Columbia Counseling Center Information

Columbia Counseling Center was founded by Dr. Kenneth Ellis and Dr. Sue Minsky in 1978 to provide high quality integrated multi-specialty psychological and psychiatric care in a comprehensive manner. Services are offered for adults, adolescents, children, couples, and families in a confidential and readily available setting in the Howard County community and surrounding Baltimore - Washington metropolitan areas. Columbia Counseling Center is unique in that we have the ability to provide assessment, multiple levels of treatment and coordination by 16 multi- specialty providers all in one Center. Individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, family and marital therapy, psychiatric evaluation and medication management, neuropsychological evaluation and psychological evaluation for differential diagnosis are available. The Center specializes in couples counseling and marital therapy with an emphasis on increasing effective communication, conflict resolution, connection, intimacy, and enrichment as alternatives to separation and divorce. Evidenced based custody evaluation and forensic evaluation for court and legal issues are available. As a result of Columbia Counseling Center's 30 years of experience providing comprehensive psychological and psychiatric services, we are able to work in an affiliation with multiple specialties including primary care physicians, OBGYN, endocrinology, cardiology, orthopedics, pediatrics, and other specialties to provide consultation and coordination of care. In addition, we work in conjunction with the school system to assist in maximizing your child's academic needs with respect to learning disabilities, attentional issues, hyperactivity, behavioral, and social interactions and peer relationships. Patients deserve high quality integrated accessible mental health care in a private multi-specialty group practice for all members of a family such that individual, marital, family, psychological and psychiatric services can be accessed in an integrated and comprehensive manner all in one center. In this capacity multiple providers can communicate and coordinate appropriate treatment for each person with ease of contact. Columbia Counseling Center believes in "going the extra mile" to provide superior and responsive services for those who require immediate and compassionate care. Appointments are available immediately for urgent matters with personal attention from members of the staff.