Dr. Annette Burns Porter, MD, LCPC

Dr. Annette Burns Porter takes a collaborative approach, working with people who want practical support for relationships, mood, substance concerns, trauma, and life transitions. She centers the client as the expert in their own experience and partners with them to identify goals, strengthen interpersonal connections, and make meaningful changes that align with their values.

With 21 years of experience across inpatient and outpatient settings, she has worked with clients from diverse backgrounds and across the lifespan. Her practice blends evidence-based methods to match each person’s needs, drawing from approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic work, solution-focused techniques, and trauma-focused interventions.

Her areas of specialty include stress and anxiety, mood and adjustment disorders, addictive behaviors, post-traumatic stress, grief and loss, relationship and family conflict, eating and intimacy-related issues, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also addresses aging and geriatric concerns, blended family dynamics, codependency, communication problems, veteran and armed forces issues, postpartum depression, social anxiety, women’s issues, and challenges faced by young adults.

Dr. Porter holds the MD and the LCPC credential - MD indicating a medical doctorate and LCPC denoting a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She practices in Maryland and provides services in English, applying trauma-informed care to adolescents, young adults, adults, and seniors while tailoring interventions to each individual’s strengths and circumstances.