Ranesa Bolander, MD, LCSW-C

Ranesa Bolander is a Maryland-based therapist with 27 years of professional experience who helps clients address stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, family conflicts, depression, and the challenges that come with life transitions. She holds an MD, a medical degree, and an LCSW-C, a clinical social work credential, and applies that background to support people navigating emotional and relational concerns.

Ranesa centers her practice on the belief that each person is the expert of their own story and that existing strengths can be mobilized to overcome obstacles. She emphasizes a collaborative process that builds on those strengths and provides steady support as clients work toward a more fulfilling and satisfying life. Recognizing that taking the first step toward change requires courage, she aims to create an encouraging environment for that work.

In addition to core areas such as stress, anxiety, relationships, family issues, and depression, Ranesa brings experience with adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, co-morbidity, codependency, commitment and communication difficulties, divorce and separation, feelings of emptiness, family of origin concerns, fatherhood issues, and forgiveness.