GRIEF COUNSELING

What is Grief Counseling?

Individual, couples, or family counseling will provide a safe space to explore feelings and learn coping strategies with the help of a trained mental health professional. Counseling sessions can be a more private and focused way to explore feelings related to grief.

• Individual Counseling: This may be especially helpful to individuals who are having difficulty processing a traumatic, sudden, or especially difficult loss. For individuals experiencing grief symptoms that inhibit their ability to take care of themselves or others, individual counseling is likely the most effective place to seek help.
• Family and/or Couples Counseling: Because family dynamics can change after a loss, this may be a good option to ensure that the family unit can respect each other’s unique grief experiences and differences while still supporting each other.

General Counselor Directories

If you are interested in finding a therapist/counselor or professionally led support group, please consider using the websites below to search based on therapist specialty, treatment modalities, accepted insurance, and location.

• Theravive
• Psychology Today
• MentalHealth.gov Treatment Services Locator

If you do not have insurance coverage and cost is a barrier, if you live in Maryland, you may qualify for free therapy. The Pro Bono Counseling Project offers therapy to families, couples, and individuals. They can help with depression, anxiety, grief, relationship issues, feelings of being overwhelmed, problems at work, and more.

Call for a free interview: 410-825-1001 or 877-323-5800

Visit their website here.

Grief Counseling for Donor Families

Grief Counselors in Maryland by Region

Capital Region (D.C., Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties)

• Wendt Center | Washington, D.C. | 202-624-0010 | Provides counseling, support groups, and Camp Forget-Me-Not.
• Hospice of Frederick | Frederick, MD | 240-566-3030 | Provides one-on-one counseling, support groups and workshop, and Camp Jamie.
• Chesapeake Life Center | Largo, MD | 888-501-7077 | Provides individual counseling, support groups, and Camp Nabi.
• The Washington Home and Community Hospices | 866-234-7742 (Tollfree), 202-966-3720 (Washington, D.C.), 301-560-6000 (Beltsville, MD) | Provides individual counseling and support groups.
• Capital Caring | D.C., VA and MD | 800.869.2136 | Provides individual counseling, support groups, and workshops for adults and children.
• Dr. Allison Bomba | Frederick, MD | 240.405.9661 | Offers individual counseling as well as children and teen bereavement groups.
• Frederick Psychology Center | Frederick, MD | 301.695.6455 Extension 10 | Some providers at this center specialize in grief, loss & trauma.
• Friends in Transition | Bethesda, MD | 301.661.3481 | Offers grief counseling as well as other mental health services
• It’s All About Us!, Inc. | Upper Marlboro, MD | 301.576.4100 | [email protected] | Dr. Monica Banks Greene is a life coach specializing in individual, couples, and family psychotherapy. One of her treatment specialties includes grief.
• Jordana Ravick, LCSW-C | Bethesda, MD | 347.450.0646 | [email protected] | Offers individual and family counseling as well as support groups.
• Joanna Strait, LCSW-C | Chevy Chase, MD | 202.930.8723 | Offers counseling and support groups. She specializes in grief and loss (to include pregnancy loss & infertility).
• Carmen Spears, LCPC | Chevy Chase, MD | 410.205.9631 | Provides in-person and online psychotherapy with a specialization in grief and loss.
• Hope-wellness | DC, MD, VA & PA | 703.923.8965 | [email protected] | Offers mental health counseling with providers that specialize in grief, loss and life transitions
• Jamie Eaton, MS, LCPC | Frederick, MD | 240.415.8981 | [email protected] | Offers individual counseling and support groups with a focus on grief, loss and trauma

Central Maryland (Carroll, Howard, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore, & Harford Counties)

• Carroll Hospice | Westminster, MD | 410-871-8000 | Provides individual counseling, support groups, and Camp TR.
• Stella Maris | Timonium, MD | 410-252-4500 | Provides individual counseling, support groups, and Camp Me Too.
• Chesapeake Life Center | Pasadena, MD | 888-501-7077 | Provides individual counseling, support groups, and Camp Nabi.
• The Family Center Grief and Loss Counseling | Ellicott City, MD | 410-531-5087 | Provides individual counseling.
• Time of Need Counseling, LLC. | Catonsville and Owings Mills, MD | 410.705.0664 | [email protected] | Offers grief counseling in addition to other mental health services.
• Seasons Hospice | Baltimore, Randallstown, and Elkton, MD | 855-812-1136 | Provides individual counseling, support groups, and kids camp.
• Heartland Hospice | Serves Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City & County, Harford County and Howard County | 866-676-1688 | Provides individual counseling and support groups.
• Corye Pike, LCSW-C | Baltimore, MD | 240.461.9317 | [email protected] | Provides psychotherapy for a variety of concerns including trauma and life transitions including grief and loss.
• Annette Laugel, MS, LCPC, LMT | Baltimore, MD | 443.570.7859 | [email protected] | Provides grief counseling and facilitates grief focused support groups.
• Imara Center for Grief and Loss | Laurel, MD | 240.581.1500 | [email protected] | Offers grief counseling, support groups, and crisis management as well as other mental health services.
• The Anne Arundel Department of Aging and Disabilities | Anne Arundel County | Beth Mucciacciaro, RN - 410-222-0263 | Grief counseling available to residents of Anne Arundel County.
• Sharon Strouse, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT | Cockeysville, MD | 410.667.9384 | Art therapist who specializes in suicide grief/child loss. She offers individual and group sessions as well as workshops.
• Healing Path Counseling Center | Sykesville, MD | 410.921.9004 or [email protected] | Offers grief counseling and other mental health services.
• Amedisys Hospice of Greater Chesapeake | Rosedale, MD | 410.686.5635 | Provides free support groups and one-on-one grief counseling.
• Anchored Hope Therapy | Annapolis, MD | 443.291.8090 | This practice has various providers, many of whom specialize in trauma and grief. Inquire directly for more information.
• Dr. Tamara C. Almonte, Psy.D | Eldersburg, MD | 410.315.8015 | [email protected] | Specializes in grief and loss as well as other mental health concerns.
• Jessi Collins Therapy | Arnold, MD | 410.541.6354 | [email protected] | Jessi Collins, LCSW-C has a comprehensive therapy practice and she specializes in working with people who have experienced death and non-death losses.
• The Baltimore Annapolis Center for Integrative Healing | Severna Park, MD | 443.320.4034 | This practice has various providers who offer expertise in many different areas, including grief and loss.
• Silver Leaf Counseling | Severna Park, MD | 410.294.0152 | [email protected] | This practice provides individual, couple and family counseling with a focus on perinatal and pediatric bereavement, as well as perinatal and post-partum depression.
• Mary Woznysmith, LCSW-C Counseling and Life Journey Mentoring | Lothian, MD | [email protected] | Mary Woznysmoth provides counseling and mentoring for women, with a speciality in bereavement.
• Mindful Transitions Counseling | Ellicott City, MD | 443.745.2478 | l[email protected] | Lisa Boxall, LGPC, NCC is a mental health and pastoral counselor specializing in grief, loss, end-of-life concerns and late life transitions for older adults and their families. She offers counseling, support groups and psycho-educational seminars.
• Barbara Hunter, PhD | Ellicott City, MD | 443.794.3001 | [email protected] | Dr. Hunter is a clinical pastoral counselor who specializes in working with adults and couples experiencing grief, loss and unexpected life events and transitions.
• Northern Chesapeake Counseling | Bel Air, MD | 443.567.6397 | [email protected] | Specializes in working with children and adults experiencing grief, loss, trauma and other mental health concerns.
• The Village Family Support Center of Baltimore | Baltimore City, MD | 443.934.5067 | [email protected] | Provides individual and group counseling services to children, teens adults and families.
• Lindsey Suter, LCSW-C, RPT | L.E.A.P Counseling & Family Support Services | Baltimore, MD | 443.230.5828 or 443.759.5437 | Lindsey is a social worker and registered play therapist who can work with children as young as 3 years old. Her specialities include, but are not limited to, grief and life transitions.
• Sarah Diehl Therapy | Baltimore, MD | 443.993.5105 | Sarah is a therapist who provides mental health services with a speciality in grief and trauma. She provides individual therapy and support groups.
• Michelle Backe, LCSW-C | Pikesville, MD | 443.570.6015 | [email protected] | Specializes in beareavement and specifically perinatal loss among other mental health concerns.
• Sheep-gate Christian Counseling | Laurel, MD | 301.490.3825 | Provides individual and couples counseling for a variety of mental health concerns as well as grief and loss.

Eastern Maryland (Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester, and Somerset Counties)

• Talbot Hospice | Easton, MD | 410-822-6681 | Provides individual counseling and support groups for adults and children.
• Compass Regional Hospice | Centreville, Denton, Federalsburg and Rock Hall, MD | 443-262-4109 | Provides individual counseling, support groups, and Camp New Dawn.
• Corsica River Behavioral Health Services | Centreville, St. Michaels, Cambridge, and Federalsburg, MD | 410.758.2211 | Offers grief counseling and other mental health services.
• Safe Harbor Christian Counseling | Elkton, MD | 410.656.1157 | Offers grief counseling and other mental health services
• Megan Mullins, LCPC, ACE CPT, CF L1 | Elkton, MD & Newark, DE | Offers mental health services with experience working with grief.
• Upper Bay Counseling | Elkton, MD & Havre De Grace, MD | 1.800.467.0304 Offers grief counseling and support groups.

Western Maryland (Garrett, Allegany, and Washington Counties)

• Jennie L Jordan | Hagerstown, MD | 301.710.0618 | Individual counseling specializing in trauma and EMDR, including treatment of grief.
• Magnolia Counseling Services, LLC | Hagerstown, MD | 240.513.4551 | Martin Price, MS, LCPC has ample experience with youth and adults who've suffered from trauma.
• Potomac Behavioral and Occupational Therapy | Cumberland, MD | 240.839.4748

Southern Maryland (Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's Counties)

• Hospice of Charles County | Waldorf, MD | 301-861-5300 | Provides individual counseling, support groups and a kids camp.
• Hospice of Saint Mary's | Callaway, MD | 301-994-3078 | Provides individual counseling, support groups, educational programs and Camp Sunrise.
• Therapy Café | Prince Frederick, MD | 443.295.8955 | | Offers various individual counselors at this practice. Request a practitioner who specializes in grief and loss.
• Melinda Ruppert | Mechanicsville, MD | 240.298.2442 | Provides individual counseling, support groups, and workshops with a focus on grief and loss.
• Link Counseling Services | Dunkirk, MD | 443.295.3412 | [email protected] | Offers individual counseling services.
• Sherrye L Urtz, MPH, LCPC, CBC | Leonardtown, MD | 240.434.0589 or 301.475.6591 | Provides grief counseling and runs bereavement support groups.
• Stacey Newman, LCSW-C | Prince Frederick, MD | 443.432-2231 | Specializes in bereavement counseling.

Virtual/Telehealth Only Options

• Circle Connection | MD, VA & DC | [email protected] | Offers counseling, workshops and healing circles with a focus on grief, loss and medical health crises
• Betterhelp | Nationwide | Counseling by online chat, video or phone - available anytime, anywhere.
• Talkspace | Nationwide | Online therapy and psychiatry for indviduals and couples.

The above listings are for general guidance and are not referrals to nor endorsements of any particular counselor or organization. Please make sure to talk thoroughly with any counselor to determine whether they have experience in grief counseling are a good fit for your needs.