Empowering Healing, Creating Resilience

Our mission at The Center for Empowerment and Resilience is to provide specialized counseling services for trauma and anxiety, guiding individuals towards resilience and inner peace. We are dedicated to creating a safe and compassionate space where clients can embark on a transformative journey, finding strength within themselves to overcome their past and embrace a brighter future. Our commitment is to be the guiding light on the path to recovery, helping clients not only survive, but thrive.

Sal Schittino, NCC, LCPC

Licensed Therapist, MD, VA

Sal is an EMDR Certified Therapist. He earned his BA in Clinical Psychology at Washington College and his MS in Community Mental Health Counseling from McDaniel College. He has a deep commitment to continued education, earning advanced certifications in EMDR. He also serves as a MD board certified supervisor to mental health practitioners earning their supervision hours for licensure. Sal is licensed in Maryland and Virginia.

Sal specializes in treating the following conditions:

Trauma disorders
PTSD
OCD
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Specific Phobia Disorder
Grief and Bereavement
Panic disorder
Childhood abuse
Sexual assault victims
Physical Assaults
Teenage anxiety
Performance anxiety
Bullying

  • Trauma disorders
  • PTSD
  • OCD
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Separation Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Specific Phobia Disorder
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Panic disorder
  • Childhood abuse
  • Sexual assault victims
  • Physical Assaults
  • Teenage anxiety
  • Performance anxiety
  • Bullying

EMDR
Therapy

Individual Therapy

Family
Therapy

Supervision

Public
Speaking

New Patient?

How can we help? Message Sal to discuss your goals and offer the soonest availability.