The Team at Connection Counseling Center | Frederick, MD

Andy Ferguson LCSW-C

Owner, Therapist

Andy has worked at an adolescent treatment center for girls in Utah and has also worked as a therapist at an adolescent boys’ residential treatment center on Independent Samoa in the South Pacific. In these roles, Andy developed a passion for helping adolescents and their families to overcome the effects of addiction and behavioral issues.

After returning from Samoa, Andy worked for a community mental health agency in their youth outpatient department in Utah. He worked closely with the Division of Child and Protective Services and the State Foster Care system in providing counseling to children and adolescents struggling with depression, anxiety, learning disorders, attachment disorders, oppositional defiance, as well as other struggles at home or at school. Andy also worked as a crisis worker for the agency assisting local law enforcement, emergency room workers, and ecclesiastical leaders in providing solutions and support to community members in crisis.

Prior to starting to his own practice, Andy worked as a counselor for LDS Family Services in Frederick, MD.

Andy loves his job! He’s thrilled for the chance he has to build relationships with his clients and see them grow and progress to reach their potential. He strongly believes that therapy can be a powerful tool in creating lasting change in families.

In his free time, Andy loves playing tennis, basketball, running, photography and spending time with his family. He currently resides in the Frederick area with his wife and four children.

Education

Brigham Young University
MSW, 2008
Brigham Young University
B.S. Psychology, 2005

Licensed

Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Utah

Julia Ferguson

Co-Founder and PCI® Certified Parent Coach

Julia and Andy have worked as a team in building this practice from its onset in 2011. They met while working at a treatment center for adolescent girls. Their passion for helping those struggling with emotional health and their ambition to someday run their own practice is what began the journey that is now Connection Counseling Center.

Julia has worked on the administrative side of mental health treatment since 2002. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Marriage, Family and Human Development from Brigham Young University. She is also a PCI® Certified Parent Coach specializing in coaching parents of preteens and adolescents raise resilient children. She's been highly trained in Appreciative Inquiry, one of the pillars of Positive Psychology. Her approach focuses on identifying each family's unique strengths to meet their current challenges.

In addition to one on one coaching, Julia is also a Positive Discipline Educator and enjoys engaging parents in the principles of positive discipline through her experiential parenting workshops.

Julia and Andy are the parents of 4 children. Julia enjoys running, gardening, traveling and watching musical theater.

Education:

Brigham Young University, BS in Marriage, Family, & Human Development

Certified PCI® Parent Coach

Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator

Annie Magee

Office Assistant

Annie Graduated with a bachelor's degree in Marriage and Family studies from BYU-I in 2019. She enjoys working from home, scheduling and billing for Connection Counseling Center. She is passionate about advocating for marriage and family. She is a Gottman workshop leader for Bringing Baby Home and 7 Principles that make marriage work. She loves being a facilitator for these workshops and especially enjoys giving couples tools to help strengthen and enrich their marriage.
In her free time she loves to travel, her favorite place so far is Bangladesh where she got to help the Myanmar refugees with a charity group. She also loves to read, spend time in nature, and play games with her family. She has been married for 20 years and has four children.

Our Team