practiced for decades and have studied, taught and written about how people change. I don’t work exclusively with a single approach. I combine approaches according to what’s most effective. I draw on psychodynamic, cognitive, and body-based methods, including EMDR, all informed by neuroscience. What works for you is what counts.
— Daniel Jonathan
My Offerings:
For adults of any identity and background, in person in Annapolis or by telehealth. Whatever brings you here, we work at the depth it calls for, from relief in the present to lasting change in how you live and relate.
I work with all kinds of relationship issues from communication challenges to the crisis of infidelity. I also offer pre-commitment explorations to help couples make their best decisions and begin building a lasting, mutually enriching relationship.
Psychotherapeutic Adventure Travel: Transformative Journeys India.
Inner and outer expeditions within a small and closely knit therapy group, moving through the highly colorful and dramatic landscape of India. I design and guide these therapeutic journeys to combine culturally immersive experiences with deep introspection in a safe group.
Next trip to be announced
