Maryland MH Meet-up Circle Events Calendar
Happenings
Welcome to our Maryland Mental Health and Allied Professionals Meet-Up Circle Event Calendar. We’re delighted you’re here and look forward to seeing you at our next event! Want to learn more? Check out our group’s information page.
Next Event
🗓 Date: Friday, May 15, 2026
📍 Location: 8213 Hillcrest Avenue, 2nd Floor, Olney, Maryland 20832 (MoCo)
⏰ Time: 2 PM-4 PM
🎟️ RSVP: Yes (30 Max)
🪩 Theme: Coffee/Tea/Juice, Morning Treats, and Connections
✋ Host: Caron Starobin, LCSW-C, of Starobin Counseling
Future Events
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🗓 Date: Friday, June 5, 2026
📍 Location: 9649 Belair Road, Suite 104, Nottingham, MD 21236 (Baltimore Co)
⏰ Time: 9 AM – 11 AM
🎟️ RSVP: Yes
🪩 Theme: Coffee, Treats, and Connections
✋ Host: Dr. Julie Beasman, of Well Life Counseling and Consulting, LLC
🗓 Date: June 2026 (Date Pending mid-to late June)
📍 Location: 5052 Dorsey Hall Drive
Suite 102, Ellicott City, Maryland 21042 (Howard Co)
⏰ Time: TBD
🎟️ RSVP: TBD
🪩 Theme: Coffee, Treats, and Connections
✋ Host: Dr. Emily Wells, of Orchid Center for ADHD and Executive Functioning
🗓 Date: Friday, July 10, 2026
📍 Location Filicori Zecchini, 12430 Park Potomac Ave R3, Potomac, Maryland 20854 (MoCo)
⏰ Time: 9-10:30 AM
🎟️ RSVP: YES via Constant Contact email invitation
🪩 Theme: Buy your own Coffee & Treats at the coffee shop Filicori Zecchini.
✋ Host: Dr. Samantha Whiten, of Best Life Behavioral Health
🗓 Date: Thursday, July 23, 2026
📍 Location Platoon Veterans Service Center (VSC), 1750 Monocacy Blvd, Suite A, Frederick, Maryland 21701 (Frederick Co)
⏰ Time: 11 AM -1 PM
🎟️ RSVP: YES
🪩 Theme: Buy your own Coffee & Treats at the VSC in Frederick, Maryland
✋ Host: Dr. Aaron Banas, of Cohen Clinic
🗓 Date: Early August 2026 (Date Pending)
📍 Location: Tides of Change Wellness, 7330 Grace Drive, Suite B, Columbia, Maryland 21044 (Howard Co)
⏰ Time: Pending
🎟️ RSVP: YES
🪩 Theme: Buy your own Coffee & Treats
✋ Host: Dr. Naomi Haberman, of Tides of Change Wellness
🗓 Date: TENTATIVE Saturday or Sunday, 29 or 30 August 2026
📍 Location: Kentlands Community Park and Playground (MoCo)
⏰ Time: 4-6 PM
🎟️ RSVP: No (Details available via the July Constant Contact email invitation)
🪩 Theme: Potluck. Celebrating the one-year anniversary of our Maryland Mental Health Meet-Up Circle, we’re hosting a community picnic for members, spouses & partners, kids, and dogs. See the July Constant Contact email for details.
✋ Host: Dr. Elizabeth Carr, of Kentlands Psychotherapy
🗓 Date: Friday, September 18, 2026
📍 Location: Montgomery County Counseling Center (MoCo)
⏰ Time: 10 AM- 12 PM
🎟️ RSVP: Yes
🪩 Theme: Coffee, Treats, and Connections
✋ Host: Laura Goldstein, of Montgomery County Counseling Center
🗓 Date: Early to Mid-Oct, 2026 (Date Pending)
📍 Location: Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (MoCo Co) (Address to be available to registrants)
⏰ Time: Early Evening
🎟️ RSVP: YES
🪩 Theme: Evening Happy Hour in the Beautiful High Rise Condo Club Room
✋ Host: Ethan Ulanow, of Ethan Ulanow, LCSW-C
🗓 Date: Early November 2026 (Back-Up Event Date Pending)
📍 Location: 8401 Connecticut Ave.. Suite 1120, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 (MoCo)
⏰ Time: TBD
🎟️ RSVP: TBD
🪩 Theme: Coffee, Treats, and Connections
✋ Host: Dr. Elizabeth Malesa, of Alvord and Baker
🗓 Date: Early November 2026 (Date Pending)
📍 Location: 7990 Old Georgetown Rd, Ste 10B, Bethesda, MD 20814 (MoCo)
⏰ Time: TBD
🎟️ RSVP: TBD
🪩 Theme: Coffee, Treats, and Connections
✋ Host: Dr. Brian Corrado of The Bethesda Group: Psychological Services, LLC
🗓 Date: December 2026 (Date Pending)
📍 Location: Address will be provided to those who RSVP to this event. The invitation for the event will go out in our Constant Contact email. Monrovia, MD 21770 (Fredrick Co)
⏰ Time: TBD evening
🎟️ RSVP: YES via Constant Contact email invitation
🪩 Theme: Home-based evening get-together
✋ Host: Dr. Andrea Morley of Connected Wellness LLC
🗓 Date: January 2027 (Dste Pending)
📍 Location: Address will be provided to those who RSVP to this event. The invitation for the event will go out in our Constant Contact email. Bethesda, MD (MoCo)
⏰ Time: 4-6 PM (tentative)
🎟️ RSVP: YES via Constant Contact email invitation
🪩 Theme: Home-Based Happy Hour.
✋ Host: Dr. Harita Raja, of Bethesda Women’s Mental Health Care
🗓 Date: February 2027 (Alternate Date)
📍 Location: 8401 Connecticut Ave.. Suite 1120, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 (MoCo)
⏰ Time: TBD
🎟️ RSVP: TBD
🪩 Theme: Coffee, Treats, and Connections
✋ Host: Dr. Elizabeth Malesa, of Alvord and Baker
New Open Spots for Jan 2027!
Interested in hosting an event?
Hosting and Sponsorship FAQ
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an I host one of these events?
Absolutely. We need clinician volunteers like you to host events in your area!
Do you have an office that can accommodate the group? Great, bring in some donuts, bagels, and coffee, and you’re all set. We will assist you by adding you to our calendar rotation and sharing the details through the creation of promotional graphics and email communications.
Maybe you envision hosting a potluck in your backyard or at a city park.
Perhaps you know a local restaurant, bar, or coffee shop near you that might be a good fit for us.
Can my organization co-host or sponsor an event?
We appreciate the interest from many non-clinical staff members at larger organizations and agencies that support mental health and wellness in our community. You’re all an essential part of the care community. So yes, if your organization has a licensed clinician who is actively engaged in direct care or clinical leadership, we encourage them to join the group as an individual. We will happily consider them for hosting in their personal capacity.
All hosts (as with members) must be licensed clinicians themselves and agree to uphold the group’s spirit of connection over promotion.
As such, to maintain the informal and collegial nature of this group, we do not currently offer sponsorships or co-hosting opportunities to organizations, including IOPs, PHPs, hospitals, residential centers, or other corporate healthcare systems where the host/organizer is not a clinician.
The Mental Health & Allied Professionals Meet-Up Group is intended as a grassroots gathering space for licensed clinicians, not a venue for marketing or branded partnerships. Events are hosted by licensed professionals, often in their offices, homes, or favorite local spots, making the events feel more personal and less commercial.
Who do I speak with about hosting?
Are you ready to discuss your vision for hosting an event? Awesome!
Please start the process by filling out the form below, and we will get back to you soon to discuss fleshing out your idea and brainstorm together on ways to get people “out of your way”.
You provide the idea, location, and any coordination with a venue, and we will support you in selecting an available date on the rotation and in notifying the club members.
Once we receive your form, we’ll coordinate with you by email or phone, whatever works best to make hosting easy.
Want to host an upcoming Meet-Up? We’re always looking for licensed professionals who want to open their doors — or backyards, or favorite coffee spots — to our community! Hosting is low-pressure and deeply appreciated. You’ll pick the location, date/time, and provide light refreshments if it’s an office-based event. Our Comms team will take care of the promotions and reminders. Just answer a few quick questions below, and we’ll be in touch to coordinate details and slot you into our rotating schedule.
Still have questions?
For questions about the Maryland Mental Health and Allied Professionals Meet-Up Circle and how to be a host, contact:
👉 MHMeetUpCircle@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming event!
Sponsored by
Our heartfelt thanks to the clinicians, practice leaders, and clinician owners who’ve generously hosted recent events. We invite you to learn more about their work by visiting their practice websites.
Former Hosts
Dr. Elizabeth Carr of Kentlands Psychotherapy, LLC – Aug 2025
Dr. Alison Bomba of Alison J. Bomba, Psy.D., LLC – Sep 2025
Dr. Rebecca Resnick of Rebecca Resnick and Associates – Oct 2025
Dr. Susy Thomas of Alvord, Baker, & Associates, LLC – Nov 2025
Dr. Julie Morrison of Dr. Julie A. Morrison, Psy.D. & Associates – Nov 2025
Dr. Sarah Weden & Dr. Noah Weintraub of Weden, Weintraub, and Associates – Nov 2025
Dr. Michael Heitt of PikesvillePsychologist.com & HeittC3.com – Nov 2025
Dr. Kathleen Nadeau of The Chesapeake Center ADHD, Learning, and Behavioral Health – Dec 2025
Dr. Selena Snow of The Snow Psychology Group, LLC – Jan 2026
Dr. Elizabeth Carr of Kentlands Psychotherapy, LLC – Feb 2025
Jennifer Robertson, LCPC of Capital Children’s Wellness – Mar 2026
Laura Lambert, LCSW-C of Columbia Mental Health – Bowie – Mar 2026
Future Hosts
Dr. Sonia Juneja (MD), of Washington Family Psychiatry – Apr 2026
Dr. Elizabeth Malesa, of Alvord and Baker – May 2026
Dr. Julie Beasman, of Well Life Counseling and Consulting, LLC – Jun 2026
Dr. Emily Wells, of Orchid Center for ADHD and Executive Functioning – Jun 2026
Dr. Samantha Whiten, of Best Life Behavioral Health – Jul 2026
Dr. Aaron Banas, of Cohen Clinic – Jul 2026
Dr. Naomi Haberman, of Tides of Change Wellness – Aug 2026
Ethan Ulanow, LCSW-C, of Ethan Ulanow, LCSW-C– Oct 2026
Dr. Brian Corrado of The Bethesda Group: Psychological Services, LLC – Nov 2026
Dr. Andrea Morley of Connected Wellness LLC – Ded 2026
Dr. Harita Raja, of Bethesda Women’s Mental Health Care
Would you like to be on this list? 🙋🏽♀️ We invite you to complete an application using the form above.
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