Urban Trauma Counseling Center

10/02/2025

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO ZOOM!!!!

USE THIS LINK TO JOIN: https://zoom.us/j/8493553310?pwd=VEk3QkY4Sk5HR1BZbnBka1ZVREVXZz09

UPDATE!!! THIS WILL BE A ZOOM EVENT! USE THIS LINK TO JOIN: https://zoom.us/j/8493553310?pwd=VEk3QkY4Sk5HR1BZbnBka1ZVREVXZz09

Join us for a Facebook Live Event to kick-off our Embracing the Change Series. First Topic is MENOPAUSE RAGE!!!!! Hope to see you there.

09/26/2025

As we lead up to our live Perimenopause event, here is something to make you chuckle 😃

09/25/2025

UPDATE!!! THIS WILL BE A ZOOM EVENT! USE THIS LINK TO JOIN: https://zoom.us/j/8493553310?pwd=VEk3QkY4Sk5HR1BZbnBka1ZVREVXZz09

Join us for a Facebook Live Event to kick-off our Embracing the Change Series. First Topic is MENOPAUSE RAGE!!!!! Hope to see you there.

08/20/2025

We now have evening IOP hours! No more choosing between day-shift and attending treatment! Plus you may attend via Zoom!!!!

07/22/2025

New Group Alert: Thriving in Menopause!!!

Ready to reclaim your power and embrace this new chapter with confidence and community?

TEXT US AT: 410-844-0770 to Register!!!!

Our 5-week group, Thriving in Menopause Is Your Superpower!, kicks off this Monday (tonight) from 6–7 PM, and there’s still time to register.

This supportive, fun, and educational group is designed for women to:

Understand the menopause journey

Explore its effects on the body and mind

Discover empowering strategies to manage symptoms

Share and connect in a safe space with others

Let’s talk, laugh, and thrive—together. Spots are filling quickly, so don’t miss out!

07/11/2025

Sadly, yesterday in West Baltimore, there was a mass overdose event, and 25 people were hospitalized.

Here is a message from Maryland's Opioid Response Team:
If you or someone you know needs narcan or other help, currently in Penn North, the Baltimore City Health Department and Mayor’s Office of Opioid Response have tables set up across from the library (1530 W. North Street).

Also here is the list of Maryland Overdose Response Programs to get free Narcan
https://health.maryland.gov/pha/NALOXONE/Documents/Maryland-ORPs.pdf

If you are looking to start your journey to mental wellness and / or recovery from Substance Use Disorder, we are here to help.

Call or text us at 410-844-0770.

06/16/2025

🧠💙 June is PTSD Awareness Month 💙🧠

At Urban Trauma Counseling Center, we recognize that trauma doesn’t have one face, one story, or one path to healing.

PTSD—Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder—can develop after exposure to a deeply distressing event. For many in our communities, especially Black and Brown individuals, PTSD is not always tied to a single moment, but to ongoing experiences of violence, systemic oppression, and generational trauma.

✨ That’s why trauma-informed care is at the heart of everything we do.
We don’t ask: “What’s wrong with you?”
We ask: “What happened to you—and how can we support your healing?”

This month, we honor the strength it takes to survive, speak out, and seek support. Healing is possible—and you don’t have to do it alone.

📍 Therapy.
📍 Medication
📍 Safe spaces to be seen and understood.

Let’s break the stigma. Let’s center compassion. Let’s make healing accessible. 🖤

 Ready to start your healing journey?
You can reach out to us in the way that feels best for you:
📲 Text us at 410-844-0770
📞 Call us at 410-844-0770
📧 Email us at info@urbantraumacounseling.com
🌐 Or visit our website: www.urbantraumacounseling.com

04/11/2025

Are you with a narcissist?

10/31/2024

Good morning

Free rides to the poll to vote. Don't have a ride? No worries uber will pick up up and bring you back!!!!

https://www.uber.com/newsroom/vote-2024/

10/24/2024

Ladies you don't need a man to define you. You decide how you feel and what you believe about you!!!!

10/21/2024

Some people see me where I am now. They ask why I work so hard?

And then there are those who have watched me as a single mother raise these kids when I had a high school diploma, suffering from untreated and undiagnosed PTSD, complicated grief, low self-esteem; and still resilient enough to raise these babies in love, take them on vacations, put them in girl scouts, swimming, ballet, private school all while pursuing a bachelor's degree and working for the State of Maryland making a starting salary of $23,000 per year. I'll tell that story on another day.

This photo is a photo representation of why I work so hard. I remember those emotions, the struggle and what I was trying to overcome. I work hard and I'm never done because I have always wanted both me and my children as far away from this feeling as I could take us. I didn't wait to be saved I knew I had to save myself ( Trauma Response disguised as Resillience). Mental Health didn't matter for those who looked like me back then.

The photo below was a good day. I had successfully paid all my deposits and saved up spending money to take me and my children on a bus trip for a week long vacation to Myrtle Beach!

The person who invited me on the trip was a friend I met at work ( that State Job). Don't think you're at work just to make money, you might be there to learn something, help someone or meet someone that will help you. I had all three experiences at that State job.

That person began to include me and my children in all their family gatherings and outings. She helped me to expose my children to extra- curricula activities and camps. Then wouldn't you know it, I ended up meeting my husband who ended up being her cousin. And now we're family.Thank you Cecilia Roni Horton-Jones

So, if yall want to know why I'm serious about helping black women recover from depression, low self-esteem, domestic violence and other traumas associated with being a Black woman in America. Just look at the photo.

I am healed but the struggle is still real!

Signed,

Shinelle Oglesby, LCPC
The owner of Urban Trauma Counseling Center

10/10/2024

SCHOLARSHIP ALERT!!!

The Maryland Department of Human Services is looking for committed rising high school seniors and current higher education students in Maryland to participate in our Pilot Program for Human Services Careers Scholarship!

The scholarship provides 100% tuition assistance to students who are enrolled at an eligible Maryland institution and are working to obtain a credential or degree needed to work for in one of their several high-demand positions.

Potential scholarship candidates who are Maryland residents or graduates of a Maryland high school who wish to work in any of these targeted positions in an eligible county can apply:

-Child Support Specialist Series
-Family Investment Specialist Series
-Family Support Worker Series
-Family Services Caseworker Series
-Social Worker Series

Click this link for more information: https://dhs.maryland.gov/the-human-services-careers-scholarship/

If you have additional questions on the Human Services Careers Pilot Program, please reach out to dhs.hscscholarship@maryland.gov

is looking for committed rising high school seniors and current higher education students in Maryland to participate in our Pilot Program for Human Services Careers Scholarship.