Shalisa Partee, MD, LCSW-C
Support for parents facing stress and mood challenges
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Self esteem
- Focus
- Career difficulties
About Shalisa
Shalisa Partee, MD, LCSW-C, offers practical support for parents juggling depression, anxiety, stress, and the daily strain of caregiving. She meets people where they are and helps them find clearer ways through parenting challenges, sleep problems, and mood struggles. Her style is straightforward and rooted in real life.
She aims to make each session feel useful from the start. She believes people bring strengths that matter more than labels. Sessions focus on small, doable changes that build on what already works.
Background and approach
Conversations may include problem solving, shifting unhelpful thoughts, and strengthening close bonds. Shalisa combines medical training with social work perspective to see both mental health and everyday routines. Her approach commonly uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships affect emotions and behavior.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot patterns that keep problems going and to practice new ways of coping. Those methods are used to address anxiety, mood difficulties, trauma responses, and parenting stress. Shalisa has five years of professional experience working with adults who face career strain, grief, addiction concerns, or compassion fatigue.
She pays attention to cultural context and how identity shapes stress and healing. She supports people dealing with panic, postpartum mood changes, and other life transitions. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
She works in Maryland and conducts therapy in English. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client's needs.
What Shalisa works with
Everything Shalisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shalisa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Communication problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Approaches Shalisa lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How attachment and CBT translate to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how close relationships shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions may focus on patterns in how you relate to others, how those patterns affect parenting or stress, and on building more supported ways of relating over time. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and sleep or eating concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That collaborative decision guides whether attachment-focused work, CBT techniques, or a mix will be used in sessions.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when clients need a shorter check-in. Live chat or text-based messaging lets people share notes between sessions and fit support into busy days. These options help people balance therapy with work, parenting, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Shalisa
What concerns can this therapist help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, addictions, trauma and grief.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and direct. Sessions focus on small, actionable steps and applying strategies to everyday routines.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working in mental health settings.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She practices in Maryland and holds MD and LCSW-C credentials.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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