My clinical experience is with Transitional Age Youth, Adults, and Older Adults specializing in Black women, LGBTQ identified persons, individuals with histories of criminal justice involvement, women veterans, women impacted by domestic/intimate partner/sexual violence, adverse child events, and other traumatic experiences and women experiencing substance/alcohol addiction. My professional clinical modality is psychodynamic therapy inclusive of relationship counseling, individual/group/family therapy, geriatric/eldercare management, and trauma informed care. I Provide evidenced-based services including but not limited to Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Seeking Safety, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic interventions, Behavioral Therapy and Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression to individuals, groups, men of color, couples, families, and women of color, veteran women, and women who have experienced trauma, physical and sexual assault, anxiety, major depression, persons with substance dependency including illicit substances, alcohol and prescription medications, Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgendered Queer (LGBTQ) persons of color, forensic mental health services, women with AIDS/HIV, and African immigrant women. I provide clinical assessments, individual and group therapy, crisis intervention and case management to women who have a history of chronic psychiatric illness including but not limited to major mood disorders, trauma and substance dependency and other behavioral disorders, women who have a history of mental instability and repetitive psychiatric hospitalizations and assists individuals, groups, couples, men and women who are at risk of self-endangerment and/or at risk of endangering others. I monitor clients’ use and response to psychotropic medications and report adverse reactions or failure to maintain stability to treating psychiatrist(s), intervene in crisis situations when clients exhibit acute and chronic psychiatric symptoms which presented an immediate threat to patient care and the care of others. I provide rehabilitative skill(s) development to include appropriate impulse control problem solving capabilities, behavioral modification, communication skills building, inter-personal and psychosocial functioning and appropriate interaction within the clients’ community, increased effective client use of available community resources and provide useful rehabilitative and socialization services to restore and maintain the best possible functional level of clients with chronic psychological and behavioral impairments. I conduct psychosocial assessments, provide individual and family therapy, crisis intervention and case management services to geriatric persons who exhibit psychiatric symptoms and have a history of medication dependency concurrently with psychiatric illness and/or experience multiple and other co-occurring disorders, which include but are not limited to dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, speech problems, limited mobility, and other physiological impairments that exacerbate their mental condition, provide individual/family therapy to persons who have a history of mental instability and repetitive psychiatric hospitalizations; assist geriatric persons who are at risk of self-endangerment, social isolation, malnutrition, homelessness, fiscal malfeasance, and chronic medical conditions. I Assist geriatric clients and their families in understanding the nature of psychiatric illness and co-morbidity and its impact on clients and family members. Provide emotional support and information to assist clients/families in identifying external stressors that contribute to psychosocial problems. I Provide psycho-education to geriatric clients emphasizing the importance of treatment compliance, in-home visitation, medication management, healthy nutrition, home health and personal assistance services, and healthcare maintenance; emphasize the importance of support systems (i.e., multi-purpose community senior centers, nutrition programs, senior companion programs, adult day care, etc.) and emphasize the importance of establishing positive support systems, educate clients regarding the psychological, physiological, and biochemical effects and effects of over-the-counter medication abuse, full prescription medication disclosure, and side-effects of medications. Educate clients’ on the risk of substance abuse and chemical dependency.