Onika Walker, LMSW

Licensed Master of Social Work

I am a clinician at our Silver Spring, MD clinic who provides therapy services!

I work especially well with adults and couples navigating anxiety, trauma-related patterns, grief and loss, relationship conflict, emotional reactivity, shame, low self-worth, overthinking, withdrawal, people-pleasing, fear of abandonment, or difficulty feeling secure in close relationships. I am often a good fit for people who want to understand why a pattern keeps repeating, not just find a quick way to manage it.

I offer a warm, direct, and conversational space where you do not have to have everything figured out. I draw from attachment-based, psychodynamic, parts-informed, somatic, and emotionally focused approaches, including ideas from Coherence Therapy, to help clients better understand the patterns that keep repeating.

Therapy with me is about more than simply managing symptoms. Together, we slow down what is happening beneath the surface, make room for what has been hard to name or carry, and work toward greater emotional clarity, self-trust, steadiness, and more secure connection with yourself and others.

Please note that when communicating with our intake team over the phone, all calls will start in English. Translation services will be offered once you connect with a member of our intake team.