Beth McDonald, MA, LGPC

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Beth McDonald, MA, LGPC

Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor

✓ In-Office: Cockeysville, MD
✓ Virtual Visits

Psychotherapy

  • Couples Therapy
  • Family Therapy
  • Individual Therapy

Ages Served

      • 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

    Before becoming a therapist, I spent fourteen years as a middle school English teacher, where I also provided academic coaching and mentored adults in a variety of settings. That experience deepened my passion for walking alongside others as they grow through life’s challenges and transitions. Today, I work with individuals, couples, and families, combining my clinical training with real-world experience to offer meaningful, practical support.

    I specialize in helping clients navigate relationship struggles, anxiety, grief, life transitions, and spiritual concerns. I approach therapy through an attachment-based lens and draw from emotionally focused therapy (EFT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness practices, and client-centered work. This integrative approach allows me to tailor sessions to your unique needs.

    In our work together, you (and your partner, if applicable) can expect to gain practical tools to apply in everyday life – tools designed to reduce anxiety and depression, increase emotional insight, and strengthen your connection with yourself and those around you. My goal is to create a safe, collaborative space where you feel seen, heard, and truly understood. We’ll focus both on addressing immediate concerns and fostering deeper, long-term emotional growth.

    I hold a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Regent University and a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from Wheaton College. I truly believe that every person deserves a space where they can explore and rewrite their story with honesty, support, and hope. I’d be honored to partner with you on that journey.

    Modalities

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
    • Emotion-Focused Therapy
    • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
    • Narrative Therapy
    • Somatic Therapy

    Approaches

    • Person-Centered
    • Emotion-Based

    Special Experience Working With

    • Chronic Illness / Terminal Illness Clients
    • Faith-based Clients
    • Heterosexual / Straight
    • LGBTQ+
    • Survivors of Trauma

    Areas of Expertise

    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
    • Depressive Disorders
    • Grief / Loss
    • Life Transitions
    • Men Issues
    • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
    • Perinatal / Postpartum
    • Women Issues
    We accept many major insurances.
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    Kathleen Mahar, Ph.D., LCSW

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    Kathleen Mahar, Ph.D., LCSW-C

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker

    ✓ Virtual Visits

    Psychotherapy

    • Assessment/Evaluations
    • Family Therapy
    • Group Therapy
    • Individual Therapy
    • Rapid Access Care

    Ages Served

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

    Insurances Accepted

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

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

    About Me

      I am a licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years of experience. I have earned both a master’s degree (MSW) and a PhD in social work. I have had the opportunity to work with various populations to include working in child welfare, health care, oncology, and military settings. I have specialized in treating active-duty military members from all services, veterans, other first responders, and their families for the last 10 years. I have also volunteered with military members and their families for additional years as a military spouse. In my practice, I have treated individuals who have experienced multiple forms of trauma, often facing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I also have expertise in the treatment of depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, bi-polar disorder, insomnia, chronic health problems, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, and life transitions, among others.

      I use an integrative approach in the treatment of individuals, to include the use of cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, emotionally focused therapy (EFT), interpersonal therapy, grief counseling, and crisis intervention. My priority is for clients to feel safe, comfortable, and free from judgment during their treatment. I treat individuals with genuineness and empathetic understanding with a commitment to assist clients in the development of a sense of well-being.

      Modalities

      • Acceptance & Commitment (ACT)
      • Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
      • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
      • Cognitive Processing Therapy
      • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
      • EMDR
      • Emotion-Focused Therapy
      • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
      • Exposure Response Therapy
      • Narrative Therapy
      • Prolonged Exposure Therapy
      • Psychodynamic Therapy (PDT)
      • Somatic Therapy

      Approaches

      • Person-Centered

      Special Experience Working With

      • Active Duty Military
      • BIPOC Communities
      • Cancer Patients
      • Chronic Illness / Terminal Illness Clients
      • End of Life Support
      • Faith-based Clients
      • First Responder Clients
      • Heterosexual / Straight
      • Immigrant / Refugee
      • Individuals with Disabilities
      • LGBTQ+
      • Survivors of Trauma
      • Veterans

      Areas of Expertise

      • Anxiety Disorders
      • Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder
      • Autism Spectrum Disorder
      • Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
      • Bipolar and Related Mood Disorders
      • Court-Ordered Cases
      • Depressive Disorders
      • First Responders Care
      • Grief / Loss
      • Health Psychology / Medical Psychology
      • Insomnia or Sleep Related Disorders
      • Intimate Partner Violence
      • Learning Differences
      • Life Transitions
      • Men Issues
      • Nutrition
      • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
      • Perinatal / Postpartum
      • Personality Disorders
      • PTSD / Complex Trauma
      • Substance Use / Addiction
      • Women Issues
      We accept many major insurances.
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      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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