Morgan Benner, PhD

The Snow Psychology Group, LLC is a private group practice providing evidence-based CBT across the lifespan (ages 5+). We specialize in OCD treatment using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard approach, and have advanced training and extensive experience treating diverse OCD presentations, including mental compulsions. When working with children and young teens, I involve parents when appropriate to support ERP skills, reduce family accommodation, and strengthen relationships. Our psychologists provide individual, family, couples, and group therapy to address concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, body image, tics, relationships, and life transitions, both in-person in Maryland and online in 40+ states.

We treat co-occurring disorders using evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and related approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Habit Reversal Training (HRT) for body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) such as hair pulling and skin picking, Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT), and exposure-based treatments. Areas of specialty include depression, anxiety (phobias, separation anxiety, selective mutism, social anxiety), PTSD, eating disorders including ARFID, autism, and ADHD. Treatment focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, reducing avoidance, strengthening emotion regulation, increasing cognitive flexibility, and developing skills to accept internal experiences to live a meaningful, values-based life.

My OCD training began as a doctoral student at Lehigh University (APA-approved) and continued in-depth during post-doctoral fellowship training, where I had extensive supervised experience treating OCD. Post-doctoral training in OCD treatment also included completing formal training in Exposure with Response Prevention at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety (CTSA) at the University of Pennsylvania, whose director is the developer of the approach.

I have experience working with a wide variety of diverse people, including those who identify as LGBTQ. I have particular experience working with veterans from my time training at several Veteran’s Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs). I use an affirming, multicultural, and strengths-based approach to support you or your teen.