Lighthouse, Inc.

11/29/2024

Visit our newly updated website: www.lighthousemd.org

New information about our services, our team, and a quick and easy way to make an end-of-year donation. As always, Lighthouse provides accessible, affordable, high quality mental health care to children and families in southwestern Baltimore County and beyond.

Lighthouse, Inc. Youth & Family Services Helping Families for Over 50 Years Accessible, affordable community-based mental health care, from preschool through retirement At Lighthouse Youth and Family Services, we have served Southwestern Baltimore County and the surrounding community for over 50 yea...

10/15/2024

Visit our good friends at Salem Lutheran Church Catonsville on Saturday, November 2, for their annual Salem Marketplace. Proceeds will benefit Lighthouse and other local non-profits. Hope to see you there!

10/11/2024

Shop at Giant Food at Route 40 and Rolling Road during November, buy a reusable shopping bag -- because you care -- and Giant will make a generous donation to Lighthouse!

Lighthouse is grateful to our friends at Giant, for choosing us to be a recipient of this charitable promotion!

09/07/2024

Heartfelt thanks to our friends from Salem Lutheran Church Catonsville — Pastor Dave Asendorf and youth group came over today and freshened up our landscaping. Great job!

05/08/2024

Heartfelt thanks to the Catonsville Men’s Civic Association, longtime friend and supporter, for their generous donation to Lighthouse. Treasurer Gary W. Bernhard here presenting a check for $500 to Amy Van Orden, our Grants Administrator.

12/01/2023

Free webinar from Child Mind Institute:

How to Be on Social Media Without Feeling Sad

According to the CDC, 3 in 5 U.S. teen girls report feeling persistently sad or hopeless. Evidence shows social media may have a lot to do with it.

But instead of pretending parents can stop young people from using it, join us on December 5 at 5:45pm ET to learn practical tips on how to stay safe and avoid sadness while using social media.

Let’s provide teens with ways to cope, not just time restrictions and rules. In this session, mental health experts and youth digital media advocates will share practical tips, coping strategies, and confidence-building tools.

This roundtable discussion will be followed by a live, anonymous Q&A for young people and parents.

Join Dr. Harold Koplewicz, Dr. Matthew Biel, Kris Perry, MSW, Emma Lembke and Sophia Choukas-Bradley, PhD to gain practical insights and tools that you can use right away to support your child.

Register here:

According to the CDC, 6-in-10 teen girls report feeling hopelessly sad. Evidence shows social media may have a lot to do with it. But social media is also where young people want to spend their time. So instead of pretending we can stop them from using it, this session gives practical tips on how to...

09/22/2023

Now that Frederick Road Fridays have ended, where will Catonsvillians get their Friday evening music fix?! Join friends and neighbors Friday, October 6, at Salem Lutheran for a free Sinatra tribute concert. Donations will benefit the work of Lighthouse!

Our friends at Salem Lutheran are hosting a free Sinatra tribute concert, in support of Lighthouse, sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America.

No tickets required — donate at the event. Enjoy a musical evening and support Lighthouse!

08/18/2023

In Memoriam: Dr. Linda T. Lombardo

Dr. Linda T. Lombardo, former Executive Director of Lighthouse, passed away on August 7. Linda began her tenure at Lighthouse in 1989, as a graduate student intern, and very quickly took on the responsibilities of the directorate, where she remained until her retirement in 2014. Linda was a gifted and skillful family counselor and clinical supervisor, and a staunch advocate for children. Countless children and families, as well as counselors-in-training, benefitted from her wisdom. Linda left a legacy at Lighthouse of respecting children, embracing new techniques and technology, and going above and beyond in service to clients. Under Linda’s leadership, Lighthouse became the highly regarded community resource it is today. Linda established traditions of working collaboratively with schools and other service providers, and ensuring that no one is turned away due to inability to pay. Linda developed our Sociabilities program for neurodivergent youth, which became one of the most highly respected of such programs in the region. Linda’s contributions to the mental health and well-being of southwestern Baltimore County’s children and families are immeasurable, and the Lighthouse community mourns her passing.

08/16/2023

Our friends at Salem Lutheran are hosting a free Sinatra tribute concert, in support of Lighthouse, sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America.

No tickets required — donate at the event. Enjoy a musical evening and support Lighthouse!

08/01/2023

Executive Director Donna Schafer represented Lighthouse at Baltimore County Public Schools' Partnership Fair, at the Carver Center for Arts and Technology. Lighthouse is pleased to partner with BCPS to provide counseling services to Baltimore County students and their families.