Shalisa Partee, MD, LCSW-C

Shalisa Partee, MD, LCSW-C, is a licensed practitioner in Maryland with five years of professional experience. She combines medical training (MD) with clinical social work credentials (LCSW-C, which indicates a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical) to address a broad range of emotional and behavioral concerns.

Her practice focuses on stress and anxiety, self-esteem and motivation, career challenges, depression, ADHD, addictions, family dynamics, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting, anger, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of attention include communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, mood and panic disorders, multicultural concerns, polyamory and non-monogamous relationship dynamics, postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, seasonal affective disorder, self-love, somatization, and workplace issues.

Clinically, she draws on Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to inform care, tailoring methods to each person’s history and current needs. She emphasizes clients as the experts of their own stories and works to identify strengths that support growth and resilience. Taking the first step toward change is acknowledged as an act of courage, and her approach centers on collaborative, strengths-based work to help people pursue a more fulfilling life.