Behavioral Health Care That Helps People Move Forward
Treatment. Rehabilitation. Employment. Recovery.
Mental health recovery is about more than reducing symptoms. It is about helping people regain stability, rebuild daily life, strengthen relationships, participate in their communities, pursue meaningful goals, and move toward greater independence.
Our goal is simple but meaningful: Help people get well, function better, build independence, and create lives that matter to them.
Community-Based Care
Serving individuals and families in Southern Maryland with dignity, respect, and personalized care.
+1 (888) 322-4188More Than a Mental Health Clinic
HelpStar Behavioral Health is a community-based behavioral health organization serving individuals and families from our location in Hollywood, Maryland. What makes HelpStar different is that we do not view recovery as something that happens only inside a therapy office.
A person may receive excellent psychiatric treatment and still struggle to get out of bed consistently, maintain personal hygiene, remember medical appointments, take medications as prescribed, manage money, maintain housing, use transportation independently, or find meaningful employment.
The Questions We Ask
Good behavioral health care should address not only "What symptoms does this person have?" It should also ask: "What is preventing this person from living the life they want to live — and what practical support can help them move forward?"
Why HelpStar Exists
Behavioral health conditions can affect mood, motivation, relationships, housing, and work. HelpStar connects clinical treatment with real-world recovery — helping people not only feel better, but function better in daily life.
Our Mission
To provide compassionate, person-centered behavioral health treatment, rehabilitation, recovery, and employment services that help individuals improve mental wellness, strengthen daily functioning, achieve goals, and live independently.
Our Vision
A community where behavioral health conditions do not prevent people from experiencing dignity, purpose, opportunity, relationships, employment, and full participation in everyday life.
One Person. Different Needs. Connected Services.
Our service model is organized around four interconnected areas of care.
TREATMENT
Clinical services addressing psychiatric symptoms, diagnoses, emotional distress, and prescribing needs.
REHABILITATION
Focuses on how conditions affect daily functioning, developing skills for self-care, housing, and routines.
EMPLOYMENT
Individualized support helping eligible individuals choose, obtain, and maintain competitive employment.
RECOVERY
Supporting recovery as an individualized process built around goals, relationships, and meaningful life.
Programs Snapshot
Explore HelpStar's specialized behavioral health program pathways.
OMHC
Psychiatric evaluation, therapy, medication management, and clinical care.
PRP - Adults
Community-based rehabilitation focused on daily living and independence.
PRP - Minors
Age-appropriate rehabilitation for children & adolescents.
Substance Use IOP
Structured ASAM Level 2.1 treatment while remaining in the community.
Supported Employment
Individualized career exploration, job placement, and coaching.
Our Core Values
The principles that guide our everyday care and interactions.
Compassion
Treating every person with patience, respect, empathy, and dignity during difficult life periods.
Person-Centered Care
Goals reflect what matters to the individual — not simply what matters to the system.
Respect
Honoring differences in culture, background, identity, beliefs, and individual recovery pathways.
Integrity
Committed to ethical practice, professional accountability, privacy, and responsible stewardship.
Collaboration
Building open communication among individuals, families, clinicians, and community partners.
Recovery
Believing individuals can learn, grow, adapt, and pursue meaningful lives despite ongoing conditions.
Independence
Interventions designed to strengthen ability to manage everyday life with progressively less support.
Quality
Striving for measurable, goal-directed, clinically appropriate care that continuously improves.
Serving Southern Maryland from Hollywood, MD
Recovery happens in homes, families, neighborhoods, workplaces, and schools. That is why our clinic is conveniently located in Southern Maryland, serving St. Mary's County and surrounding communities.
Visiting Our Office
Our clinic offers a comfortable, modern, non-institutional setting designed for confidential care.
Get DirectionsMeet Our Clinical Leadership
Dedicated, licensed professionals committed to recovery-focused care.
Lacole Cole, LCPC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Grace Moore, LICSW-C
Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical
Dr. Lilian Adamu, DNP, PMHNP
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
In-Person and Telehealth Services
HelpStar provides in-person care at our Hollywood clinic. Telehealth is available for selected clinical services when clinically appropriate and permitted by program/payer rules. Certain rehabilitation services and assessments require in-person participation.
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