Patrick Scally, LCSW-C

Patrick Scally is a Licensed Certified Social Worker in Maryland with 50 years of clinical experience. He works with adults on problems such as depression, anxiety, stress, grief, low self-esteem, motivation, and trauma. He also supports concerns like addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, ADHD, and career or life changes.

Patrick focuses on clear, practical conversation. He listens and helps people name what feels wrong. Sessions look at patterns that keep problems going and try simple steps to test what helps. He uses straightforward methods rather than jargon, and invites the person to guide what feels most useful.

Across his long practice he has worked with grief, childhood trauma, and motivation struggles. That background informs how he responds to someone feeling stuck after major change, loss, or setbacks in early adulthood. He aims to help people regain steadier day-to-day functioning and clearer priorities.

His approach draws on client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic ideas. Those methods are used to reduce distress, improve sleep and focus, and address relationship patterns that cause repeated pain.

Patrick describes therapy as a collaborative effort. He involves clients in planning and adjusts pace to what each person can manage. People who want practical steps, clearer thinking about problems, and support coping with life transitions may find this approach helpful.

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