Meet The Creative Counseling Connections Team!

The team at Creative Counseling Connections is focused on

Emma Parks, LGSW

Emma works primarily with children, teens, and families. She is TBRI-trained. Others describe her as relaxed and supportive, with a proactive, goal-oriented style, making it easy for children and teens to feel comfortable with her, but also grow.

Christine Winkler, LCSW-C

Christine works with ADHD, autism, trauma, depression, and anxiety. She helps with organization, executive functioning, systems, and using ways of thinking to help you feel and do better. She is trained in Brain Integration Therapy.

Dr. Didi Anude, MD

Dr. Didi works with individuals suffering from stressful experiences, trauma, anxiety, and depression. She also works with couples, families, and adults on various relationship and communication issues. She is here to help you feel seen valued and heard.

Elise Celli, LCSW

Elise works with young adults and teens entering and surviving the adulting world, along with stressed out men and women. She connects well with those who feel disconnected in relationships, and people struggling with chronic pain or illness.

Allison Anderson LGPC Counselor MD

Allison Anderson, LGPC

Allison enjoys working with women who struggle with perfectionism and people pleasing in relationships. She also provides support for children and teens challenged by perfectionism, performance anxiety, mood swings, trauma, and grief. 

Sara Rodriguez, LCSW-C Counselor Maryland

Sara Rodriguez, LCSW-C

Sara enjoys using my training and experience in therapy to serve others. She feel it’s her job, not only to create a safe place where you can feel heard and understood, but send you out the door with skills you or your child can use in your daily lives.

Shalom Kester, Graduate Intern

Shalom is a graduate intern, and comes to Creative Counseling Connections after 20+ years in early childhood education and, most recently, as a director of a preschool. She found she had a knack for connecting with children on deeper levels.