Mercides Palmer, MD, LCPC

Maryland · 3 years in practice

Mercides Palmer is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Maryland.

License and registration

LCPC, Maryland: LC11727 · expires January 2027
NPI: 1780440032 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Mercides

Mercides Palmer is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Maryland. She holds an MD and is an LCPC with three years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with relationships, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and attention challenges.

Mercides aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and respectful. In sessions she creates a calm, open space where people can say what they really mean.

Background and approach

Conversations are direct but gentle, and she listens for what matters most to each person. She helps clients sort out feelings around loss, painful memories, and conflicts that affect daily life. Her work often looks at how attachments and early patterns shape current choices.

She draws on attachment-based ideas to notice relationship patterns and on client-centered methods to keep the work focused on each person's goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and dialectical skills to manage intense emotions when needed. Mercides supports people trying to find more meaning and purpose after difficult events.

She helps with practical next steps like building self-esteem, improving communication, and handling workplace stress. Sessions aim to leave clients with clearer choices and concrete tools they can use between meetings. People who come to her usually want a straightforward listener who will help them name problems and try small changes.

She meets each person where they are and works at a pace that feels doable. If someone is ready to begin, she guides them through the early steps and keeps the tone focused and supportive.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Mercides lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Self esteem
ADHD
Attachment issues
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Self-harm
Self-love
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Mercides names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Existential therapy helps people face big life questions like purpose, meaning, and choice; it supports people who feel stuck or are rethinking their goals. Attachment-based therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections, which can help with trust, boundaries, and conflict. Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on the person's own goals and experience, using empathic listening to help people find their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try based on needs, goals, and what feels most useful. That shared decision-making helps keep sessions relevant and practical over time.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper dialogue and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are options for shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or when written reflection feels more comfortable. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and everyday life.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Mercides address?

She helps people with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem struggles, and ADHD-related challenges, plus related issues like attachment and workplace stress.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is open and nonjudgmental, combining listening with practical guidance. She balances supportive conversation with concrete skills for coping and change.

How much experience does she have?

She has three years of professional experience as a licensed counselor working with the concerns listed above.

What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?

She holds an MD and is an LCPC and practices in Maryland.

Which languages are supported and is international work available?

Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start a course of therapy?

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