When you're in the room with me, you'll get an authentic person who genuinely cares about you meeting your goals.

Before starting McCrady Counseling & Consulting in 2019, I worked as a therapist in substance abuse clinics, community mental health, and as a grief counselor for Hospice of the Chesapeake in Maryland. I've supported children, teens, adults, couples, and families through many different types of loss—coordinating grief camps and workshops, co-facilitating support groups, and providing training for county agencies, faith communities, and mental health professionals. I've also served as a guest lecturer at Loyola University Maryland and the Washington School of Psychiatry, teaching on grief and anxiety, and authored articles and a pamphlet called "Supporting Children After Drug-Related Loss." I'm trained in several evidence-based approaches so we can find the right fit for what you need. These approaches include Intensive Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy (ISTDP) (3-year program), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness, polyvagal therapy and somatic techniques.

As a trained pastoral counselor and trauma therapist, I understand how vulnerable it feels to seek help and wonder if the person across from you is actually safe. So I'll be upfront with you.

I am grounded in my Christian faith, which shapes my belief in the emotional healing available to each of us. I believe every person has inherent worth and value, and that we heal in relationship with one another. But here's what that means in our work together: my role is to help you rediscover and reclaim your own identity—not impose mine. I won't "preach at" you, force my beliefs on you, tell you what to do based on my spiritual beliefs, or discuss faith if you don't want to.

Whether you share the same faith, practice a different tradition, or have no religious affiliation at all, you're welcome here. My job is to co-create a relationship where you feel safe, respected, and understood—and to support your goals.

Outside the therapy room, you'll find me spending time with my family, chasing my daughter and therapy-dog-in-training around the yard (that sweet picture is of him as a puppy), serving in my local faith community, reading four books at once (I'm a lifelong learner—aka a nerd), and attempting to bake treats worthy of that famous competition show. I love hiking in the woods and walking next to the ocean. A few years ago, I traveled to Greece and Cyprus to visit where my people came from—all of the photography on this website is from that adventure.