Dashaira Bennett, MD, LCSW-C
Compassionate clinician helping people manage intense emotions
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
How Dashaira works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C
- Licensed in
- Maryland
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Dashaira
Dashaira Bennett is a licensed clinician based in Maryland who helps people facing anger, stress, anxiety, and relationship concerns. She combines practical support with steady listening to help people take the first steps toward change. Her style is direct and warm, aimed at making conversations feel manageable even when feelings are intense.
She brings 12 years of experience working with issues such as trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, ADHD, grief, and parenting strain.
Background and approach
People also come to her for help with self-esteem, career questions, sleep struggles, and coping with major life changes. She uses straightforward methods to identify patterns and build skills for day-to-day life. In sessions she focuses on creating an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.
Clients work together with her to set realistic goals and practice coping tools between appointments. She also pays attention to how past attachment or abandonment experiences shape current relationships and reactions. Her background includes both medical and social work training, giving her a broad view of physical and emotional health.
That combination helps her spot how medical issues, chronic illness, or caregiving stress can affect mood and behavior. She tailors plans to each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach. Dashaira supports people through transitions - new roles, family changes, or identity shifts.
She aims to help clients reclaim a sense of direction and calm, using practical steps that fit their lives.
What Dashaira works with
Everything Dashaira lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Dashaira's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and online care options
Dashaira commonly uses evidence-based techniques that teach skills people can use right away. One approach focuses on emotion regulation and coping strategies to help manage anger and intense feelings; this involves learning concrete steps to calm the body and change unhelpful reaction patterns. Another approach addresses trauma and attachment-related concerns by helping people make sense of past events and how those events shape current relationships and behavior.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. She works with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and comfort level, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. Clients can expect to practice tools between sessions and to review what is helping and what needs change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversations when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing tracking of mood and goals. These options make it easier to fit help into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Dashaira
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including anger, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, and relationship problems.
What is her general approach to therapy?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, focusing on skill-building and clear goals while providing steady listening and emotional support.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience helping people with mood, relationship, and life transition concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds MD and LCSW-C credentials and practices in Maryland.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.