Serving the greater Baltimore community’s mental health needs for over forty years
Our History – from the first outpatient clinic in Maryland to a best-selling self-help book and the longest running DBT program in the greater Baltimore area
From 1984 to 2024
The Resource Group was founded in 1984 in Towson, Maryland by John E. Davis, PhD, Gloria Uhl, and Charles Whitfield, MD. At a time when outpatient mental health care was scarce, the founders established what was then the first outpatient mental health program in Maryland — built on a conviction that accessible, community-based care produced better outcomes than institutionalized treatment alone.
One of the founders, Dr. Whitfield, wrote the seminal self-help book, Healing The Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families. Published in 1987, it became an international best-seller, going on to sell over 1.3 million copies. Dr. Davis was also one of the original authors of the ACE (Adverse Child Experiences) Study, conducted in the 1990’s.
After Dr. Whitfield’s departure from the clinic, the work to reduce suffering was continued by his partner, Dr. John Davis. A Jungian in terms of training, he introduced one of the first Dialectical Behavior Therapy programs on the East Coast, establishing the modality in the clinic in 2000. It is the longest running DBT program in Baltimore.
The current Director, Elliott Driscoll, joined the practice in 2011 – since then, tens of thousands of people have been helped. As of 2024, we serve some 2500 individuals in the greater Baltimore area and further afield.
