Mental Wellness

Dana is a clinical social worker who values accessible and individualized mental health support. Her practice focuses on empowering her patients with the tools and confidence to manage life’s difficult and uncomfortable stressors and emotions. Dana is passionate about creating a warm and non-judgmental space that promotes growth and self-love.

Fun facts about Dana: She grew up in the DMV and received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Maryland (Go Terps)! She has a large family of almost 40 people that she enjoys visiting the Delaware Beaches with every summer. Between her family and friends, she is always surrounded by incredible, loving, and powerful women.

Gabriela is a bilingual licensed clinical social worker who is passionate about providing accessible and personalized mental health care. Gabriela is skilled in individual therapy with those who are experiencing an array of mental health needs. She can also provide services in Spanish. Gabriela specializes in perinatal mental health, life transitions, parenting, anxiety and depression. Gabriela uses a person-centered approach, drawing from her experience in attachment and trauma-informed care in community mental health, and working with the underserved populations. Gabriela’s experience includes treating symptoms related to behavioral, social, and emotional issues, as well as trauma. In addition, she also has experience in working with adults addressing issues related to grief and loss, parent-child relationships, immigration/acculturation, and self-esteem.

Gabriela’s background and experience guide and inform her therapy approach with the population she works with now. She incorporates psychodynamic and solution-focused treatment approaches in her work. Gabriela uses warmth, empathy, and humor to create an open, non-judgmental and safe space where clients can feel empowered and supported. Gabriela understands how challenging it can be to find the right therapist and reach out for help. She truly believes that building meaningful connections and relationships can promote healing. Her ultimate goal is to work in collaboration with her clients to identify ways to help them move towards living happier and more fulfilling lives.

Brianna is an experienced licensed clinical social worker with background in child welfare and community mental health services. Brianna specializes in depression, anxiety, parenting, attachment, perinatal mental health, relationship difficulties, and trauma, with a strong focus on trauma-responsive care. She uses various modalities to meet the individual needs of clients, families, and couples. Some of these modalities include CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, and EMDR. Brianna believes in building strong therapeutic alliances and does so using compassion, empathy, and humor. She graduated with her Master’s in Social Work from University of Maryland School of Social Work with a specialization in children and families.

Eva is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 20 years of experience serving in a wide variety of clinical and healthcare settings and in private practice. She specializes in treating issues related to life transitions and helping people work through depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and addictive behaviors. Eva uses different therapeutic approaches, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, DBT, conflict management, communication skills development, mindfulness practices, and stress reduction.

Kari Lindner, LCSW-C is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly 10 years of experience in the field. Prior to joining the team at Susquehanna OB-GYN, Kari worked as a social worker at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center on the Family Birthplace and Special Care Nursery. She worked directly with pregnant and postpartum women struggling with anxiety, depression, and other perinatal mood disorders. Kari also worked with women struggling with substance abuse, providing support and connecting them with appropriate treatment providers and resources.

Kari is a native to Harford County, Maryland. Kari lives with her husband and two children. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, reading, and spending time outdoors.

Malya Druskin is an experienced licensed clinical social worker skilled in individual, couples and family therapy and works to help clients manage mental health issues and life stressors. Having worked and trained in an inpatient psychiatric hospital and an outpatient mental health clinic, Malya has obtained a well-rounded knowledge in clinical mental health for over 5 years. She specializes in depression, anxiety, grief, self-harm/suicidal ideation, substance abuse, trauma, relationships issues, perinatal mental health and eating disorders. Malya uses multiple modalities in therapy as she believes no treatment should be one size fits all. Malya is trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution focused and psychodynamic treatment approaches. She is a graduate of University of Maryland School of Social Work and specialized in clinical mental health. Malya makes it a priority to attend continuing education trainings to keep growing in her field.

Malya believes in the importance of a warm, supportive relationship to aid you in your journey towards personal growth and finding hope even in what feels like the darkest times. It can be difficult to ask for help and choosing to seek therapy services will be met with a smile, and an objective and non-judgmental approach to any struggles you bring to the room. Malya works with you to collaborate care, create personal goals for therapy in a safe and compassionate environment and ultimately make lasting life changes.

Taylor is a Clinically Licensed Social Worker that is passionate about supporting people through life’s challenges to optimize their health and well-being. She approaches each client as an individual and uses an integrative treatment approach to support clients experiencing anxiety, depression, health stress, grief, relational distress and difficulty with adjustment to life transitions. Taylor believes that with the right support and appropriate tools, everyone has the capacity to create change and work towards their goals.