About Verity Counseling

Verity Counseling is a professional mental health practice dedicated to providing compassionate support and guidance. Our team of experienced counselors specializes in helping individuals navigate a variety of challenges, including anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship issues, and personal growth. We focus on trauma-informed evidence-based therapeutic approaches tailored to meet each client's unique needs, fostering a safe and supportive environment for healing and self-discovery.

Transformative and healing experience.

Meet our Therapists

Brandi Kohr, DSW, LCSW-C is a licensed clinical social worker and co-founder of Verity Counseling in Edgewater, Maryland. With over 20 years of experience, she specializes in helping individuals, couples, and families navigate trauma, anxiety, addiction, relationship challenges, and life transitions. Her integrative, insight-oriented approach combines evidence-based therapies—including CBT, DBT, ACT, and trauma-informed care. Brandi has extensive experience working with military and veteran populations, families and couples, those living with mood disorders, and individuals navigating LGBTQ+–related concerns. She believes lasting change begins with honesty, compassion, and the courage to uncover one’s own truth.

Shana Grimes, LCSW-C - As co-founder of Verity Counseling, Shana provides therapy for adults navigating trauma, addiction, and complex life transitions. Her work is grounded in an integrative, trauma-informed approach that helps clients understand the patterns that shape their lives and develop practical tools for change. With extensive experience in behavioral health and reentry settings, she is especially attuned to the needs of individuals rebuilding stability after incarceration, hospitalization, or periods of crisis. Shana believes that healing begins with honesty and understanding — and that meaningful change grows from compassion, insight, and self-awareness.

Contact Us

Reach out with questions or to learn more.

Call:

(667) 942-1703

Email:

info@veritycounseling.com

*If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs immediate assistance, please call 911 or 988, or go to your nearest emergency department.