CHESTERTOWN — Choptank Community Health System has added licensed certified social worker-clinical Carly Boughner and licensed clinical professional counselor Amy Piccaluga to its behavioral health team serving Maryland’s Mid-Shore communities.
Boughner provides behavioral health services at Choptank Health’s Chestertown Health Center [126 Philosophers Terrace] and for all Choptank Health patients through telehealth appointments. She brings experience in outpatient mental health therapy, medical social services, crisis intervention and interdisciplinary care coordination.
Boughner most recently served as an outpatient mental health therapist with Community Behavioral Health in Centreville, where she conducted psychosocial assessments, provided counseling and crisis intervention services, and collaborated with schools, families and health care teams to support patient-centered care.
Her previous experience includes serving as a medical social services coordinator with ProMedica Potomac Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, where she managed complex patient caseloads, facilitated discharge planning and supported patients and families through behavioral health and long-term care needs.
Boughner earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Social Work. She also has Bachelor of Arts in psychology.
Piccaluga provides behavioral health services at Choptank Health’s Chestertown and Goldsboro health centers, and for all Choptank Health patients through telehealth appointments. She brings extensive experience in outpatient therapy, crisis intervention, inpatient mental health care and behavioral health program leadership.
Piccaluga’s experience includes providing inpatient mental health services with the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton and serving as clinic director and outpatient therapist for Pathways Inc., where she supervised staff, coordinated behavioral health services and provided individual, family and group therapy services.
Her additional experience includes school-based and day treatment behavioral health services for children and youth, crisis intervention and trauma-informed counseling. She is trained in EMDR [Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing] and evidence-based behavioral health interventions.
Piccaluga earned a Master of Science in clinical mental health counseling from Walden University, along with undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology from Washington College.
Choptank Community Health System provides medical, dental, pediatric, school-based, behavioral health and specialty care services across Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties, with a mission to provide access to exceptional, comprehensive and integrated health care for everyone.
New primary medical care patients are welcome at all Choptank Health locations. For more information, visit www.choptankhealth.org.
