Robert Scuka, Robert F Scuka

I am a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland and I specialize in helping people with relationship issues and am devoted to helping people develop deeply satisfying and fulfilling intimate and family relationships.

I always seek to bring a passionate engagement to my work with individuals, couples and families. I take a holistic approach that simultaneously considers the uniqueness of each individual and the relationship context within which each person is living his or her life.

As a certified Relationship Enhancement® Couple Therapist, I seek to create a safe therapeutic atmosphere and structured dialogue process within which individuals, couples and families can do the important work of self-exploration and mutual exploration of their primary relationships in order to enhance mutual understanding. I help people learn practical communication, collaborative problem solving and conflict management skills that enable them to create a deeper sense of connection, satisfaction and fulfillment so that they can have the kind of relationship they are longing to have.

I am especially committed to helping couples preserve their primary intimate relationship in the face of challenging life circumstances and relationship issues. I have helped couples in crisis come back from the brink of divorce, I have helped couples recover from the trauma of infidelity, and I have helped couples navigate the process of grief over a lost family member.

I also do a considerable amount of intergenerational therapy to help parents and their adult children unravel problematic familial dynamics and heal from strained or estranged relationships.

I have a doctorate in Religious Studies from Southern Methodist University and taught philosophy and religion for nine years. That experience, as well as my own spiritual journey, helps inform my clinical work with people's spiritual struggles and values as well as the challenges they experience in their interpersonal relationships. I have worked with many inter-religious couples to help them work through the challenges of coming from different faith traditions.