Laurie McGuire

Hi there, I'm Laurie! Do you wish providers would look at you through a whole person lens instead of discussing health and mental health separately? Do you want a provider for your child who is playful and skilled at engaging children? Are you an adult who likes a more personal, connected approach to therapy? Do you have a teen who has had difficulty connecting to other providers?

Well look no further!

A licensed clinical social worker and board-certified supervisor with over 25 years of experience working with children, teens, and adults, I spent much of that time working for the world-renowned Kennedy Krieger Institute, a Johns Hopkins affiliate, where I was also in leadership. I have post-graduate certificates in Treating Children & Adolescents, Leadership, Fitness Nutrition, and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health providers.

More personally, I love hiking, watching Marvel movies, lifting weights, and crowd surfing at concerts. I believe we should never stop playing like children!

I enjoy using storytelling, videos, and conversation to help clients of all ages improve self-esteem, self-worth and gain a better understanding of sense of self. Over the years, I’ve had clients with many different diagnoses including: Depression, Adjustment Disorders, Anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, Trauma, eating disorders, chronic pain, and more. I aim to be client-centered, regardless of the intervention, but have training in cognitive behavioral, attachment/parent-child relationships, trauma (Somatic, IFS, TF-CBT), mindfulness, play therapy, dialectical behavior, acceptance and commitment therapy, as well as others.

I view clients through a holistic lens, using a strengths-based, systems-approach. My goal is for clients to feel safe, heard, and comfortable in our sessions. I use a combination of reflective listening, skills-building, and body-based techniques to help clients improve coping and functioning.