# Online Therapy > Same therapist, same methods, same confidentiality, minus the commute, the waiting room and the excuse. Online therapy is the version of care that actually survives a busy life. **Source:** https://www.uniquembhs.com/therapy-services/online-therapy **Practice:** Unique Minds Behavioral Health Services, LLC. Baltimore, MD: 6810 Park Heights Ave, Suite C6, Baltimore, MD 21215 · Washington, DC: 1402 North Capitol St NW, #1, Washington, DC 20002 · Delaware, OH: 1 W Winter St, Suite 211, Delaware, OH 43015 **Phone:** (443) 538-8400 **Clinically reviewed by:** Dr. Ophilia Mbah, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC **Last reviewed:** 2026-08-11 ## Quick answer Online therapy at Unique Minds is real treatment by secure video: the same licensed providers, evidence-based methods and confidentiality as office visits, delivered wherever in Maryland or Washington, D.C. you happen to be. It suits busy schedules, mobility limits, anxiety about waiting rooms, and every week when the drive would have cancelled the session. ## Real therapy, differently located Telehealth is not therapy-lite. The session structure, the methods ([CBT](/therapy-services/cognitive-behavioral-therapy) worksheets and all), the confidentiality and the clinical standards are identical to the office; the change is the room, and sometimes the change of room helps. Plenty of people say hard things sooner from their own sofa. Our providers are licensed in both Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Ohio, so care follows you across that particular border without missing a week. ## How to set up a session that actually works Small things make a disproportionate difference to a video hour. - **Somewhere private, for the whole hour.** This is the one genuine constraint. Patients get inventive (a parked car, an office after hours, a walk with headphones) and any of those beats a kitchen where someone might wander through. - **Headphones.** They improve your privacy and the audio at once, and they make it far easier to stay in the conversation. - **Camera at eye level**, with light in front of you rather than behind. A window at your back turns you into a silhouette, and faces carry a lot of what a therapist is reading. - **Notifications off**, other tabs closed. The session competes with a device designed to interrupt. - **Join a couple of minutes early**, so a microphone permission dialog does not consume the first five minutes of your hour. - **Have a fallback agreed**, usually a phone call, so a dropped connection is an inconvenience rather than a lost session. Two things worth saying out loud to your provider: if you are somewhere you cannot speak freely, and if the screen is making something harder. Both are workable, and neither is obvious from the other side of a camera. ## What it unlocks, practically For our patients the honest advantage is arithmetic: sessions that happen. The Eastern Shore patient who will not drive hours each way; the parent whose childcare window is exactly one hour; the ADHD patient for whom the barrier was always the leaving, not the talking; the anxious patient for whom the waiting room was the worst part. Across a course of therapy, attendance is the strongest predictor there is, and video is an attendance technology. It also pairs naturally with the rest of the practice: [medication follow-ups](/psychiatry-practices/medication-management) run by video for most patients, and mixing formats (office when you want it, video when the week demands it) is normal here, not an exception to request. ## Starting Book the same way as any appointment, online or by phone, and say you would like video. The confirmation includes the joining link and the two-minute setup. If the first session teaches you that you would rather be in a room, Baltimore and Washington are both holding one for you. ## Who this is for - Schedules where a commute cancels more sessions than illness ever would. - Living far from either office: the Eastern Shore, western Maryland, anywhere in between. - Anxiety, energy or mobility that makes leaving home the hardest step. - Parents and caregivers who cannot leave the house unattended. - Wanting therapy in your own space, where some things are easier to say. - Keeping care continuous through travel, moves and messy seasons. - Wanting frequent early follow-ups without frequent early commutes. ## Conditions it helps with - [Anxiety Disorders](https://www.uniquembhs.com/anxiety-disorders-treatments) - [Depression](https://www.uniquembhs.com/depression-treatment) - [Insomnia](https://www.uniquembhs.com/insomnia-treatment) - [ADHD](https://www.uniquembhs.com/adhd-treatment) ## Frequently asked questions ### Is online therapy actually private and secure? Sessions run over secure, healthcare-grade video, not consumer apps, and the same confidentiality rules as office visits apply. Your half of privacy is a room where you can speak freely; patients get inventive here, and parked cars, offices after hours and headphones on a walk all have precedents. ### What do I need for it to work? A phone, tablet or computer with a camera; a reasonable connection; and somewhere private for the hour. That is genuinely all. If a session drops mid-call, your provider reconnects or phones you: technology hiccups are a normal part of telehealth, not a crisis. ### Are there things online therapy can't do? A few. Some situations, assessments and medication types need an in-person visit, and severe crises need faster resources than any scheduled session (call or text 988 in a crisis). Your provider tells you plainly when in-person matters for you; for everything else, our offices remain available whenever you want a room instead of a screen. ### Does online therapy work as well as meeting in person? For most common conditions the research is reassuring: video-delivered therapy performs comparably to in-person work for anxiety, depression and several other presentations, particularly with structured methods such as CBT that translate cleanly to a screen. The bigger practical factor is attendance. A session that happens by video beats an in-person session that the commute cancelled. ### Can I have online therapy if I am outside Maryland or D.C. that day? Ask before you travel, because the rule is about where you are sitting, not where we are. Clinicians are licensed by state, and telehealth is generally governed by the patient's location at the time of the session. Our providers cover Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Ohio. If you will be elsewhere (a holiday, a move, a semester away) tell your provider in advance so the schedule can be planned rather than interrupted. ## Sources - Psychotherapies. National Institute of Mental Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/psychotherapies ## Related pages - [Individual Therapy](https://www.uniquembhs.com/therapy-services/individual-therapy) - [Cognitive Behavioral Therapy](https://www.uniquembhs.com/therapy-services/cognitive-behavioral-therapy) - [Medication Management](https://www.uniquembhs.com/psychiatry-practices/medication-management) --- This page is general health information, not medical advice. In a crisis, call or text 988 (988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) any hour, or call 911 in an emergency.