Joanne Bagshaw & Associates

04/21/2026

Here's my latest PT Blog:

Why Some Young Women Are Quitting Birth Control: How misinformation and expectations can shape experiences with contraceptives.

False information on social media about contraception and expectations about side effects can lead some young women to stop using contraception.

01/12/2026

My latest PT blog:

Children who don't receive the emotional support, nurturing, and validation they need may experience difficulties with emotion regulation and boundaries later in adult relationships. Individual therapy is helpful, but so is couples therapy; it interrupts problematic patterns of relating and provides a corrective emotional experience where people learn to be themselves and remain connected.

Childhood emotional neglect can fracture identity and affect adult relationships. Learn how relational therapy helps repair the self.

11/17/2025

My recent Psychology Today blog:

"Higher rates of ADHD in adoptees are not the result of a single cause but rather the intersection of genetic predisposition, prenatal maternal stress, early life adversity, age, timing of adoption, and post-adoption environmental conditions."

Adoptees’ higher ADHD rates reflect genetic, prenatal, and social factors, highlighting the need for trauma-informed, adoption-competent care and systemic equity.

08/20/2025

Eligible for 2 AASECT & NBCC CEUs 
Live Online September 25, 2025 
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT
$60
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Please join Atar Stav, LCPC, NCC, who will share her expertise in blending trauma therapy with s*x and couples counseling. You’ll learn practical tools, somatic techniques, and relational frameworks to address intimacy challenges rooted in trauma, helping clients reconnect with themselves and their partners. Participants will also learn about common reactions trauma survivors may have to s*xual intimacy in couples, as well as communication tools each partner can use to foster safety and trust in their relationship. Whether you work primarily with couples, individuals, or trauma survivors, this training will give you the skills to integrate healing and intimacy work in a way that’s safe, effective, and transformative.



*xtherapy

09/19/2024

Joanne Bagshaw & Associates is looking for a fully licensed therapist or an LGPC (Maryland only) to join our established and growing group practice. This position is a hybrid position. We need someone willing and able to see clients in our Kentlands, Gaithersburg office at least one day a week.

Joanne Bagshaw & Associates is fee-for-service s*x and relationship therapy practice. We offer systemic s*x therapy for individuals and couples with a specialty in treating s*xual dysfunction and trauma. We are primarily telehealth but also have an office space on Main Street in the Kentlands, Gaithersburg.

The ideal candidate will have experience treating anxiety, depression, adjustment, and family-of-origin issues and has training in trauma therapy and any couples modality. You will be working with couples integrating s*x and couple therapy, individual clients with s*xual dysfunction, and individuals and couples who have s*xual dysfunction and complex trauma.

And, If you are a new or experienced therapist with training in reproductive mental health, such as infertility or pregnancy and postpartum, and/or training in eating disorders and are interested in also learning s*x therapy, we would love for you to join us!

We provide on-the-job training and consultation in s*x therapy and trauma therapy.

Please see link in bio for more information.

09/03/2024

My recent PT Blog on Gendered Racism in Reproductive Healthcare was marked an essential read by the editors.

Recent research reveals a hidden struggle for middle-class Black women.

08/12/2022

I’m featured in this article on the effect of abortion bans on mental health

In addition to the physical risks, experts anticipate a myriad of mental health ramifications stemming from the loss of abortion access and the associated economic and occupational repercussions.