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Where The Wild Things Are: mental health therapy in Baltimore City

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Where The Wild Things Are is a practice committed to quality, client centered care that reflects the values of simplicity, equity, and accessibility. We utilize a sanctuary model to support trauma informed talk, play, or art therapy techniques. Feminist theory guides our ability to change our internal narrative by looking closely at the words and symbols we use inside ourself, and understanding where and when we internalized them along our path.

Mx. Emily Kallay, LCSW-C, MEd- Human Sexuality, is a therapist who has been working with marginalized populations in and around Baltimore City for over 10 years. They have experience providing individual, family, couples, and group sessions in connection with both the city and county public school systems, as well as the community health clinics.

Mx. Emily has professional and lived experience including, but not limited to the following:

  • Trauma, Stress Disorder, PTSD, Chronic PTSD
  • ADHD, Executive Functioning support, partners of people with ADHD
  • Grief and loss, complex grieving, traumatic loss.
  • Anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, phobias, selective mutism
  • Depression, functional depression, casual and active suicidal ideation
  • Gender dysphoria, gender non- conforming identity development, Gender Affirming Surgery letters
  • DID - Systems, Therians, age discrepancy

…and embraces and celebrates populations including but not limited to:

  • Queer
  • Kink
  • Non-Monogamous
  • Ethically Non-Monogamous
  • Polyamorous
  • Gender non conforming
  • Transgender
  • Neuro Diverse
  • Systems
Mx. Emily Kallay

Where The Wild Things Are upholds a commitment to equity, community and accessibility in every step forward that we take.

Often the monthly bill for health insurance can leave us without the funds to pay the required co-pays or do not cover the care we actually need. In this time of economic inflation and job insecurity, too many of use cannot access services that are vital to our survival.

All client's fees for services are determined utilizing a sliding scale based on income. This sliding scale has been thoughtfully researched and developed based on the average income of a Baltimore City School teacher - an often under paid and under supported population.

Example Fees:

Session fee by yearly household income The session fee is $30 for household incomes up to $30,000. It rises steadily with income, to $75 at $75,000 and $200 at $200,000, and stays at $200 for incomes above that. $30 $75 $200 $0 $30K $75K $200K+ Session fee Yearly household income
Lowest -
$30,000 yearly household income or less = $30 session fee.
Average -
$75,000 yearly household income = 75$ session fee.
Highest -
$200,000 yearly household income or more = $200 session fee.