Discover Chesapeake Mental Health Collaborative (CMHC)
Our Foundation:
Grounded in decades of clinical expertise, CMHC blends traditional therapeutic modalities with innovative Nature Informed Therapy, creating a balanced and holistic pathway to mental well-being.
Transforming Your Relationship with Anxiety:
Anxiety, while complex, is not insurmountable. Our tailored therapeutic approach goes beyond symptom management, empowering you to understand, embrace, and channel your anxiety to pave the way for growth and resilience.
Support Beyond Sessions:
Our commitment to mental health extends beyond individual therapy. We're a hub for professionals and organizations, providing a suite of services designed to uplift, educate, and empower."
Service Highlights

Support Mental Health Professionals
Join a community that understands your unique challenges and needs. CMHC offers a suite of services tailored for mental health professionals, including supervision, office space rentals, and expert billing support. Additionally, our tech solutions, like website building and maintenance, help you establish a strong digital presence.

Organizational
Mental Wellness
Elevate the well-being and productivity of your team. From mastering workplace stress management techniques to harnessing the power of Enneagram insights for enhanced team collaboration and synergy. Our programs also provide essential guidance in navigating grief and loss, ensuring a compassionate and resilient workspace. Plus, with our workplace mental health first aid training, empower your team to respond effectively to mental health challenges and create a truly supportive environment.
Featured & Upcoming at CMHC
New Clinician
Ariel Wagerman, LGPC
Ariel works from a strengths-based, solution-focused approach, drawing on motivational interviewing (MI) and ACT to provide individualized, compassionate care. She specializes in anxiety, depression, life transitions, and maternal mental health — including perinatal mood and anxiety disorders — and has completed advanced training in both I-CBT for OCD and Postpartum Support International's Components of Care.
Above all, Ariel is committed to creating a warm, judgment-free space where you can show up exactly as you are.
Ready to start? Book a session with Ariel today
Therapeutic Foraging Walks: Restoring Kinship with the Wild
Slow down, tune in, and deepen your relationship with the land you call home.
Join Ally-Anne Rigoli-Redd, LGPC, Naturalist & Nature Informed Therapist on a mindful walk to deepen your relationship with the land you call home. Each stroll will explore a different healing theme guided by local plants through the seasons. Grounded in reverence and reciprocity, you will not only learn about several plants, but from them as living members of the community. It’s an invitation to nurture curiosity & presence. To awaken your ecological identity and ground your nervous system. Beginner friendly. Slow pace.
Monthly Sunday mornings, $35/Session, 11am-1pm, at Talmar in Towson, MD
Upcoming Events and Programs

May 29, 2026
Soundbath Meditation - May
CMHC Group Room
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Join us for a restorative Sound Bath Immersion to experience the soothing power of sound and vibration. These last Friday of the month sessions offers a unique opportunity to reset your nervous system and release built-up stress. Using crystal singing bowls, gongs, ocean drums, rainsticks, and other healing instruments, this experience is designed to guide you into deep relaxation and mental clarity.

May 31, 2026
Foraging Wellness Walks: May
Gunpowder Falls State Park
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Therapeutic Foraging Walks: Restoring Kinship with the Wild. The first in a series of seasonal foraging walks, join Ally-Anne, LGPC, Nature-Informed Therapist, for a guided, mindful walk focused on learning from local plants. Each walk explores a different theme while supporting grounding, presence, and connection to the land. Beginner-friendly with a slow, gentle pace.

June 26, 2026
Soundbath Meditation-June
CMHC Group Room
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Join us for a restorative Sound Bath Immersion to experience the soothing power of sound and vibration. These last Friday of the month sessions offers a unique opportunity to reset your nervous system and release built-up stress. Using crystal singing bowls, gongs, ocean drums, rainsticks, and other healing instruments, this experience is designed to guide you into deep relaxation and mental clarity.

June 28, 2026
Foraging Wellness Walks: June
Talmar
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Therapeutic Foraging Walks: Restoring Kinship with the Wild. The first in a series of seasonal foraging walks, join Ally-Anne, LGPC, Nature-Informed Therapist, for a guided, mindful walk focused on learning from local plants. Each walk explores a different theme while supporting grounding, presence, and connection to the land. Beginner-friendly with a slow, gentle pace.
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