About Us
Since 2005, The Capital Region Children’s Center (CRCC) has provided home, office, and school-based wrap-around mental health services to children and families struggling with behavioral, emotional, and academic issues in the Washington, DC metro area.
The Capital Region Children’s Center home based psycho-educational program provides intensive treatment to troubled children and families where most behavioral and academic problems emerge— in the home.
The program, which provides Comprehensive Child and Family Treatment, is outcome and research driven. Our staff maintain a strength based perspective while identifying and addressing struggles that affect or enable a child’s behavior or performance. Our home-based counselors, mentors, coaches, and tutors have small caseloads, allowing them to provide intensive support to the families they serve.
Children and families involved in our programming struggle a wide range of diagnosis including:
A Multi-Systemic and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach is combined with a truly hands on model to train parents how to address their children’s behaviors.
The Capital Region Children’s Center home based psycho-educational program provides intensive treatment to troubled children and families where most behavioral and academic problems emerge— in the home.
The program, which provides Comprehensive Child and Family Treatment, is outcome and research driven. Our staff maintain a strength based perspective while identifying and addressing struggles that affect or enable a child’s behavior or performance. Our home-based counselors, mentors, coaches, and tutors have small caseloads, allowing them to provide intensive support to the families they serve.
Children and families involved in our programming struggle a wide range of diagnosis including:
- Depression & Mood Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD or ADD)
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Learning Disabilities
A Multi-Systemic and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach is combined with a truly hands on model to train parents how to address their children’s behaviors.
Our Mission
The Capital Region Children’s Center services children and their families struggling with a variety of academic, behavioral, emotional, social, and mental health concerns. Our Multi-systematic approach encompasses an all-inclusive, individual and family-specific treatment that targets the emotional and learning needs of children within their home environment.
Senior Clinical Team
Mark Sweeney, Ph.D, LPC
Executive Director msweeney@dccrcc.com |
Ashley Coulon, MA, ATR-BC, LPC
Clinical Director acoulon@dccrcc.com |
Crista L. Kostenko, ATR-BC
Therapist & Supervisor ckostenko@dccrcc.com 
Aisha Bryant
MA Clinical Mental Health Intern abryant@dccrcc.com |
Crystal Powell, MA
Clinical Mentoring Supervisor cpowell@dccrcc.com 
Marcy Chell, LICSW
Therapist & Supervisor marcychell@gmail.com |