Demonica Tuggles, MD, LCSW-C, LICSW

Demonica Tuggles is a clinician based in Maryland with 8 years of professional experience supporting people through grief, stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, anger, and other life transitions. She emphasizes a collaborative, nonjudgmental approach that helps individuals identify the roots of their symptoms and develop practical coping strategies tailored to their circumstances.

Her practice draws on a range of evidence-informed methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Tuggles adapts these approaches to each client’s needs and focuses on areas such as motivation, self-esteem, confidence, and coping with grief and loss. Her background includes professional experience in child welfare and gerontology, which informs her work with clients across different stages of life.

She holds an MD and carries clinical social work credentials LCSW-C and LICSW - MD refers to a medical doctor, while LCSW-C and LICSW are clinical social work licenses. In addition, she earned a Masters Degree in Social Work from Howard University and has practiced as a clinically licensed social worker in the District of Columbia. Her areas of attention also include abandonment, attachment issues, chronic pain and illness, communication and control issues, domestic violence, fatherhood concerns, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, money and financial stress, and compassion fatigue.

Tuggles structures therapy as a personalized process, tailoring dialogue and treatment plans to align with each individual’s goals. Her style is professional yet approachable, centered on helping people move toward healing, greater self-understanding, and renewed resilience.