Counseling & Wellness Collective

09/11/2025

Our Graduate Intern, Brooks Stroman currently has a few openings for new clients!

If cost has been a deterrent to starting therapy, this is a wonderful opportunity to begin your healing journey!

Working with a graduate intern offers many benefits:
✨ Reduced sliding scale rates
✨ A fresh perspective grounded in the latest clinical training
✨ Extra layers of support — all sessions are closely supervised by a seasoned licensed clinician

Brooks is especially passionate about:
🤍 Creating a safe, open space to explore thoughts, feelings, and life’s ups and downs with curiosity and presence
🌿 Incorporating movement, play, and outdoor experiences as powerful tools for self-expression and healing
🏳️‍⚧️ Affirming and supporting members of the LGBTQIA+ community with understanding and care

If you or someone you know has been thinking about starting therapy, this is a great time to take that step. Visit our website www.counselingandwellnessco.com to get started!

09/09/2025

🎉 Happy Work Anniversary Charlotte & Claire! 🎉

Here’s to another year of healing, growth, and impact together!

08/27/2025

Congratulations are in order for our very own Claire Howard on becoming an LCPC! 🤍

We are so grateful to have you on our team! Here's to the next chapter! ✨

07/03/2025

We're sending a huge congratulations to all of the amazing providers, practices, and small businesses recognized in Baltimore's Child 2025 Reader's Choice Awards.

We’re honored to be in community with so many compassionate, dedicated folks showing up for kids and families across Maryland.

A special shoutout to:
🖐️ Kids Thrive Therapy
💆‍♀️ Sweet Willow Massage & Wellness
🩺 Maryland Pediatric Group
☕️ Our neighbors Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters — thanks for keeping us fueled!

and to our own Chea Weltchek - who is pretty amazing, if we do say so ourselves! 💗

06/09/2025

Feeling the summer chaos? 🌞 Check out our latest post for 5 strategies to help you stay calm and collected during those sunny, hectic days.

Read more here: https://wix.to/d9S7jaB

Summer can be a joyful season - but also a chaotic one, especially when routines shift and emotions run high. These simple tools can help you stay grounded, strengthen connection with your kids, and create more moments of calm. 1. Set a Summer Intention Choose a word or goal for the season - like pr...

06/01/2025

At Counseling & Wellness Collective, you’re welcome exactly as you are. Our space is safe and affirming for all cultural backgrounds, identities, and orientations.

This month and always, we stand with you, we see you, and we’re so glad you’re here.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

05/07/2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month 🌿

Taking care of your mental health isn’t selfish, it’s essential.

When we pour into our own healing, we make room to grow, to feel better, and to live more fully.

Therapy, rest, boundaries, connection - whatever it looks like for you, tending to your mind is an act of strength. 🤎

04/07/2025

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞.

You're trying to love them, support them, and guide them...
→ without being 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩
→ without making it worse
→ without losing your mind

You wonder:
• Am I being helpful or overbearing?
• Do they need therapy... or do 𝘐 need therapy... or both?
• How do I give them space while still showing up?

It can feel like walking on eggshells.
And the truth is - this is 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 first time going through this part of their life too. So, be gentle with yourself.

Here are 3 simple ways to support your teen and ease some of that pressure:

1️⃣ Focus on connection over correction
Before offering advice or consequences, lead with curiosity and empathy. Listen more than you speak. Sometimes your teen doesn't need a solution, they just need to feel seen and heard.

2️⃣ Model emotional regulation
You don't have to be perfectly calm all the time, but showing them how to process hard feelings without shutting down or lashing out gives them a blueprint for handling their own emotions.

3️⃣ Create space for therapy (if and when they're ready)
Whether it's for your teen, for you, or for both of you, therapy can be a powerful support. It's not about something being "𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨". It's about having a safe space to navigate the complexity of this stage, together or separately.

We have amazing therapists at Counseling & Wellness Collective who specialize in working with teens and families. We're here to hold space for both of you. You're not alone and you're doing better than you think.

Visit www.counselingandwellnessco.com to get started today!

03/20/2025

Healthy coping can look like:

⭐ Setting boundaries without guilt
⭐ Feeling your emotions instead of avoiding them
⭐ Taking deep breaths before reacting
⭐ Reaching out for support when you need it
⭐ Prioritizing rest without feeling unproductive
⭐ Finding small joys even in hard times

AND - you don't have to do it alone! Therapy provides a safe space to explore challenges, learn healthy coping strategies and how to implement them, and connect with a professional who just gets it!

03/16/2025

If you’ve ever shown kindness to a friend going through a tough time, you already know how powerful compassion can be. But what about extending that same kindness to yourself?

Self-compassion isn’t about ignoring your struggles or making excuses - it’s about recognizing your pain and treating yourself with the same warmth you’d offer to someone you love.

✨ Instead of: “I shouldn’t feel this way.”
💬 Try: “It’s okay to feel this. I’m doing my best.”

✨ Instead of: “I always mess up.”
💬 Try: “I’m learning and growing every day.”

Healing starts when you stop being your own worst critic and start being your own best supporter. 💕

02/19/2025

Feeling drained - physically, mentally, and emotionally? We get it, especially with these cold winter days! ❄️ That's why we have put together a mini end of the season survival guide with simple tips and tricks to help you power through the rest of the chilly weeks and into the warmth of spring! 🌿

Check out the full newsletter here: https://shorturl.at/Z9dAE

02/14/2025

🌈 This is a Safe Space 🌈

We stand for inclusivity, understanding and respect. This space is built for everyone. 💛

You belong here. 🫶