Everyone needs help sometimes. Conquering difficulties and learning coping strategies is an essential part of living a healthy and enriching life, and I am dedicated to helping people learn how to manage or overcome the many problems that life may bring.
These can include:
Dr. Taryn Walker (she/her) is a Licensed Psychologist with more than 15 years of experience working with adolescents and adults. She utilizes an integrative therapeutic framework incorporating evidence-based strategies and techniques from psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. She also offers specialized Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDr) services.
Your situation is unique. Together, we will explore the best route to take for your own personal growth, healing, and life management. Using evidence based methods informed by current best practice standards in the field of psychology, I will seek out what helps you individually, and collaboratively we’ll develop your own path with customized treatment. My services include:
Green Mountain Behavioral Health provides services locally in Gettysburg, Adams County, Hanover County, and Frederick County. Telehealth services provided nationally in PsyPact-approved states.
My goal is to help make you feel
supported and safe during our sessions.
I work from a strength-based and
insight-oriented framework known as psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy focuses on increasing self-awareness and identifying the drives behind decision-making and behavior. I collaborate with you to integrate other evidence based treatments that best meet your individual needs including:
During your first visit, I will conduct a comprehensive clinical interview which includes your presenting concerns, developmental and family history, current psychological resources, and goals for treatment. At the conclusion of the interview, we will discuss any diagnoses you might have, treatment planning, and the estimated duration and recommended frequency of your treatments.
To schedule your initial therapy session, click here,
email at taryn.walker@greenmountainbh.com
or call 717-389-1222
Dr. Taryn Walker is a licensed Psychologist with more than 15 years of experience working to provide adults and teens with successful mental health solutions for both immediate and long-term changes.
Dr. Walker has extensive experience providing comprehensive psychological evaluations for diagnostic clarification and treatment planning, as well a providing individual and group psychotherapy for the treatment of trauma, behavioral and substance addiction, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, phase of life issues and transitions, stress management, sexual problems, boundaries and relationship struggles, religious conflict, coping skills, sleep disturbance, enhancing creativity, and low self-esteem.
Dr. Walker earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is a Baltimore-Washington Psychoanalytic fellow. During her residency at the University of Virginia, she received training in short-term dynamic psychotherapy, interpersonal group psychotherapy, and learning needs evaluations for students requiring special accommodations.
She worked at the National Institutes of Health, Section of Developmental Genetic Epidemiology where her work focused on Bipolar and other mood disorders, sleep disturbance, and headaches. She has worked in residential treatment facilities, outpatient clinics, and community mental health settings across Maryland and Virginia. Prior to starting her private practice, Green Mountain Behavioral Health, she was the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of a non-profit education and treatment center with over five locations across the United States and in England and was a senior manager in county government overseeing behavioral outpatient services, psychological evaluations, and services in correctional facilities for over 5,000 individuals annually. She has a Certification in Integrative Mental Health (CIMHP), is a Crisis Prevention Intervention trainer, and is a Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) responder.
