About Us

Heuristic Therapeutic Services, LLC., was founded in 2016 in Germantown, Maryland.

It is an organization with more than 15 years’ experience in providing direct mental health, substance abuse, and community support services to adults, children, and adolescent clients in institutional and outpatient settings in Maryland.
HTS is accredited through CARF International (CARF).

Heuristic Therapeutic Services, LLC strives to provide personalized, high-quality care on an as-needed or preventative basis. We have created a practice that we believe in and would choose for our own family members.

Guiding Principles

Provide a great work environment and treat each other with respect and dignity

Embrace diversity as an essential component in the way we do business

Apply highest standards of excellence to providing quality healthcare service to children, adults, and their families

Contribute positively to our community

CARF ACCREDITATION

Heuristic Therapeutic Services is accredited by CARF International.


Heuristic Therapeutic Services is CARF Accredited for the following programs and services:

community health clinic adult
Community Health Clinic-Adult
community health clinic adult
Community Health Clinic-Child/Adolescent
community health clinic adult
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program-Adult
community health clinic adult
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program-Child/Adolescent

What is accreditation?


  • Accreditation is official recognition that our organization is guided by internationally recognized service standards and best practices.

  • CARF accreditation consists of ongoing consultation and in-depth on-site reviews to help our organization achieve the highest quality of care for our customers.

  • Accreditation demonstrates that our organization has opened its service delivery and business processes to outside scrutiny to improve the quality of our programs.

  • Accreditation is a public statement that our organization strives to ensure that our services are of the highest possible quality.

What does accreditation mean to persons served?


  • Accreditation demonstrates to customers that our organization is committed to reducing risk, addressing health and safety concerns, respecting cultural and individual preferences, and providing the best possible quality of care.

  • Accreditation demonstrates that our organization values the input of our clients and is accountable to the community.

  • Accreditation demonstrates that our organization has made a specific commitment to put the needs of our residents at the center of everything we do.

  • Accreditation indicates that our organization respects the rights and individuality of our patients.

What is CARF International?


  • CARF International provides a framework, then consults and advises health and human service organizations to help improve their service quality.

  • CARF International is a nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. Its goal is to ensure that persons served remain at the center of the service delivery process.

  • CARF International is a nonprofit organization that offers accreditation services and support for health and human services programs.

For additional information about CARF Outcomes and other CARF related information
please contact the CEO Sonali G Sharma at info@heuristictherapy.com