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​Cathy Wackford, MSW, LCSW-C, has experience working with high risk adolescents. She first worked with adolescents at Taylor Manor Hospital in a long term inpatient setting. During this time, Cathy gained specialized training in working with adolescents who are resistant, and/or self harming. She then went on to work with child, adolescent and adult trauma survivors at The STTAR Center (The Sexual Trauma Treatment, Advocacy and Recovery Center).
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​Kate Oliver, MSW, LCSW-C, has worked with people from infancy through adulthood with a history of trauma and attachment issues for the past 20 years. Starting primarily as a child therapist, she worked with young children with a history of trauma. Understanding that the bond between parents and infants create a foundational experience, Kate sought training in working with building healthy attachment for children and adults from hard places. She later went on to become the Clinical Director for a residential program for pregnant women involved in the criminal justice system. In this program, she worked with an intervention called Circle of Security to help parents with mental health and substance abuse issues to bond with their babies and promote secure attachments. Kate has also worked as an advocate in the LGBT Community for decades, formerly serving on the Committee for Sexual Minority Issues with the National Association of Social Workers Maryland Chapter, and on the National board for COLAGE, a non-profit that builds communities for people raised in families with LGBTQ parents. She has completed her Level I and II training for EMDR and is a Safe and Sound Protocol Practitioner. Kate provides training for professionals working with trauma and attachment disorders and is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Practitioner and Educator. She loves learning, growing and teaching as well as working with individuals and families to help them meet their best potential. Please contact Kate if you are interested in a training or presentation. Kate has a blog: www.help4yourfamily.com
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  • Bertha Carrelli, LCSW-C, RMT, provides psychotherapy treatment for children, adolescents, adults and couples. She specializes in anxiety, depression, attachment and trauma. She additionally works with families with parent-child relational problems and families with children with disabilities (such as Asperger's Disorder and Autism). Bertha incorporates EMDR, attachment based interventions, and creative arts tools (music/art) in treatment. Bertha completed her Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work (MSW) at Virginia Commonwealth University. Before joining A Healing Place in 2008, she worked at a community-based agency, first as an in-home therapist and then as an outpatient therapist. She is a Certified EMDR therapist and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. Bertha has also completed in-depth training for treatment of attachment problems. Bertha is a Registered Music Therapist, and in that capacity previously developed a music therapy program at a School for Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disabled in Virginia. She is fluent in Dutch, and understands German at an advanced level. ​​

A Healing Place 

We are committed to nurturing and caring for all families and individuals. We welcome all ages, races, gender identities, religions and sexual orientations.

We offer individual, couples and family therapy

Contact Information

​A Healing Place serves individuals and families from Howard County and surrounding counties:

7050 Oakland Mills Rd
Ste. 140
Columbia, MD 21046
Check out Kate's Blog: www.help4yourfamily.com

410-309-0909

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