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Marquita C. Williams, MA, Ed.M.
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Marquita C. Williams has had over 15 years working comprehensively in the field of psychology. She is an experienced clinician, consultant and
trainer with expertise in mental health service delivery systems, practice issues in psychology, cultural diversity and issues related to multicultural
competence in psychotherapy. She has consulted extensively on issues related to children and adolescents, adult anxiety disorders, issues of
clinical competency and areas of clinical programming. During earlier years in the field she received a clinical and research appointment at the
Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP) and Hahnemann University Hospital. There she worked as a faculty researcher investigating and treating
the psychological aftermath of assault and trauma related, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Her later experiences have included working
as a vocational consultant and employee assistance professional for various agencies across the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Further, Ms.
Williams has presented numerous workshops and in–service trainings on a variety of topics including cultural competency in working with ethnic
families, effective models of supervision, and sexual abuse and trauma. Collectively, these experiences have yielded invitations to present at national conferences across the Unites States, such as the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE), the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT) and the Cross-Cultural Roundtable held annually at Columbia University in New York City. As the result of her distinction in the field she has garnered numerous awards including the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Grant for Minority Faculty Researchers, the “Best of the Best” Excellence in Psychology Award from Columbia University and was awarded a position an Operation Crossroads Africa Scholar to counsel communities in addition to teaching sexual health awareness and family planning in Ghana, West Africa. Ms. Williams holds an MA in Counseling Psychology and an Ed. M. with a specialization in Cross-Cultural Psychology, both from Columbia University. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Counseling Psychology at Temple University. Professionally, she holds memberships with the American Psychological Association, the American Counseling Association, and the Association of Black Psychologists.
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