Strength. Courage. You are loved.
Hope is waiting for you.
Give it everything you have, heart and soul.
Strength. Courage. You are loved. Based on Joshua1: 5-6
ABOUT DR. MOST
I Facilitate Spaces for Intentional
Connection, Healing and Learning
Every human story, journey, and motivation makes sense if we pause long enough to listen. I am professionally trained to listen. I have a Masters degree in counseling and a PhD in counseling education and clinical supervision. For the past seventeen years, I have embraced the honor and joy of being present for people going through different seasons in life.
Relationships, Imago Therapy and Humanitarians
Relationships are important, and I am passionate about working with couples and people in relationships using the Imago Theory approach. The intentional and respectful Imago way of relating has been a constant transformative force in my life, work, and marriage. During therapy, I teach my clients communication skills, conflict management tactics, self-regulation strategies, intentional connection, and affair remediation processes . I offer Imago workshops for couples and teams with my husband who is a certified Imago educator and workshop presenter. I offer counseling and training on creating emotional safety , stress management, resilience building, and conflict resolution to teams, government personnel, deployed humanitarians and other expatriate communities. I employ my international experiences to work as a consultant for business and organizations such as The KonTerra Group.
The Journey
For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in intentional human connection and social justice. As a young person, I often volunteered at community events and cared about people. I became a humanitarian! The many connections offered me the gift of embracing diversity, trusting in collective wisdom, and experiencing the power of vulnerability and faith to sustain the human spirit. During my work as a humanitarian overseas, I was supported by compassionate and effective mental health professionals. As a professional, the humanity I carry makes me responsible for surrendering myself to become an instrument of peace and justice in the world. A conversation at a time. Currently, I serve my community through offering pro bono racial trauma groups for females and relationship skills groups for couples.
Black Fluidity™
Black Fluidity™ is a combination of service, my professional and lived experience, and research. My doctoral research focused on the vital role of spirituality in facilitating self-regulation, degree completion, and social mobility for African American women. During the pandemic, I started Black Women Space (BWS), a psychoeducational racial support group for Black women at my church. Three years later, it became clear that racial trauma is interwoven with personal trauma, so with the support of another generous therapist and community volunteers, I designed the Black Women Healing Space, a pro bono therapy group for Black women that ran for three years. BWS is still running today.
Black Women Healing Space (BWHS) was a culturally attuned, faith-integrated psychotherapy group. It became a protected healing space where Black women could be seen, believed, supported, and strengthened in community. There, evidence-based mental health care was joined with culturally meaningful practices that honored the whole person. I drew from spirituality and evidence-based approaches such as CBT, Imago-informed work, trauma awareness, emotional skill-building, and process-oriented healing. I presented the group as an evidence-based intervention for Black women at the Christian Association for Psychological Studies.
Black Fluidity™ is a practical framework for helping Black women move forward with strength, healing, and wholeness. It is time to create effective impact and reduce the toll that the realities of gendered racism, weathering, and the Strong Black Woman burden have on the nervous systems of Black women in America.
Getting to know you
You have just learned a great deal about me, the person behind the professional. Now I am looking forward to meeting you and learning about your journey. Let us connect.
Certifications and Qualifications
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PhD in Counselor Education and Clinical Supervision.
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Professional Counseling Licenses for DC, MD and VA.
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Certified Advanced Imago Relationships Clinician.
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Creator of Black Fluidity™
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Certified Imago Workshop Presenter.
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Certified Maryland Clinical Supervisor.
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Member of the American Counseling Association.
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Member of Imago Relationships North America.
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Theater of the Oppressed Facilitator.
My Core Values
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I believe in Faith, Hope and Love (I do).
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I believe that every individual is special and essential with unique gifts to offer to any community.
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I believe that every human story, journey, and motivation makes sense if we pause long enough to listen.
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I believe healing and thriving is possible, yet it comes with hard work.
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I believe in being peaceful and in promoting peace and social justice one interaction at a time.