Therapy for Emotional Healing + Growth

A Steady Space to Slow Down and Reconnect

JOINING WITH EMPATHY is an inclusive therapy practice in Baltimore, Maryland, offering compassionate support for teens and adults who feel overwhelmed, stretched thin, or unsure how to navigate the emotional weight of what they have been carrying. Many arrive feeling disconnected from themselves or uncertain about what comes next.

Through evidence-based, trauma-informed, relational therapy, we help you understand what you are experiencing, reconnect with yourself, and find a sense of steadiness and clarity again. This is a space where you can slow down, feel seen and supported, and begin healing in a way that helps you feel more like yourself again.

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What Therapy Can Look Like

Healing That Helps You
Feel Seen and Supported

Therapy at Joining with Empathy is designed to help you make sense of what you’re carrying and to feel less alone with it. Over time, clients often experience greater emotional steadiness, deeper self-understanding, and more clarity in how they move through daily life. Healing here is not rushed or forced. It unfolds at your pace, with care that feels attuned, steady, and human.

Outcomes clients often experience...

  • Greater emotional steadiness and self-awareness
  • Feeling less overwhelmed by thoughts and emotions
  • A stronger connection to yourself and your needs
  • Increased clarity around identity, relationships, and next steps
  • More effective ways to cope with stress + emotional weight
  • Feeling supported rather than alone with what you’re carrying
  • Practical tools for understanding emotions and patterns
  • A growing sense of feeling more like yourself again

When Things Feel Heavy

Holding What You’re Carrying and
Helping You Move Through It

Many people seek therapy because they have been holding heavy thoughts and feelings on their own for a long time. You may appear to be managing on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected inside. Joining with Empathy offers a steady, supportive place to bring what feels heavy without pressure to explain it perfectly or move faster than you are ready for.

You might be here because...

  • You feel overwhelmed or emotionally worn down, even when things look “fine” on the outside
  • Your thoughts feel busy or heavy, and it’s hard to slow them down
  • You feel disconnected from yourself or unsure what you need right now
  • Relationships feel stressful, draining, or confusing
  • You’re in the middle of a transition and don’t quite know how to move forward
  • You spend a lot of time supporting others and rarely feel supported yourself
  • You want a space that feels calm and compassionate
  • You’re longing to feel steadier, clearer, and more like yourself again

How We Support You

Therapy That Honors
Your Whole Experience

At Joining with Empathy, therapy is offered in a way that is grounded, relational, and responsive to your lived experience. Our services are designed to support emotional healing, steadiness, and growth while honoring your pace and what you are ready to explore. Care is inclusive, trauma-informed, and rooted in genuine human connection.

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Integrative Therapy

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Integrative therapy offers a supportive space
for individuals to slow down, make sense of what you are experiencing, and feel less alone with what you are carrying. Sessions focus on understanding emotions, patterns, and stressors while building tools that help you feel more grounded and steady in your daily life. Care is collaborative, thoughtful, and guided by your needs and goals.

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LGBTQIA+  Affirming Therapy

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We provide affirming, inclusive therapy for LGBTQIA+ teens and adults who want a space where their identity, relationships, and lived experience are fully respected. Therapy centers safety, understanding, and attunement, offering support for emotional stress, identity exploration, relationship challenges, and life transitions without judgment or assumptions.

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Medication Management

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Medication management is offered with care, collaboration, and attention to your full experience. This service supports individuals who may benefit from psychiatric medication as part of their mental health care, with thoughtful evaluation, ongoing monitoring, and integration alongside therapy when appropriate. Decisions are made together, with respect for your concerns, preferences, and overall well being.

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Jennifer Posner, LCSW-C

The Joining With Empathy Team

Led by Jennifer Posner

Joining with Empathy is led by Jennifer Posner, LCSW-C, a licensed clinical social worker who supports adults navigating emotional overwhelm, anxiety, and life transitions. Jennifer’s work is grounded in relational, trauma-informed, and evidence-based therapy, guided by the belief that healing begins when people feel genuinely seen and understood.

Jennifer and the Joining with Empathy team offer care that is thoughtful, attuned, and responsive to each client’s lived experience. Sessions are shaped by careful listening, respect for your pace, and an understanding of how emotional patterns develop over time.


Together, the team creates a compassionate, inclusive environment where therapy feels human, steady, and supportive. This is a place where your story is met with care and healing is nurtured through connection and trust.

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Sign up to receive Understanding Burnout & Overwhelm, a gentle, guided exercise to help you slow down and make sense of what you’re carrying.

You’ll also receive reflections and supportive guidance from Joining with Empathy, shared with care to support grounding, clarity, and emotional wellbeing.

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Free Understanding Burnout & Overwhelm Guide

Sign up to receive Understanding Burnout & Overwhelm, a guided exercise created to help you slow down, notice patterns in what you’re experiencing, and feel clearer about what you might need next.

You’ll also receive reflections and gentle guidance from Joining with Empathy, shared with care to support grounding, self-understanding, and emotional steadiness over time.