Bridget Bauersfeld, LCSW, MD, LCSW-C
Supportive therapist for parenting and trauma
Book with Bridget- Years in practice
- 23
- Credentials
- LCSW, MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Bridget
Bridget Bauersfeld, LCSW, MD, LCSW-C, helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, trauma, and relationship strain. She writes short-term and longer-term goals with clients and focuses on practical skills alongside understanding life patterns. Her style blends psychodynamic and relational work with concrete tools.
Sessions are meant to be warm and direct, so people can try new ways of relating and coping. She uses cognitive techniques and mindfulness when those fit a person's needs.
Background and approach
Bridget has worked in mental health for 23 years. Early in her career she provided residential care for children and adolescents in Maryland. She later offered early intervention supports in Chicago and school-based services in Denver.
She has provided outpatient trauma care at a specialty institute in Baltimore and currently practices in Illinois at an outpatient children’s hospital. Her background includes work with children, adolescents, young adults, and parents facing trauma, mood, attention, and anxiety concerns. In sessions she draws on a range of approaches, including attachment-focused ideas, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavior skills, EMDR, and mindfulness.
People meet to talk through patterns, build coping skills, and try practical changes that fit daily life.
What Bridget works with
Everything Bridget lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Bridget helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Relationship issues
Approaches Bridget lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connections. It looks at patterns people repeat with partners and children and helps build more supported ways of relating. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches step-by-step skills to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, EMDR, uses focused attention and memory processing to lessen the impact of traumatic memories and reduce related symptoms.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals and preferences. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and shifting approaches when needed so the work fits real life.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make it easier to fit care into busy schedules. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people continue care across locations and busy days while focusing on practical change.
Questions people ask about Bridget
What concerns does Bridget commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, family conflict, and relationship strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach mixes psychodynamic and relational perspectives with practical skill building. Sessions are conversational and goal oriented.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 23 years of experience working in a range of settings, including residential care, school-based programs, and outpatient services.
What credentials and location are listed for this clinician?
She holds LCSW, MD, and LCSW-C credentials and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with people outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are cost and starting therapy handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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