Edward Schultze, MD, LCPC, LPC

Edward Schultze is a licensed counselor who practices in Maryland and Delaware and brings long experience addressing abuse, trauma, and a broad range of personal problems and mental illnesses. After spending 35 years working in a special education school with adolescents and their families, he transitioned to private practice nearly ten years ago and now focuses on one-on-one work with adults across the lifespan.

He is known for an easy-going, supportive, informal, practical, and nonjudgmental manner. He expresses considerable respect for anyone who chooses to pause and address issues that affect quality of life, recognizing the courage, openness, and hopefulness that such a step requires.

Clinically, he draws on multiple approaches while emphasizing a collaborative therapeutic relationship. He is psychodynamically oriented but also prioritizes immediate needs, often working to change behaviors and thinking patterns in the here and now when that is most helpful. He operates from a hopeful stance about the possibility of change and encourages clients to believe that shifts in behavior and thought are attainable.

During the recent pandemic he adopted remote methods for providing therapy and found them both practical and effective, a development that contributed to his decision to join Better Help. He invites questions and is open to discussing concerns and goals in detail.

His listed credentials include MD, indicating a medical doctor, and the counseling credentials LCPC and LPC, which denote licensed professional counselor qualifications.