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- Anxiety and panic
- Career and coaching
- Video sessions only
About D.
Psychologist (Maryland) with 22 years of experience offering help for stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career concerns, coaching, and ADHD. D. Giovanni Scott focuses on concrete skills and insight to help people make practical changes in daily life. She conducts video sessions and encourages exploration of the role faith when clients wish to include it.
Scott uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address anxiety, panic, and stress. She helps clients build coping skills, manage life transitions, and handle workplace or career pressures. Sessions typically involve talking through patterns, learning new ways to respond, and practicing skills between meetings.
Her practice also attends to attachment and abandonment concerns, family of origin issues, communication problems, and blended family challenges. Additional focus areas include social anxiety, isolation, somatization, traumatic brain injury, and women’s issues. She works with people facing prejudice, discrimination, and seasonal mood changes such as SAD.
Scott has provided psychotherapy, assessment, consultation, supervision, and training over two decades. She has held licensure across the Washington region and contributes to a doctoral psychology internship program where she helps train future psychologists.
Her Christian faith is an acknowledged part of her life, and she welcomes clients who want to explore spirituality as part of therapy. Video-only sessions are used for all clinical work, and text-based treatment is not offered. Confirm current session options before booking if you need a different format.
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How evidence-based approaches are used in video sessions
Evidence-based techniques focus on teaching concrete skills and changing unhelpful patterns. For anxiety and panic, this often means learning breathing and grounding skills, identifying triggers, and practicing new responses to reduce symptom intensity. These steps are practical and aimed at making daily life easier.For work-related stress and career coaching, therapy emphasizes problem-solving, time and boundary management, and strategies to reduce burnout. Sessions include setting specific goals, rehearsing conversations, and tracking progress toward practical work or career changes.
Scott treats faith as an optional part of the work when clients want it included. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. She will review concerns, goals, and preferences together and recommend techniques that fit the person’s needs and values.
All clinical work is conducted by video sessions only. Confirm current session options before booking if another format is needed. Video sessions can make scheduling easier, allow therapy to fit into a workday, and support regular check-ins without travel. They also let the therapist and client use visual cues during skill practice and role play, which can improve learning and application between sessions.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career issues, coaching, and ADHD. Additional focuses include attachment concerns, social anxiety, trauma-related brain injury, and women’s issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on building coping skills and insight. Sessions involve practical strategies and skill practice between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of professional experience in clinical work, assessment, consultation, supervision, and training.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a psychologist licensed in Maryland and practices with a Maryland credential. Her practice location is listed as Maryland.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She conducts video sessions only and does not provide treatment via text. Confirm current session options before booking if you need other formats.
How do I get started and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and services use a cancelable subscription model. To begin, use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.