Arleen Faulkner, LCPC

Arleen Faulkner is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Maryland who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and relationship concerns. She focuses on building self-esteem and self-love while guiding clients toward clearer life purpose. Her style is practical and steady, aimed at everyday change rather than quick fixes.

She brings 30 years of clinical experience to sessions and centers work on healing from hard experiences. Arleen emphasizes growth that fits each person's values and background. Conversations are collaborative and paced to what the client can handle.

In practice she addresses workplace stress, relationship transitions, and midlife shifts alongside struggles with body image, divorce and separation, and forgiveness. She combines attention to feelings with tools for handling day-to-day pressures. The goal is to help people feel more resilient and make decisions that match their priorities.

Arleen frames therapy as exploration and skill-building. Clients learn to recognize patterns, try new responses, and strengthen self-care habits. She supports men and women through issues specific to their life stage without assuming one solution fits everyone.

Sessions reflect the client's values and life context. Arleen aims to create a space where people can reflect, practice new ways of relating, and move toward clearer goals. Her approach is steady, experienced, and focused on real-life changes.

Approaches that guide online work and growth

Many clients find benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on present problems and practical change. One common approach involves structured skills practice to manage anxiety and mood; this teaches clear steps for easing worry and lifting low mood, and it can help with stress and depression. Another helpful method centers on exploring values, life purpose, and self-worth while building habits that reflect those values; this supports people working through identity, midlife questions, and self-esteem concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This may mean trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on how it feels and what results emerge.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats offered before booking. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also permit work to continue during life transitions and help maintain momentum between in-person visits when those are used. Ask about current session formats when you complete the matching questionnaire so arrangements match your daily life and goals.