Live a life you love.
Therapy for Individuals, Groups, Couples, and Families
Serving Maryland, Washington, D.C and New York City Metropolitan Areas
Welcome To
The Counseling Center Group®
Therapy for a better life
The Counseling Center Group® is dedicated to helping you live a life you love. We are committed to providing relatively short-term therapy treatments designed to achieve positive, long-lasting results.
Our team of therapists use structured, evidence-based methods to help you reach realistic goals in the most efficient manner. We recognize that you need sensible strategies to achieve your desired outcomes, not years of open-ended therapy that simply validates your concerns. Each member of our team operates with that core value in mind and can work with you one-on-one or in group therapy in an environment that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion. We take pride in helping individuals, couples, and families make life-enhancing changes and transitions.
At the Counseling Center Group, we can help you discover your authentic self; understand the emotions, thoughts and actions that keep you stuck in place; and master the tools you need to live a fulfilling life.
Our Therapists
- Specialize in a chosen therapeutic approach
- Provide highly effective treatments backed by sound research
- Received the gold-standard in training and exceeded base requirements
- Continue to participate in advanced training and development programs
- Stay up to speed on cutting edge research and practices
- Seek out and provide the most innovative and pioneering treatments
- Aim to provide relatively short-term treatments when possible
Supporting Staff
Leah Sugarman
Caroline Gorman
Keelie Hotchkiss
Emily Cerwonka
Maryam Hasan
Kristina Ward
Catherine Turner
Our Therapy Specialties and Services:
The Counseling Center Group® is a practice dedicated to providing professional counseling therapy services. Our skilled therapists bring many years of experience from a wide variety of specialty areas. It is our philosophy that many clients can benefit from specific tools and then use those tools in their everyday life. Therefore, we do our best to empower you to live your life without the need for prolonged therapy.
Individual Therapy
Couples Therapy
Group Therapy
Accelerated Resolution Therapy
The process is shorter than traditional therapy and is very effective in resolving trauma. The therapist guides the client through a series of eye movements that help to release the emotional impact of the trauma. The therapist also helps the client to reframe the event so that it no longer has the same emotional charge.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT-C)
Eye Movement Desensitize/Reprocess Therapy (EMDR)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE)
In DBT-PE, clients initially work with the therapist to establish safety and gain the skills needed to cope with addressing trauma. While continuing in all modes of standard DBT, DBT-PE then addresses memories and beliefs related to the client’s trauma history.
Parent Child Interaction (PCIT) Therapy
Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) Therapy
Gottman Method Couples Therapy
The Gottman Method is a form of couples therapy that was developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman based on over 40 years of research on what makes relationships work. It focuses on emotionally supportive communication and understanding each partner’s needs in order to foster a healthy relationship.
Imago Relationship Therapy (IRT) Therapy
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Therapy
Emotional Fitness Program (EFP) Therapy
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
ART draws from several existing therapeutic approaches in order to reprogram how our brain stores upsetting memories or images to reduce the severity of distressing reactions. It combines elements of traditional talk therapy with creative activities to help us process difficult experiences and learn healthier coping skills. ART focuses on the connection between our thoughts, feelings, behavior, and body sensations.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Therapy
Our Mission
Together, we will look at feelings, thoughts, sensations, and behaviors as vehicles to affirmative change
The Counseling Center Group® (CCG) is dedicated to providing relatively short-term treatment to our clients to enable them to make significant, long-lasting change. We utilize treatments that are highly effective to enable our clients to work towards their ultimate goals (what they most want in their lives) quickly and effectively. We do what works…as supported by research.
We were extremely selective in curating our team of therapists, each of whom excels in their chosen therapeutic approach and shares a commitment to providing clients with the tools they need to live the life they want. The treatments we provide are all backed by research and designed to be efficient so that clients need not make a prolonged commitment therapy in order to thrive.
