

Sheppard Pratt Baltimore City
Treatment Focus
This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.
Primary Level of Care
Provides 24/7 medical supervision and intensive treatment in a clinical setting for individuals in crisis or with acute needs, focusing on stabilization and immediate safety
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Treatment Focus
This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.
Primary Level of Care
Provides 24/7 medical supervision and intensive treatment in a clinical setting for individuals in crisis or with acute needs, focusing on stabilization and immediate safety
Provider's Policy
Our hospitals participate with Maryland Medicaid and Medicare and many major insurance companies (including CareFirst, CIGNA, Aetna, United Healthcare, and Kaiser). Because of variations between policies, it is best to contact your insurer directly to determine whether we are in their network for your plan.
Sheppard Pratt Baltimore City
Sheppard Pratt Baltimore City
About Sheppard Pratt Baltimore City
Located near Johns Hopkins University and just minutes from downtown Baltimore, this mental health center is easily reachable by bus, train, and major roads. It offers outpatient and intensive outpatient care for children, teens, adults, and older adults. The center supports those dealing with anxiety, depression, and co-occurring substance use challenges. Telehealth services provide added flexibility and access.
Strengthen Mental and Emotional Health
Their care is guided by evidence-based methods and a community-based approach. Clients benefit from individual, group, and family therapy, medication management, and psychoeducation. Therapies like play therapy and marital counseling are tailored to age and need, helping individuals manage symptoms, build coping skills, and improve daily
Build Skills and Connection
The center also provides peer support, vocational services, and psychiatric day programs that build independent living skills. Specialized services include help with job placement, smoking cessation, and community-based care. These offerings create a well-rounded support system that promotes long-term recovery and personal growth.

Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.
CARF Accredited
CARF stands for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. It's an independent, non-profit organization that provides accreditation services for a variety of healthcare services. To be accredited means that the program meets their standards for quality, effectiveness, and person-centered care.

Insurance Accepted
Cash Pay Rates
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
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Meet Your Care Team

Scott Aaronson
MD Chief Science Officer, Institute for Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics; Psychiatrist, The Retreat at Sheppard Pratt

Tammy Acker
PMH-NP Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Community Services

Jason Addison
MD Service Chief, Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit

Adefolake Akinsanya
MD Service Chief
Levels of Care
Your Care Options
Specializations
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Smoking Cessation
Quitting smoking—i.e., ceasing to smoke—means giving up smoking nicotine and tobacco products. This process has very important health benefits.
Who We Treat
Older Adults
Addiction and mental health treatment caters to adults 55+ and the age-specific challenges that can come with recovery, wellness, and overall happiness.
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Children
Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Couples Counseling
Partners work to improve their communication patterns, using advice from their therapist to better their relationship and make healthy changes.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Online Therapy
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
Play Therapy
This approach is commonly used with children. It incorporates elements of play and self-expression, like boardgames, finger painting, dolls, and blocks.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Smoking Cessation
Quitting smoking—i.e., ceasing to smoke—means giving up smoking nicotine and tobacco products. This process has very important health benefits.