Therapy for the life you're actually living.
New Journey Counseling Center provides counseling for individuals, couples and families across Maryland — in person and by secure video — with licensed clinicians and medication management available when it's part of the picture.
In-person and virtual
Most major insurance accepted
Evening appointments available
Individuals, couples, families
YOUR FIRST SESSION
The first fifty minutes, minute by minute.
Not knowing what happens in the room is the most common reason people put off calling. So here is exactly what happens.
0-5 MIN
Paperwork and ground rules
5-20 MIN
What brought you here
20-40 MIN
Background and history
40-50 MIN
What happens next
Your therapist confirms what you filled out, explains confidentiality — including the few situations where they're legally required to break it — and answers questions about fees. Nothing starts until this part is clear.
You are allowed to leave the first session unsure. Fit matters more in therapy than in almost any other kind of care, and it sometimes takes two or three sessions to know. If it isn't right, say so — we'd rather help you find the right person than keep you in the wrong chair.
WHO WE SEE
Come alone, come together, or bring the whole household.
Individuals
One-on-one therapy for adults working through anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, stress, or a season of life that stopped making sense. Typically 50 minutes, usually weekly to start.
Couples
For partners who keep having the same argument, who are rebuilding after a breach of trust, who are deciding whether to stay, or who want to get ahead of it before it gets hard.
Families
When the conflict isn't one person's, it's the household's. Parents and teens, adult children and aging parents, blended families, co-parents.
Children & teens
Age-appropriate therapy for younger children and adolescents, with parents involved at the level that helps.
WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE IN
Nothing on this list is too small to bring.
People often wait years before they call, and most say afterward that they wish they hadn't. You don't need a crisis to qualify for help.
OUR APPROACHES
Different problems respond to different methods.
CBT
Identifying the thought patterns driving how you feel and act, testing whether they hold up, and practicing different responses. Structured, active, heavily researched.
EMDR
Uses bilateral stimulation while recalling a distressing memory to help the brain file it as past rather than present. Effective for trauma, and doesn't require describing every detail out loud.
Emotionally Focused Therapy
For couples and families. Works on the attachment needs underneath the argument, rather than on the argument itself.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Starts from what's already working in your life and builds on it. Short, practical and goal-directed.
MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
Therapy and medication, without a second referral.
For some people, therapy alone does the work. For others, medication is what makes therapy possible. New Journey offers psychiatric evaluation and ongoing medication management, so when both are part of your care, the people providing them can actually talk to each other.
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Medication isn't a shortcut and it isn't a failure. It's never a requirement of being seen here, no one will push it on you, and your prescriber's job is to explain the tradeoffs honestly and make the decision with you rather than for you.
What's involved
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Psychiatric evaluation
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Ongoing prescribing and follow-up
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Direct coordination with your therapist
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​Honest conversation about tradeoffs — never a push
GETTING STARTED
Four steps — and no diagnosis or doctor's referral needed.
01
Reach out
Call or send the request form. About fifteen minutes to cover what's bringing you in, your availability and your insurance.
02
We match and verify
We match you with a clinician trained in what you're working on, confirm your coverage, and tell you what you'll pay before your first session.
03
Paperwork first
Consents, privacy notice, financial agreement, and any releases — completed securely before you arrive, so session one is yours.
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Your first session
Fifty minutes. You'll leave with a next appointment and one or two things you're working toward.
OUR CLINICIANS
Fit matters more in therapy than almost any other kind of care.
Clinician name
License type · populations served · approaches
Clinician name
License type · populations served · approaches
Clinician name
License type · populations served · approaches
INSURANCE
Most major Maryland plans accepted.
​A full list, self-pay rates, and what you'll actually owe — explained plainly before your first session.
The first call is the hardest part. It's also fifteen minutes.
Tell us briefly what's going on and what you're looking for. We'll talk through scheduling, insurance, and who on our team is the right fit. If we're not the right place for you, we'll say so and point you somewhere better.
In a crisis: if you or someone you love is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department. For free, confidential support 24/7, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. In Maryland, you can also dial 211 and press 1 for the Maryland Crisis Hotline.​
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