Mrs. Dunson has her Master’s in Counseling from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. She worked at The Birmingham News for close to 30 years, most of those serving as benefits manager in Human Resources. She worked for EAS / ACT as grant writer and as development manager prior to being named as executive director.  

Mark holds a B.A. in History, a Masters of Arts in History, a Masters of Arts in Agency Counseling, and an Education Specialist in Agency Counseling, all earned at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a member of Chi Sigma Iota, the International Honor Society of Counseling. He has been a licensed professional counselor in the state of Alabama since 2005, and a supervising licensed professional counselor since 2015.  He has been trained and certified in couples work including the PREPARE/ENRICH relationship assessment and the PREP (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program) approach.  His counseling experience includes, but is not limited to, individual therapy (stress, depression, sexual abuse, grief, etc.), couples therapy, and critical incident debriefing.  He has experience in conducting workshops that include, but not limited to, temperament (using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), stress management, conflict resolution, and communication.  He consults for supervision and administrative aspects of EAS. He has been with EAS since 2002. As the Clinical Director, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of case consultation, and supervision of the counseling staff, ALCs, and interns.  

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Tiffany is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with BA degrees in Anthropology and Communication. She also holds a Master’s Degree in human behavior from National University and a Master’s degree in Marriage Family Therapy from Northcentral University. She is a member of Delta Kappa International Marriage and Family Therapy Honor Society - Iota Chapter. Tiffany served in the United States Navy, studied abroad in Sweden and South Africa, and taught English in South Korea. Armed with a passion for international travel, she has volunteered to work with deported US military veterans in Mexico and has traveled extensively to over 15 countries. Tiffany provides holistic / mindful integrative therapeutic counseling by telehealth. She is passionate about working with couples, families, teens , LGBTQ, and veterans. She has worked with individuals managing depression, anxiety, cultural/racial, medical issues, abuse, suicide, anger, and addiction. 

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist 

Under supervision of Jessica Gibbe Fernandez, PhD LMFT supervisor

Brian has over twenty years of experience in providing mental health care. He has worked in a variety of community mental health settings providing outpatient, residential, and partial-hospitalization services. His primary area of focus has been working with individuals diagnosed with a serious mental illness. He completes mental health and substance abuse assessments. He offers individual as well as group counseling services in order to assist our clients with meeting their unique goals.  Brian graduated from the University of Mississippi where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. He trained at the University of West Alabama where he received a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology. He is a certified by the Alabama State Department of Mental Health as a case manager and as a case management supervisor. He recently passed the National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification.

Dr. Rowe earned her Doctorate degree in Counseling Studies from Amridge University in Montgomery, Alabama. Dr. Rowe has demonstrated a solid background in special project development, coordination, assessing and analyzing needs, as well as developing activities targeted toward specific groups. She has many years of experience working with individuals, families and groups to address and treat mental and emotional disorders. Her ability to use therapeutic techniques to address a wide range of issues including depression, addiction and substance abuse, suicidal impulses, stress management, low self esteem, and eating disorders.  She also works with children and adolescents.

Ms.Watts has her Master’s in Counseling from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor. She holds certifications as a Grief Recovery Specialist, Hypnotherapist, and Certificate of Specialized Training in Critical Incident Stress Management. Ms. Watts has many years of experience counseling federal inmates and working with substance abuse issues and mental health issues in group and individual sessions.     

Deborah Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and a member of Chi Sigma Iota the International Honor Society of Counseling. She is also certified as a facilitator for Prepare/Enrich a comprehensive pre-marital and marriage enrichment program. She completed her Master’s Degree in Agency and Marriage and Family counseling at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. With over twenty years of experience, she has seen clients dealing with a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, loss, stress and sexual abuse.  She specializes in couples, marriage and family therapy with emphasis in communication skills, conflict resolution and anger awareness. Her experience includes being the on-site Family Therapist for the Jefferson County Family Court for ten years and a provider for the Department of Human Resources.  She also served as a contractual counselor for a local school system by working directly with school counselors targeting At-Risk youth. She is a compassionate, client-centered counselor integrating Systems theory, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Solution Focused and biblical approaches to therapy. 

Marion provided counseling services to adolescents demonstrating behavioral and emotional health care needs at Booker T Washington high school clinic, which served more than 900 students. Marion’s focus is to provide each client with windows of help, hope, and healing. Marion Henderson is a licensed Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Psychiatric / Mental Health. She obtained her MSN degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Marion has over 35 years of counseling experience, providing individual, family, and group counseling to clients with mental health issues. She served as the director at Barbara Britt-Pickens counseling for 7 years, facilitating the development and implementation of the counseling programs, workshops, and seminars for the counseling center and community.

Mrs. Murray has over 17 years’ experience treating adults and couples for a wide variety of problems and disorders. She earned her BS degree from the University of Alabama with a Finance Major followed by a Master’s in Business Administration and equivalency in Accounting from UAB. After a number of years in the banking industry, she chose to pursue counseling, earning a Masters in Counseling from UAB. Mrs. Murray specializes in treating complex trauma and obtained a Trauma Certification from the Justice Research Institute in 2016.  She is EMDR Level 1 and 2 certified.  Currently, Mrs. Murray is pursuing a Yoga Teacher certification to be completed October 2018. Mrs. Murray has post-graduate training in:Complex Trauma, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), I and II, Dissociation and EMDR, Yoga and Mindfulness Therapy, The Body and EMDR, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Play Therapy, Mindfulness-based Therapies, Solution-focused Therapy, Memory Consolidation, FLASH Technique and EMDR.  Mrs. Murray treats: Complex Trauma, Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse, Adult Trauma, PTSD, Mood Disorders such as Depression, Anxiety and Panic Disorders, Stress, Relationship and communication problems and Low Self-esteem.