Eastern Shore Psychological Services, LLC (ESPS) marked the tenth anniversary of providing quality mental health care on July 1, 2009. ESPS has grown from five employees in a single location in Salisbury, MD to four locations. Currently ESPS provides services to Wicomico, Somerset, Southern Worcester, Dorchester, and Talbot counties with over eighty employees.
Services provided include traditional mental health therapy, group therapy, psychiatric evaluations and medication management. ESPS also provides psychological testing and evaluations and engages in ongoing research to help identify the risk of violence in youth and adults. Mid Shore Mental Health Systems recently presented the founder, Dr. Kathryn Seifert, with an award for innovative mental health programming. ESPS was also named one of Maryland’s Top Woman Owned Businesses by Diversity Business in 2009. ESPS will host 10th Anniversary open houses at each of their locations in October.
Dr. Kathryn Seifert speaks nationally and internationally on topics of violence prevention. Her book, How Children Become Violent won the 2007 Independent Publishers Award. She has also authored a ‘Parent Version’ of this book to provide practical advice for caregivers. While researching the book, Dr. Seifert also developed a risk and needs assessment tool, The CARE 2: Chronic Violence Risk and Need Assessment, which aids therapists in determining the risk for violence, the appropriate level of service, and type of services needed for the individual and their families. This tool is gaining acceptance both nationally and internationally. Dr. Seifert has authored several other books and CD’s including RELAX: Your Life May Depend on It and Pathways to Inner Peace. . Dr. Seifert will be presenting information on her research and books this fall at:
•National Conference of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in Chicago in July 2009,
•SHIP: School Health Interdisciplinary Program at Turf Valley, MD in August 2009
•International Children and the Law Conference in Prato, Italy in September 2009
•National Workshop on Juvenile and Adult Female offenders in Jackson, MS in October 2009
****************
If you would like to arrange an interview with Dr. Seifert, you may contact Melissa Wright at 410-334-6961 ext. 104 or email your request to m.wright@espsmd.com.
