Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Abena A. Sando, LCSW-C is an independent licensed clinical social worker in the state of Maryland. She graduated from University Of Maryland School Of Social Work in 2008. She has worked in the past at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Center, various outpatient mental health clinics, and schools in the Baltimore region providing mental health services to children and adults with various mental health disabilities.
Abena uses various theoretical models like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Insight oriented therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Music Therapy, Play Therapy, and various trauma treatment models to treat her patients.
Abena is skilled at providing the following services to the patients she treats; initial screening, crisis management, complete diagnostic assessment/evaluation, treatment planning, individual therapy, family therapy, and group therapy.
Abena collaborates with the various providers of her patients to ensure that the patients she is serving needs are met.