Transform Your Mind, Transform Your Life

Holistic therapy and hypnosis for personal growth, healing, and lasting change.

Individual Therapy

I can help you to get through a crisis time in your life, at home, school or work. You can have a professional ally in a private setting to gain new insights, affirm your own self or develop new coping strategies.

Couples Therapy

Learn where and how your relationship began to deteriorate and interrupt and shift from destructive communication patterns, working towards understanding, growth and change.

Family

Learn about your family system, as it’s affected by various developmental stages, outside stressors, or family health or addictions problems and create new communication patterns.

Hypnosis

Ready to break free from old habits, manage stress, or find deeper self-awareness? Hypnosis offers a safe, natural way to access your subconscious and make meaningful changes in your life.

Gail J Weissert Hypnosis Maryland

Hello! I’m Gail J Weissert, LCSW-C, DCSW

Individual, Family, Couples and Hypnotherapy

I bring to your life over thirty years’ postgraduate experience in varied settings and with many populations. My greatest joy in life is to see my clients make strides through crisis and beyond – to coping better, feeling better, and with a new understanding and skill set. My training and experience are in a variety of modalities, from cognitive behavioral therapy to behavior modification, to family systems therapy, to hypnotherapy and energy psychology strategies.

My Expertise

Expert in Managing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression

With years of experience, I help individuals understand and control their body’s response to stress, easing anxiety and improving emotional well-being.

Through personalized therapy, I guide you toward a calmer mind, helping you reframe negative thoughts and regain control of your life.

Gail J Weissert Hypnosis Maryland

My Approach

It’s pretty simple. We always try to come up with a direction to immediately begin to resolve your presenting problem. This involves careful, non-judgemental listening on my part. We identify the most salient underlying issues and begin to work on them, together, to achieve your most desired outcomes, so that you can feel better as quickly as possible. I choose from a variety of clinically approved strategies to do so. Self-determination, a value in my profession, is key. I will not change you, but I can definitely help you to grow and change, and in turn, the systems around you will change.

Getting Started is Easy

Contact Me

I will call you and we will book an initial consultation

Intake Form

I’ll send you an initial intake session to complete before our session

In Person or Telehealth Session

We will have our first counseling session together

*You were right about it, I stopped craving sugar after that one session…I have lost eighty pounds so far…*

One year after hypnosis for weight loss sessions

*We are both trying harder with each other now…we finally stopped that negativity.*

After couples counseling

*You  were the first one to really be on our side, and you offered helpful information.*

After Family Therapy

*Whew, what a trip, a very good trip…I have never felt so good, so relaxed, so at peace….I am very peaceful now…It all goes back to the trust…*

After Hypnosis session

*After I stopped coming, I had a very difficult spell at work.  I was able to stand my ground with my supervisor and keep my rights.  I could never have done that without having had sessions with you last summer.*

After working with Energy Psychology methods

*I am finally understanding why we had so much trouble communicating…I  have new understandings and tools I did not have before.*

Couples counseling session

I am so thankful for coming here during these difficult times. Just talking to you has made me realize that I am actually already doing everything I can possibly do in this situation.

Couples Therapy

I’m starting to realize the value of having added a therapist to my life over the past thirty days. I not only have a safe place where I can talk about things; I now realize your bring not only your education and researched knowledge, you also bring the experience of having worked with others in similar situations.

After Finishing Individual Therapy

Caring, compassionate, empathetic….having an un-biased sounding board is the best support. You are one of the best therapists I have seen for the past 22 years. The rest are just a haze.

Individual Therapy

Frequently Asked Questions

Do You Offer Telehealth Counseling?

Yes. I am now offering mental health counseling services via telehealth, which means over the phone (landline), cellphone, (including face-to-face), and also over a HIPAA approved, secure platform, which will work over computer or smartphone as well. Learn more here.

How Much Does A Session Cost?

Privately paying offers some benefits, such as that an insurance company or other entity is less likely to obtain access to any information about you. I charge the average rate, which is $195.00 for an initial intake assessment session, $135 per session thereafter for individuals, or $145 per session hour for couples.

I am empaneled with most insurance companies and with a number of Employee Assistance programs. Thus, what you will pay depends upon your situation. EAPs often pay for a very limited number of sessions, 1-6 typically, and there is no out of pocket cost to the client. If you use your health insurance, you may pay about $15.00 up to about $40.00 copayment for each session.

A few insurances do not have copays at all. You can find out how yours works by calling the number on the back of you insurance card under “Mental Health Benefits”, or under “Customer Care”.Your health insurance company’s website may also explain your benefits to you.

Hypnosis packages available on request

What Happens In The First Session?
We initiate the process of a comprehensive assessment of your problem, and as many possible biopsychosocial aspects as is feasible in the time available. We collaborate to come up with a general direction of what might be helpful to solve the presenting problem, including deciding if other outside resources might be helpful to you. Sometimes, the client is given some “homework” of specific strategies to begin to implement, even after session one. This could involve some readings, books, or internet resources.
How Many Sessions Are Necessary?
This varies from person to person, situation to situation. My goal is to aim for the least restrictive approach and for the simplest resolution.However, some situations take longer, some people need support for longer.

I always review with my client when they feel that they are doing better, or when they have reached their hoped-for objective. Sometimes, my clients opt to move forward on working on another issue or try out the use of some other modality.

What Happens If I Miss An Appointment?
Missed appointments are billed, as is standard local practice, at $75 per hour. If 24 hours notice is given, there is no charge.
How Will I Know If My Problem Is Resolved?
I like where possible to achieve mutual agreement to terminate sessions. I believe firmly in the principle of self-determination, so it is really the client’s decision, unless there is some outside requirement, such as a court order for counseling.