Abby Dunnigan, LMSW
Practicing Since: 2012 Abby works to cultivate an atmosphere and relationship that is fundamentally supportive and nonjudgmental. Using various modalities of treatment, her goal is to help clients increase self-awareness, identify and truly understand their motivations, utilize their strengths, and develop safer coping strategies. As…
Agnes Macharia, LCPC
Practicing Since: 2018 Do you feel sad or feel that you have no energy? Are you stuck in a cycle and challenged with identifying and overcoming obstacles? Agnes recognizes that many times one can feel overwhelmed, unheard, and unnoticed. Life can be stressful, causing internal emotional…
Aliya Mullins, LCPC, LCADC
Practicing Since: 2004 Aliya uses a strengths-based approach to help individuals recognize their strengths and abilities. She uses a blend of cognitive behavioral interventions to help individuals reframe perspectives and build self-confidence. Her treatment philosophy is that no issue is too great to overcome. Aliya…
Alyssa Hughley, MSW, Supervisee in Clinical Social Work
Practicing Since: 2016 Alyssa provides an open, safe, calming, and confidential environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear or judgment. She focuses on identifying the client’s strengths and empowering them to recognize their potential. Alyssa believes that mental health is the foundation…
Amanda Bolen, ATR-BC, LCPC
Practicing Since: 2005 Amanda is a registered and board-certified Art Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor. She uses a combination of traditional talk therapy as well as the creative process to help improve and enhance the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of her clients. Sessions…
Amber Shaffer, Master’s Level Clinical Intern
Practicing Since: 2022 Amber’s primary focus in therapy is to create a safe and non-judgmental space for her clients to share their experiences and emotions. She strives to establish a warm and empathetic atmosphere, where people can come to be heard, understood, and supported. Amber…
Amy Adams, LMSW
Practicing Since: 2010 Amy strives to provide a warm, open, and accepting atmosphere for her clients- empowering each person by guiding them to their strengths and helping them discover individualized tools to use for creating change and healing. She believes that mental health affects everything…
Amy Masser, LCPC
Practicing Since: 2013 Amy graduated in 2011 from Loyola University Maryland with an MS in Pastoral Counseling. Previously she had acquired her Licensed Practical Nurse status in 1987 and later graduated from Bowie State University in 2006 with a BS in Psychology. Amy enjoys counseling…
Amy Patrick, LCPC
Practicing Since: 2003 Amy brings together a solution-focused, family systems approach to the counseling room. This approach dynamically integrates spirituality and psychological theories to come alongside clients in reaching their goals and developing strategies to lead more productive lives. Amy has an eclectic professional background…
Amy Vile, Masters Level Clinical Intern
Practicing Since: 2022 Amy’s goal is to provide an environment of sincerity, openness, warmth, and trust. She has a particular interest in seeing people as individuals and is interested in personality inventories. She wants to partner with clients in self-discovery and self-confidence and prefers an…
Angela Bates, LCPC, NCC
Practicing Since: 2020 Angela’s counseling style is empathetic, mindful, and client-centered. She believes in treating everyone with respect and dignity but equally important, she prides herself on demonstrating compassion, genuineness, and empathy. Angela’s treatment approach is set on the foundation of building a therapeutic relationship…
Aparicio Cottrell Jr., MS, Resident in Counseling
Practicing Since:2016 Aparicio uses a solution-focused approach with clients. He seeks to allow his clients to tell him about who they are and likes to work together with his clients in order to help them achieve their treatment goals. Aparicio views the counseling process as…
April Grossman, Masters Level Clinical Intern
Practicing Since: 2023 April aims to create an accepting, welcoming, and supportive atmosphere where clients can explore ways to address struggles in both the short and long term. She focuses on a client-centered approach and tries to discover what methods work best for each individual….
Ashley Conzel, LCPC
Practicing Since: 2020 Ashley’s extensive experience in mental healthcare has equipped her to guide clients through identifying and achieving therapeutic goals as they are the experts on their lives. She provides unconditional, positive, regard and offers a non-judgmental space to process emotions. Trained in EMDR…
Ashley Grier, LCPC
Practicing Since: 2018 Ashley Grier is a licensed mental health therapist who discovered her passion for helping others during her teenage years. Ashley believes that a critical component to healing is that the core underlying issues are can be addressed within a safe environment of…
Ashlyn Bridgewater, Master’s Level Clinical Intern
Practicing Since: 2022 Ashlyn aims to cultivate a space of empowerment in therapy, where her clients have a safe space to express themselves without fear or judgement. She will help her clients utilize a strengths-based perspective; helping them grow in their personal, communal, and relational…
Ashton Gordon, Clinical Intern
Practicing Since: 2020 Ashton’s goal is to create a safe space, free of judgment and expectations, which welcomes curiosity and encourages openness, exploration, and growth. Clients that work with Ashton can benefit from some of the modalities that she is using which include Strengths-Perspective, Motivational…
Beatriz Portillo, MSW
Practicing Since: 2016 Beatriz approaches therapy from a practical and interactive way. She helps individuals build on their strengths to accomplish their personal goals both spiritually and mentally. Beatriz partners with her clients through the process of healing and personal growth. Having provided counseling and…
Ben Orlando, Resident in Counseling
Practicing Since:2021 Ben creates a safe space so that clients feel comfortable working through difficult issues. His primary modality is Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, which is an experiential therapy focusing on what is happening during the session. He helps clients notice what is going on,…
Benjamin Spearman, LCPC
Practicing Since: 2015 Ben’s focus is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) but he tends to be eclectic in his approach to therapeutic intervention. His passion is to see clients set free from negative emotional and cognitive patterns, allowing them to be the best versions of themselves….
