Amy Hooper, LCSW-C, CEAP

Director, Another Look at Healing, LLC

Amy uses her warm personality along with her holistic approach to engage her clients in the therapeutic process. She has a supportive, collaborative relationship with clients, allowing for deep personal growth and healing. She uses practical, solution focused interventions to tailor therapy to meet the specific needs of each individual client. She has experience working with individuals, couples and families. Her specialties are stress and anxiety, depression, women's wellness issues, difficult life transitions, relationship issues, and job related concerns. Amy uses an empowerment perspective to help clients explore their inner selves to find their personal strengths.

Amy holds a Masters degree in Social Work with a Clinical focus in Mental Health from The University of Maryland, School of Social Work. Throughout her Master's degree, she worked with a variety of individuals with a range of issues to help them find the paths to happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. Amy is also certified in Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), a specialized training to help individuals and organizations during crises. She is also a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP). Amy has recently become a member of the National Association of Professional Women, an organization recognizing the country's most accomplished professional women.

In order to reach out to more individuals in need, Amy opened her own private practice, Another Look at Healing, LLC in Montgomery County, MD. The focus of this practice is on you, the client, and what your needs are. To make an appointment to meet with Amy, call today 240-274-5680.



Lev Grotel, MSW, LGSW, Psychotherapist

Lev has a great capacity to relate well to many types of clients and form a strong alliance with them.  This relationship helps his clients feel at ease and allows them to safely begin exploring their issues and themselves.  His passion is working with individuals, both adults and teens, as well as with couples.  Lev customizes his approach to each person or couple using a variety of theories and techniques.  He is committed, motivated and passionate about his client’s well-being, healing and growth.  Lev helps his clients in dealing with relationship and sexual issues, anxiety and stress, panic attacks, depression, low self-esteem, ACOA issues, abuse and trauma, sexual identity concerns, life transitions, interpersonal issues and family struggles.

One of his strengths is problem solving with clients in crisis regarding specific “what to do” questions.  By brainstorming together he helps clients regain their balance and find an appropriate course of action. Lev holds a Masters degree in Social Work with a Clinical focus in Mental Health from The University of Maryland, School of Social Work.  Throughout his Master's degree, he worked with clients ranging from people with severe mental illness to university students in group and individual therapy settings. Lev also has advanced training in sex therapy to help couples improve their relationships both in the bedroom and out of the bedroom. To make an appointment to meet with Lev, call today 240-274-5680.

Sara Rothleder, LCSW-C, Psychotherapist

Sara uses her compassionate nature to build and enhance supportive and productive therapeutic relationships with her clients.  Sara recognizes that each individual is in treatment for his/her own unique reasons and utilizes a strengths-based perspective to empower her clients. Sara employs her training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help clients achieve their goals.  Without judgment, Sara actively listens to her clients to determine what their needs and wants are and together develops a plan of treatment.  She believes in creating a validating environment where her clients are empowered to create the life they want to live and to feel more in control of their emotions and behaviors.  Sara treats clients with a vast array of emotional stressors including anxiety, stress, depression, abuse and trauma, relationship issues, and issues surrounding life transitions.  

Sara obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan. Then, Sara earned her Master of Social Work degree at the University of Maryland, specializing in working with Children and Families. As a Clinical Social Worker with over ten years of experience, Sara works with young children, adolescents, and adults.  Sara recently spent a significant amount of time working with severely emotionally disturbed adolescents and their families.  In doing so, Sara developed an expertise in helping such clients and their families cope with the effects of mental illness and develop strategies for building better lives.