Adrianna “Nan” Bernardo-Freeman, LPCMH, NCC
Practicing Since: 2011 Nan is a bilingual therapist in English and Spanish, with training in Mindfulness-based Meditation, Attachment-Based Family Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Unified Protocol for Children and Adolescents, EMDR, and Family-Based Therapy. Using her skills, she treats…
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
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…
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…
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 Mueller, MSW, LCSW
Practicing Since: 2011 Amy was raised on the shoreline of Connecticut in a loving, large and boisterous Christian household that included her parents, 4 younger siblings and grandmother. Raised in the Lutheran Church, her family always put an emphasis on helping others and reaching out…
Amy Patrick, LCPC
Practicing Since: 2003 Amy brings together a solution-focused, family systems approach to the counseling room. This approach dynamically integrates Christian faith and psychological theories to come alongside clients in reaching their goals and developing strategies to lead more productive lives. Amy has an eclectic professional…
Amy Vile, LGPC
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, LMSW
Practicing Since: 2023 April aims to create a warm, accepting, welcoming, and supportive environment in which clients can explore ways to address struggles in both the short and long term. She genuinely enjoys getting to know clients deeply to better serve them and their individual…
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…
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 and uses faith-based principles…
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….
Brooke Aherne, LCPC
Practicing Since: 1995-1998, 2021 Brooke’s first priority when working with clients is creating a warm, inviting, and welcome space, a space where clients sense acceptance and comfort. A counseling relationship is like no other and can be daunting and uncertain at first. Brooke hopes to…
Cameron Harris-Swan, LGPC
Practicing Since: 2019 Cameron is passionate about helping people. He has been trained to provide clinical mental health counseling at the master’s degree level. His experience consists of providing individual, group and family counseling. Cameron believes that the mind is the driving force behind what…
Carolyn McDonald, LCSW-C
Practicing Since: 2003 Carolyn graduated from Bowie State University in 1997 and received her Masters of Social Work from University of Maryland at Baltimore in 2000. She has worked in the field of Christian counseling since that time. In addition, she worked in the field…
Carrie Bravinder, LPC
Practicing Since: 1998 Carrie believes a strong therapeutic relationship is essential to the counseling process. She wants her clients to feel safe, understood, and accepted as she works with them to achieve their goals. As a military spouse, Carrie understands firsthand the unique challenges military…
Charlene Briddell, LCPC, CAC-AD
Practicing Since: 2006 Charlene promotes holistic therapy by incorporating various positive approaches. She focuses on a patient-centered view and an Adlerian approach. Adlerian psychotherapy is a humanistic and goal-oriented therapy. It highlights the individual’s goals towards success, a connectedness with others and their contributions to…
