Panelists
Andrea McDonald-Fingland, LCSW-C
Mental Health Therapist, Serenity Acres Treatment Center
Andrea McDonald-Fingland is a licensed Certified Social Worker- Clinical and has been practicing in the field of co-occurring behavioral health disorders for 5 years. She began her career in an outpatient setting focusing primarily on mental health in a behavioral health clinic. What she came to find was that many of her client’s also struggled with a co-occurring substance use disorder and so her journey began. Since that time she has worked in both inpatient and outpatient substance use treatment settings, as well as Primary Care settings administering SBIRTS (Screening and Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment Services) and is currently providing one on one and group mental health therapy in an inpatient substance use treatment setting. Her primary areas of interest include trauma related disorders and mood disorders that co-occur with substance abuse. She is also on the Board of Directors for both the Calvert County Core Service Agency and the Maryland Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers as a Southern Maryland representative.
Mark Donovan, LCPC, LCADC
CEO of Congruent Counseling Services and Integrative Counseling
Mark is a husband, proud father, and therapist. Mark is the Director of both Congruent Counseling and Integrative Counseling. Mark's goal when entering the field of counseling was to help people live a more fulfilled and meaningful life. In order to do this well, he knew he could not do it alone – he needed other therapists with a variety of backgrounds to work with the varying difficulties of each different person or family.
In developing the practice, he felt it was essential to offer both mental health and substance abuse services in one location. While not everyone needs both services, those that do need them receive better treatment when they are offered at one location. However, Mark soon learned that managing the regulations, laws, and insurance policies of a split system were difficult to provide in one practice. Hence the existence of two practices under one roof. Ask him and he will be happy to bore you with discussions of a system in need of repair.
Mark has worked in the mental health and substance issues counseling field since 1993. He received his BA in Psychology in 1993 from the University of Maryland College Park and his MA in Counseling Psychology in 1998 from Bowie State University. Mark is proud to have served as a staffer, group leader, and eventually as an associate director of the Adult Health and Development Program (AHDP) under the tutelage of Dr. Daniel Leviton at the University of Maryland. He developed his beliefs about human nature and how to help at the AHDP and while working at Montgomery General Hospital. These two programs provided rich experience in the needs and wants of people. Mark strives to use this experience to help people live a more fulfilling life.
Luke DeBoy LGSW, CAC-AD
Director of Addictions at Tranquility Woods Premier Treatment Center
Luke DeBoy’s career as a counselor is deeply rooted in a passion for addictions medicine. From his own experiences to his impressive career in the treatment of co-occurring disorders, Luke is dedicated to a mission of recovery. He first began in addictions treatment while studying at Salisbury University as an undergraduate. During his time there Luke designed and implemented a substance abuse education and referral program for the student athletics department.
His experiences there opened his eyes to the importance of education and person-centered treatment modalities for recovery. After completing his undergraduate studies he chose to advance his knowledge through a Certification in Addictions Counseling in 2010. Once his certification was completed, Luke began a master’s program in social work at the University of Maryland Baltimore, undertaking graduate level course work and rigorous field placements and graduated in 2013. Luke has worked at all levels of care in the co-occuring substance abuse field. Luke is currently the Director of Addiction Services at Tranquility Woods Residential treatment facility.