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Services

Individual Psychotherapy

Couples & Marital Counseling

Consultation & Supervision

  • In accordance with the No Surprises Act, clients who are uninsured or choosing not to use insurance have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate outlining the expected costs of treatment.

    You may request a Good Faith Estimate before beginning services or at any time during treatment.


  • Current self-pay rates:

    • Initial Intake Session: $200

    • Individual Therapy Session (53–60 minutes): $175

    • Individual Therapy Session (38-52 minutes): $150

    • Couples Initial Intake Session (75 minutes): 250

    • Couples Therapy Session (60 minutes): $225

    • Group Therapy Session (90 minutes): TBD

    Please contact our office regarding rates for psychological assessments, consultation services, or specialized evaluations.


  • The Mahogany Institute believes quality mental health care should be accessible.

    Through our Wellness Access Fund, limited reduced-fee and scholarship-supported services may be available for individuals experiencing financial hardship.

    Availability is dependent upon funding and clinical appropriateness.

    Please contact us to learn more about current availability.

  • The Mahogany Institute will be in in-network with the following insurance plans:

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)

    • Aetna

    • Cigna

    • Maryland Medicaid

    • Medicare

    • United Health Care

    • Johns Hopkins 

    • Magellan 

    Additional insurance plans may be added over time.

    If you are unsure about your benefits, we encourage you to contact your insurance provider directly or reach out to our office for assistance.

Services at The Mahogany Institute are collaborative, culturally responsive, and tailored to your unique needs and goals.

Black Mental Health & Wellness

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We provide affirming care that acknowledges the impact of culture, community, systemic stressors, and lived experience while honoring the resilience and strengths that exist within Black communities.

Body Image & Self-Esteem

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Together, we explore the beliefs, experiences, and societal messages that shape how you view yourself. Therapy can support the development of greater self-compassion, confidence, and embodiment.

Trauma & Healing

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Whether trauma stems from childhood experiences, relationships, community violence, discrimination, or significant life events, therapy can provide a space to process, heal, and move forward with greater clarity and agency.

Life Transitions & Identity Development

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Major life changes often invite important questions about purpose, identity, relationships, and direction. Therapy can support you in navigating uncertainty while remaining connected to your values.

Burnout & Boundary Setting

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Many high-achieving individuals find themselves exhausted by the pressure to constantly perform. We help clients identify patterns of overextension, strengthen boundaries, and cultivate more sustainable ways of living and working.

Therapeutic Approaches

  • Our experiences shape the narratives we tell about ourselves, but those stories do not have to define what is possible for us. Narrative therapy helps you explore the beliefs, experiences, relationships, and cultural messages that have shaped your understanding of yourself and the world around you.

    Together, we work to separate you from the problems you are experiencing, recognize strengths that may have been overlooked, and develop a fuller story that reflects your values, identity, and hopes for your life. Our experiences shape the stories we tell about ourselves, but those stories do not have to define what is possible for us. Narrative therapy helps you explore the beliefs, experiences, relationships, and cultural messages that have shaped your understanding of yourself.

  • Healing does not happen in isolation. Our relationships, communities, identities, and cultural experiences influence how we understand ourselves and connect with others.

    Relational-Cultural Therapy explores these experiences within a collaborative therapeutic relationship. We pay attention to patterns of connection and disconnection while creating space for authenticity, mutual respect, and a deeper understanding of how your relationships have shaped you.

  • Trauma can influence how we experience ourselves, our relationships, our bodies, and the world around us. Trauma-informed therapy recognizes these effects without reducing you to what has happened to you.

    We prioritize emotional safety, choice, collaboration, and respect for your pace. Therapy may involve understanding trauma responses, developing tools for regulation, rebuilding trust in yourself, and creating new ways of responding to experiences that once required survival.

  • Our earliest and most significant relationships can shape how we experience closeness, trust, vulnerability, conflict, and emotional safety.

    Attachment-based therapy helps you recognize these patterns with curiosity rather than judgment. Together, we explore how past and present relationships influence your needs and responses, while working toward greater security, healthier connection, and more intentional relationships.

  • Your culture and identity are not separate from your mental health. They influence how you experience relationships, family, community, work, belonging, expectations, and even the meaning you make of healing.

    Culturally responsive therapy creates space to explore these experiences without requiring you to minimize, translate, or defend important parts of yourself. We consider culture, race, identity, relationships, community, and broader systems as meaningful parts of understanding your experience and supporting your growth.

Getting Started

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    1. Schedule a consultation.

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    2. Complete your intake paperwork

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    3. Meet with your therapist.

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    4. Begin your healing journey.

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