Profession: Clinical Director

Practice Description: 20+ years of community service also included child abuse & neglect and family violence, whose life’s journey embodied complex trauma, psychological and emotional, and sexual violence. Utilizing a person-centered approach working with financially diverse BIPOC families through complicated grief, suicide, and trauma in behavioral health Community-Based Education, Intensive In-home and Mental Health Skill Services, and Crisis Stabilization for children and adults with serious mental illness.

Practice Specialty & Interest:

Certified Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents and Adults, Certified Somatic Attachment Therapy, Certified Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, Certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy, Certified Ultimate Trainer building Trauma-Informed Organizations.

Trauma: Historical, Intergenerational, Trans-generational, developmental perimenopausal, and Complex Trauma. Certified in Phase 1 & 2 Brainspotting in 2023 and 2024

Ages Treated: 14+ (adolescent and adults)

Education: currently Regent University Ph.D., Counseling and Psychology Department

Univ. of Cincinnati, MA Community Counseling and Mental Health 1993

Saint Augustine’s University, BA Psychology 1991

License: License Mental Health Professional in Resident Counseling Board of Virginia