Vital Sources provides counseling, psychotherapy, consultation and assessment services for the seminarians and formation team at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD. The following are our associates and colleagues who provide these specialized services.
Brian McCrohan MA, LGPC
Psychotherapist
“I am driven by a deep passion for helping individuals navigate the complexities of their lives and achieve meaningful growth and healing. Committed to providing holistic care, I firmly believe in the power of an integrative approach to psychotherapy. This allows me to combine elements from different therapeutic approaches to create a space that is both supportive and empowering. My approach focuses on the mental, emotional, and spiritual needs of my clients. My guiding principle as a therapist is to cultivate a warm, non-judgmental, safe, and affirming environment fostering a strong therapeutic alliance built on trust and empathy.”
Catherine Milstead, LCSW-C
Mental Health Therapist
Catherine received her degree in Social Work with a clinical concentration in 1994 from the University of Maryland. Her passion for helping others to realize their dreams and overcome the obstacles caused by trauma, anxiety, grief, poor self-image, addictions and a myriad of other difficulties has led her to learn how closely associated emotional anguish can be with physical pain. In a warm and loving environment, Catherine guides her clients one step at a time toward reaching their goals. She implements a variety of different treatment strategies. Catherine is uniquely trained in Somatic Experiencing and in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She also utilizes a variety of other approaches when indicated including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Narrative Therapy. The modalities she utilizes help clients to gently reprocess trauma as needed and to gain insight and positive perspective on their past so that wholeness and happiness can be achieved, no matter the trauma and negative experiences that have occurred. Catherine loves to integrate the Christian faith into therapy if the client desires.
Catherine has experience in clinical social work, community mental health, as well as education. She treats adults, teens (17+), couples and families via in-person or telehealth visits.
In her spare time, Catherine enjoys reading and going for walks. She enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren. Her favorite pastimes are spending quiet time with the Lord, who guides her practice and animates her heart, and coffee dates with friends in cute cafes.
Cornerstone Physical Therapy & Behavioral Health
5300 Westview Dr., Suite 108
Frederick, MD 21703
301-732-4754
301-732-5702 (fax)
[email protected]
James Roembke, Jr. Psy.D
“I’d like to suggest that the work of psychotherapy isn’t as mysterious as so many make it out to be. At the end of the day, psychotherapy is a relationship. Fundamentally, it’s no more baffling than why a guy wants to throw a ball with a buddy, why a woman wants to have coffee with a trusted confidant and why young ones want to have a “friend over.” The mystery isn’t the endeavor; the mystery is what happens as a result. And yes, that indeed is a mystery. After more than 20 years of being with folks in this work, it is surprising that it continues to amaze me, but it does. The relationship which is psychotherapy, if we attend to it, nurture it, make sense of it does in fact do something mysterious, dare I say miraculous in us.”