Kirk Baltimore, LMSW (He/Him), is a Psychotherapist at Sheppard Pratt’s Outpatient Mental Health Center in Timonium. Kirk graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work with his MSW in 2022. Before coming to Sheppard Pratt, he worked in Montgomery County’s Homelessness Coordinated Entry System for four years as a Program Manager and Street Outreach Case Manager.
Kirk created the Blackfreud-ish podcast dedicated to unpacking the suppressed issues that impact the black experience in today's society, making what is socially unconscious conscious. In May 2023, Kirk ended his podcast to co-create another podcast and social outreach page called The Pharisee Project, committed to confronting spiritual abuse and trauma, using mental and public health approaches to address issues within church institutions that have caused lasting harm.