Dr. Lynn Grattan

Dr. Lynn Grattan is a psychologist with 35 years of experience based in Maryland. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, low self-esteem, and big life changes. She also works with concerns such as caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, and intellectual disability-related challenges.

Her style is practical and person-focused. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and tailors sessions to what the person needs most. Typical sessions involve talking through current problems, building coping strategies, and practicing skills that can be used between meetings.

Dr. Grattan often blends several approaches to match the situation. She commonly uses cognitive-behavioral methods to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also draws on client-centered and problem-solving work to support decision making and everyday coping.

People meet her for help after medical events such as traumatic brain injury or post-concussion symptoms, and for long-term mood or attention concerns like ADHD and depression. She also supports those handling loss, role changes, and the stress that comes with caregiving or major life transitions.

Sessions are collaborative and focused on clear goals. Dr. Grattan aims to strengthen skills, clarify priorities, and help people make steady progress toward the life and work they want. She welcomes questions about how therapy can fit into a person’s routine.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Dr. Grattan uses evidence-based techniques that are easy to explain and apply in online therapy. Cognitive-behavioral methods focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; they help with anxiety, depression, and attention challenges by offering concrete exercises and step-by-step plans. Client-centered work emphasizes listening, validation, and building goals that matter to the person; this approach supports motivation, self-esteem, and decisions about life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about needs, goals, and preferences, and then try methods that fit. Sessions are collaborative, and approaches can be adjusted over time if one way of working is not helping enough.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into daily life by removing travel time and allowing meetings during breaks or from remote locations. It can also offer shorter check-ins when a brief review is needed, or regular weekly sessions for steady progress. Ask about the available session formats when you schedule to learn what will suit your routine best.