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Therapist, Food Nerd,

& Curious Human

I’m Joey Salvatore, LCPC in Maryland.

Thanks for checking out my services!

I founded Chosen Family Cooking and Counseling in 2024.

I invite clients to be curious about themselves…especially when what we find in a given context is Pain. With supportive relationships, the healing and be transformative.

When we have a diverse toolbox to respond to life, we feel more in control. That can include tools to cope, soothe, and heal, as well as to cook, organize, and nourish.

My approach: it’s all about how you relate to Everything!

You are a person first, and a client of therapy second. I value neurodiversity, the different ways we operate in the world, intersectionality of different identities and contexts and how they shape your access to resources learning, your history, and your access to resources.

Regardless of my training, the relationship we form is so vital to our work.

I want to know how your relationships to your thoughts, feelings, family, friends, food, kitchen, anything.

Why? Bc we have the most power not in changing our Stuff, but in how we Relate to our stuff. From there, we open ourselves up to possibilities.

For example: Can I see a messy kitchen with compassionate eyes? Practice Noticing my mind says “I’m lazy” and letting it go, and then Noticing “I can kindly clean the mess”, having fun along the way.

I will work on building your trust, practicing tools in session you can take with you, dropping you right into the context of your life, and checking in on effectiveness and seeking feedback throughout our work.

As the issues in your life shift, so should your therapy and services. I will continue to shape my toolbox to match your requests and needs. I truly believe that when you organically make steps towards what matters, you start to feel better, and contact Joy, Humor, Contentment, Connection, Gratitude: some of the best spices of life.

Therapy is hard work, but it can even be, dare I say, fun…!

There are so many ways to your therapy goals. Curiosity is one of our best tools in the work. Together, we can talk, write, sing, dance, cook, meditate about it. All in the practice of giving you more flexible tools.

We will work together to promote this space as soothing and healing, a safe space to do the heavy lifting.

With you in control of the context, readily take the skills from our work together in therapy into your kitchen, into your relationships, with your family and loved ones without having to travel to an office setting.

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  • Individual Mental Health Counseling

    For Clients in Maryland seeking a Queer/Neuroaffirming Therapeutic Approach

    Inquire about Diagnostic Services and Insurance Reimbursement services

  • Coaching and Cooking Support

    For individuals in or out of Maryland seeking behavioral and executive functioning support