about lush potential

Mental health practice dedicated to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges with clarity, confidence, and support.

Helping people trust themselves again.

Healing begins when you feel safe enough to be honest.

At Lush Potential (formerly known as Beyond Dynamic Potential), we believe therapy is more than working through life’s challenges. It’s about creating a space where you can reconnect with yourself, strengthen your relationships, and move forward with greater confidence.

Our team is here to walk beside you through every season of life with compassion, clinical expertise, and genuine care.

  • Lush Potential exists to provide a safe, supportive space where people can be themselves, explore life’s challenges honestly, and create meaningful change with confidence.

    Through warmth, accountability, and meaningful connection, we help individuals navigate life’s challenges while learning to trust themselves and embrace their potential.

  • We envision Lush Potential as a trusted place people return to throughout every season of life—a place where they feel safe to be themselves, supported through life’s challenges, and empowered to trust themselves, grow, and move forward with confidence.

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More Than a Therapy Practice

Life has a way of making us question ourselves.

Stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship struggles, grief, and major life transitions can leave us feeling disconnected from the person we know we’re capable of being.

Lush Potential was founded on the belief that everyone deserves a place where they can slow down, be honest about what they’re carrying, and receive support without fear of judgment.

We don’t believe therapy is about fixing people.

We believe it’s about helping people rediscover their strengths, reconnect with their values, and trust themselves enough to move forward with confidence.

OUR VALUES

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Safe Spaces

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Trusted Partnership

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Honest Growth

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MEET THE TEAM

Healing happens through relationships, and every member of our team is committed to creating a space where clients feel genuinely supported.

While each clinician brings their own experience, specialties, and perspective, we all share one goal: helping people move through life’s challenges with greater clarity, confidence, and hope.

Stephanie Brown-Gilbert

Founder & Lead Therapist

Stephanie Brown-Gilbert, AM, LCSW-C, LICSW, LCSW, is the founder of Lush Potential and a licensed clinical social worker serving clients in Maryland, Illinois, and the District of Columbia. With more than a decade of experience providing psychotherapy, she helps individuals navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship challenges, and other mental health concerns with compassion, honesty, and evidence-based care.

Her career has included serving children, families, and Veterans in a variety of clinical settings, experiences that deepened her belief in the power of resilience and the importance of creating spaces where people feel safe, seen, and supported.

In 2021, Stephanie founded Lush Potential, formerly Beyond Dynamic Potential, to provide culturally responsive, recovery-focused mental health care that empowers individuals to trust themselves, embrace their potential, and create meaningful change. She believes therapy is most effective when it combines warmth with accountability, helping clients build resilience, restore balance, and move forward with confidence.

As a board-approved clinical supervisor in Maryland, Stephanie is also passionate about mentoring emerging social workers and supporting the next generation of compassionate mental health professionals.

  • Cortney Jordan, LGPC

    THERAPIST

    Cortney Jordan is a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor serving clients in Maryland and the District of Columbia. With more than 20 years of experience in counseling, case management, and mental health services, she supports children, adolescents, adults, and families through life’s challenges.

    Using a person-centered, trauma-informed approach, Cortney incorporates evidence-based therapies, including CBT and DBT, to help clients build practical coping skills, strengthen resilience, and create lasting change in a supportive, judgment-free environment.

  • Jade Hill, LCSW-C

    THERAPIST - INTERN SUPERVISOR

    Jade Hill is a Licensed Certified Social Worker–Clinical in Maryland who provides therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families. She has experience supporting clients through anxiety, depression, trauma, behavioral concerns, substance use, relationship challenges, and life transitions.

    Jade’s client-centered, strengths-based approach helps individuals feel supported as they build resilience, navigate challenges, and work toward meaningful personal growth. She is also passionate about mentoring future clinicians and advocating for compassionate, evidence-based care.

  • Marcy Bowers, LMSW

    THERAPIST

    Marcy Bowers is passionate about helping individuals, couples, families, and groups navigate life’s challenges with compassion and confidence. She works with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and other emotional and life stressors, creating a safe, supportive environment where healing and growth can begin.

    Using an eclectic, evidence-based approach, Marcy tailors therapy to each client’s unique experiences, strengths, and goals. She believes meaningful change happens through collaboration, helping clients build resilience, gain clarity, and move forward with greater confidence.

  • Precious Brown-Gilbert

    ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

    Precious Brown-Gilbert has more than 10 years of experience in human resources, client service, and business operations. As the administrative support behind Lush Potential, she helps ensure every client has a welcoming, organized experience from their first interaction through ongoing care.

    Her attention to detail and commitment to exceptional service allow our clinicians to focus on what matters most—supporting clients on their mental health journey.

Our promise to every client

Every person who walks through our doors deserves to feel seen, respected, and supported. These principles guide every conversation, every session, and every relationship we build.

Safety Comes First

A judgment-free space where honesty is welcomed.

Someone in Your Corner

Genuine relationships built on trust and encouragement.

Support + Accountability

Compassion that encourages meaningful growth.

Care That Honors Your Story

Culturally responsive care that respects lived experiences.

Trust Yourself Again

Reconnect with your voice and confidence.

Your Journey, Your Way

Personalized support tailored to your unique goals.

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Kind Words

I was privileged to have Stephanie Brown-Gilbert as my clinical supervisor and highly recommend her. Throughout our time together, she consistently demonstrated professionalism, deep insight, and a genuine investment in my growth as a clinician and future clinical supervisor. She provided a supportive and structured supervisory environment where I felt encouraged to reflect critically on my work, navigate ethical challenges, and build confidence in my clinical skills.

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We'd Be Honored to Walk Alongside You

Whether you’re beginning therapy for the first time or returning to continue your journey, we’re honored you’re here. When you’re ready, we’ll be here to help you take the next step.

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