Casey Kutner, MA, LGPC

Accessing Mental Wellness through Authenticity, Alignment, and Agency

Helping Teens and Their Families Navigate Stress, Cultivate Resilience, and Thrive through this Developmental Stage.

Working with Casey

Working on your emotional health isn’t about being soft—it’s about building the regulation, resilience, and adaptive coping you need to face challenges on and off the field. For athletes, this often looks like working on your emotional health so that you can perform your best without losing who you are in the process.

Services

Everyone’s journey is different. Here’s how I can help:

General Clinical Care

Anxiety Coping Skills

Learn practical tools to settle the nervous system in real time—breath work, grounding, and cognitive skills that reduce spirals and overwhelm. We’ll build a personalized plan so you can notice early signs, respond skillfully, and return to center at school, home, or practice.

Perfectionism

Shift from all-or-nothing thinking to a sustainable process. We’ll work on flexible standards, self-talk that supports growth, and routines that protect recovery—so effort and identity aren’t held hostage by outcomes.

Distress Tolerance

Build capacity to ride tough moments without shutting down or lashing out. Using evidence-based strategies, we’ll practice tolerating discomfort, naming emotions, and choosing values-aligned actions under pressure.

Working with Athletes and Performers

Performance Anxiety

Learn mental strategies to manage nerves, perfectionism, and big-game pressure—so you can perform your best when it matters most.

Injury & Setbacks

Cope with the emotions of injury, recover confidence, and rebuild your mindset so you return stronger and more resilient.

Burnout & Stress

Recognize signs of burnout, set healthy boundaries, and restore motivation and energy for both school and sport.

Focus & Attention

Tools and support for ADHD and concentration—improve attention, routines, and productivity on and off the field.

Identity & Confidence

Build self-worth and confidence that isn’t tied only to wins or stats. Develop a healthy sense of identity as a whole person.

School–Sport Balance

Find realistic ways to manage school, training, social life, and recovery—without burning out or falling behind.

About Casey

Casey Giovanazzi Kutner, M.A., LC, earned both her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Towson University. She has clinical experience working with Anxiety Disorders, Adjustment Disorders, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Casey has been trained in cognitive-behavioral and applied behavioral therapy for the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults. She utilizes an integrative approach to therapy that also pulls from mindfulness and interpersonal techniques.

In addition to her clinical experience, Casey has an extensive athletic history and a passion for sports psychology. Casey has been around high level athletics for most of her life. She played sports collegiately at the Division I level and has been coaching since the end of her own athletic career. Through both her coaching and clinical work, Casey has focused on the importance of mental health and wellness to help athletes find success both in and outside of sport. Casey emphasizes mind-body connection, resilience training, and strengths-based techniques to help cultivate growth and development in athletes.

In all clinical work, Casey leans on authenticity, alignment, and agency. In the context of a safe space and with the use of evidence-based practices, these values help minimize distress, maximize self-compassion, and cultivate acceptance.

“The strongest athletes take care of their minds, too.”

FAQ

Do you work with non-athletes?

Any and all performance. Experience working with dancers, performers, and theater kids. Extensive experience working with non-athletes. If these skills resonate with you and your teenager, please contact me. Please see the About section for the diagnoses I have experience working with.

Do you work with parents?

Yes, absolutely. It’s important to me that my clients feel they have autonomy and agency in the therapeutic space. Treating the family like a team often yields the best therapeutic progress and is an important part of how I handle clinical care.

Why Private Pay Aligns with the Values of this Practice

The approach is integrative care. It’s not one-dimensional, and in that type of medical care there is less insurance involvement to give practitioners the autonomy and agency to lead with insight and instinct rather than the medical industry’s parameters.

What to expect in my consultation call

Limited to 15 minutes. We’ll exchange information to determine whether an intake is the proper next step, and whether I’m the right fit to help with your needs. If it’s a good fit, we’ll schedule an intake.

What kinds of athletes do you work with?

In short: all of them. I work with teen and collegiate-level athletes at various stages in their careers. A wide range of sport and competition levels is welcome. I am primarily based in youth athletics due to my proactive approach to mental wellness. Oftentimes I see my youth athletes through their collegiate career and into retirement.

What to expect in the intake

The intake is our first in-depth assessment of fit. I’m a relational therapist and place a high value on cohesion in the therapeutic relationship. We’ll cover detailed background information to clarify therapeutic goals (60 minutes). We’ll also review practice policies, HIPAA, and I’ll share relevant background about my training and approach.

Are you in-person or virtual?

At this time I am taking virtual clients only, as I have recently relocated and have not yet secured office space. I deeply value the in-person therapy space and am actively pursuing offices with the goal of offering in-person sessions within the next year.