Amy Kestelman, LCSW-C

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Amy Kestelman, LCSW-C

Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical

✓ In-Office: Timonium, MD
✓ Virtual Visits

Psychotherapy

Ages Served

      • Adults (18+)
      • Older Adults (65+)

 

Insurances Accepted

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Cigna

To confirm your coverage rates, please call us at 240-750-6467.

About Me

    My name is Amy Kestelman (she/her) and I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I have a genuine curiosity about the human experience and it’s been an honor to have people share their stories with me over my 15 years working in clinical settings. I like to utilize humor and creativity in our work together. I provide a compassionate, supportive, non-judgmental space, and am affirming of peoples’ diverse life experiences.

    I firmly believe in a strengths-based approach while incorporating interventions from several theoretical models to meet your needs. I will help you to reframe how you view yourself and remind you of your strengths.

    My areas of interest include: working with adults with chronic health conditions, grief and loss, caregivers throughout the lifespan, adjustment/life transitions, reproductive health.

    Modalities

    • Acceptance & Commitment (ACT)
    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
    • Narrative Therapy

    Approaches

    • Emotionally Focused
    • Person-Centered

    Areas of Expertise

    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
    • Depressive Disorders
    • Grief / Loss
    • Life Transitions
    • Perinatal / Postpartum
    • Women Issues

    Special Experience Working With

    • BIPOC Communities
    • Chronic Illness / Terminal Illness Clients
    • Heterosexual / Straight
    • LGBTQ+
    We accept many major insurances.
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    Becca Hofrichter, LCSW-C

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    Becca Hofrichter, LCSW-C

    Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical

    ✓ Virtual Visits

    Psychotherapy

    Ages Served

        • Adolescents (13-18)
        • Adults (18+)
        • Older Adults (65+)

     

    Insurances Accepted

    • Aetna
    • Blue Cross Blue Shield
    • Cigna
    • United Healthcare

    To confirm your coverage rates, please call us at 240-750-6467.

    About Me

      I am a Queer-identified, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and I use she/her or they/them pronouns. I practice an intersectional, non-condemning, strengths-based approach to therapy, and believe it is necessary for the therapeutic space we create to be a collaborative experience in order to build brave spaces and identify your most affirming supports. I work with individuals ages 12-60, and couples. My areas of expertise include supporting adolescents and adults around depression, anxiety, gender identity, sexuality, reproductive health, coping with trauma experiences, self-harm, body acceptance work, and reducing stigma around mental health experiences.

      I strive to be authentic, accepting, and empathetic in the therapeutic relationship and believe it is a partnership, recognizing that you are the expert on your experience. I hope to create a space where we can focus on the ways you have survived and coped through your experiences and explore ways to build off those existing coping tools to serve you better in the present. Our time together will be centered on identifying your current concerns and exploring possibilities for change and growth at your own pace.

      Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my pets, being outdoors, discovering new things, trying new creative projects and writing.

      I graduated from Loyola University of Chicago with a Master’s degree in Social Work. In Chicago, I worked with young adults and adolescents in community program settings providing supportive services including crisis intervention and therapeutic interventions and worked with folks of all ages in a group practice setting. I relocated to Baltimore, Maryland in July 2019 and have been supporting youth in residential placement prior to joining GBCC Counseling Centers.

      Modalities

      • Acceptance & Commitment (ACT)
      • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
      • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
      • Emotion-Focused Therapy
      • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
      • Narrative Therapy

      Approaches

      • Emotionally Focused
      • Person-Centered

      Areas of Expertise

      • Anxiety Disorders
      • Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
      • Autism Spectrum Disorder
      • Bipolar and Related Mood Disorders
      • Depressive Disorders
      • Grief / Loss
      • Life Transitions
      • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
      • Personality Disorders
      • PTSD / Complex Trauma
      • Women Issues

      Special Experience Working With

      • BIPOC Communities
      • LGBTQ+
      • Survivors of Trauma
      We accept many major insurances.
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      Chelsea Hart, LCSW-C

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      Chelsea Hart, LCSW-C

      Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical

      ✓ In-Office: Reston, VA
      ✓ In-Office: Odenton, MD
      ✓ Virtual Visits

      Psychotherapy

      Ages Served

          • Adults (18+)
          • Older Adults (65+)

       

      Insurances Accepted

      • Aetna
      • Blue Cross Blue Shield
      • Cigna
      • United Healthcare

      To confirm your coverage rates, please call us at 240-750-6467.

      About Me

        The difficulties we face in life can bring out the strongest and weakest parts of ourselves to the point of unrecognition. My primary and most important goal is creating what every person needs- a safe, stable, and rewarding relationship. My style is non-judgemental, open, approachable (and at times humorous). My clients will not find a stale or sterile clinical experience like on tv. I draw from a number of modalities including relational, emotion-focused, cognitive behavioral, solution focused, and dialectical behavioral. I treat a wide variety of issues ranging from major life transitions, self-esteem issues, boundary work, generalized anxiety, depression, relationship/marital issues, attachment work and childhood healing. My speciality is assisting clients in creating healthier and happier relationships with themselves and others around them.

        I am a LCSW-C, receiving my Masters in Social Work from The University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore, Maryland. I received my Bachelors in Counseling and Human Services from The University of Scranton. I have worked with clients ages 8-80 in outpatient mental health clinics, schools and hospital settings. I now see clients ages 21-65 and older adolescents on a case-by-case basis.

        Modalities

        • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
        • EMDR
        • Emotion-Focused Therapy
        • Internal Family Systems (IFS) / Parts Work Informed
        • Narrative Therapy
        • Psychodynamic Therapy (PDT)

        Approaches

        • Emotionally Focused
        • Person-Centered

        Areas of Expertise

        • Anxiety Disorders
        • Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
        • Depressive Disorders
        • Emotional Abuse
        • Grief / Loss
        • Infidelity
        • Life Transitions
        • PTSD / Complex Trauma
        • Relationship Issues
        • Women Issues

        Special Experience Working With

        • Heterosexual / Straight
        • Survivors of Trauma
        We accept many major insurances.
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        Casey Flynn, MS, LCPC

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        Casey Flynn, MS, LCPC

        Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

        In-Office: Cockeysville, MD
        ✓ Virtual Visits

        Psychotherapy

        Ages Served

            • Adolescents (13-18)
            • Adults (18+)
            • Older Adults (65+)

         

        Insurances Accepted

        • Blue Cross Blue Shield
        • Cigna

        To confirm your coverage rates, please call us at 240-750-6467.

        About Me

          Specializing in working with adults, my focus is on helping individuals manage symptoms of anxiety and trauma. During the initial sessions, a collaborative approach is used to develop personalized treatment plans that align with each client’s unique needs. A warm and compassionate environment is provided to ensure openness and vulnerability, allowing clients to feel supported. Using a blend of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Narrative Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, the goal is to empower clients to make lasting changes.

          CBT helps to explore the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, while Narrative Therapy offers the opportunity to reshape personal stories and reclaim agency. These approaches, combined with IFS and other somatic trauma therapy modalities, encourage self-awareness, emotional regulation, and personal growth.

          The therapeutic space is designed to be nonjudgmental and supportive, encouraging exploration of individual needs. I can help you learn how to identify and experience your full range of emotions and foster resilience through nervous system regulation, with the aim of enhancing self-worth and promoting meaningful change.

          Modalities

          • Acceptance & Commitment (ACT)
          • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
          • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
          • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
          • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
          • Narrative Therapy

          Approaches

          • Emotionally Focused
          • Person-Centered

          Areas of Expertise

          • Anxiety Disorders
          • Grief / Loss
          • Intimate Partner Violence
          • Life Transitions
          • PTSD / Complex Trauma
          • Women Issues

          Special Experience Working With

          • Survivors of Trauma
          We accept many major insurances.
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          Gabrielle Crooks, LCPC

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          Gabrielle “Gabby” Crooks, LCPC

          Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

          In-Office: Odenton, MD
          ✓ Virtual Visits

          Psychotherapy

          Ages Served

              • Children (10-12)
              • Adolescents (ages 13-18)
              • Adults (ages 18+)
              • Older Adults (65+)

           

          Insurances Accepted

          • Blue Cross Blue Shield
          • Cigna

          To confirm your coverage rates, please call us at 240-750-6467.

          About Me

            I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who works with children and individuals. I apply a person-centered approach aimed at providing empathy and understanding first and foremost during therapy. As a therapist, I think that context and culture are exceptionally important when it comes to diagnosing and proceeding through therapy. There is a place for each theory and approach and as such I will work with the client to find what works best for them. I have incorporated psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, emotion focused, and reality-based models when working with clients. My areas of interest include working with clients through family/couple dysfunction, depression, trauma processing, managing life changes, and anxiety.

            I graduated from Wright State University with a Master of Science in Clinician Mental Health Counseling and a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Transylvania University. Previously I worked in community mental health in Ohio where I also worked at a domestic violence shelter while I finished my education.

            Modalities

            • Acceptance & Commitment (ACT)
            • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
            • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
            • Emotion-Focused Therapy
            • Interpersonal Therapy
            • Narrative Therapy
            • Person-Centered Models
            • Play Therapy
            • Psychodynamic Therapy (PDT)

            Approaches

            • Person-Centered

            Areas of Expertise

            • Anxiety Disorders
            • Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
            • Autism Spectrum Disorder
            • Bipolar and Related Mood Disorders
            • Depressive Disorders
            • First Responders Care
            • Grief / Loss
            • Intimate Partner Violence
            • Life Transitions
            • Men Issues
            • PTSD / Complex Trauma
            • Women Issues

            Special Experience Working With

            • BIPOC Communities
            • First Responder Clients
            • Heterosexual / Straight
            • Immigrant / Refugee
            • Individuals with Disabilities
            • LGBTQ+
            • Survivors of Trauma
            • Veterans
            We accept many major insurances.
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