GRADUATE CLINICAL COORDINATOR
Department of Counseling & Human Services

Dr. Brittany G. Suggs

2113 EDUCATION BUILDING
NORFOLK, 23529

Brittany G. Suggs, Ph.D., MPH, LPC (VA), is a licensed professional counselor, clinical supervisor, and graduate of the Counselor Education and Supervision program at Regent University. Before joining the Counseling and Human Services (CHS) faculty at Â鶹´«Ã½, Dr. Suggs worked as a core team member of a community-based counseling, wellness, consulting, and training center. In addition to her clinical and teaching roles, Dr. Suggs serves as a virtual research associate with intercollegiate colleagues across the United States. Her research emphases entail clinical technology competence, collaborative mental health care, multicultural competence, peer consultation, social determinants of health, race-based traumatic stressors, and emerging adulthood. Global mental health, spiritual integration, and technology in counseling extend into her professional paradigms, coupled with a passionate commitment to sociocultural advocacy and equity promotion. Dr. Suggs’ extensive years of service and leadership with private, nonprofit, and community agencies fuel her zeal for mental health consultation and interdisciplinary organization development.

Dr. Suggs has held various professional roles, including serving as a member of American Counseling Association (ACA) Human Rights Committee, Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) Leadership Fellow, current president of the Virginia Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (VACES), and board member of the Coalition for Technology in Behavioral Science (CTiBS). Further, Dr. Suggs has contributed to the profession as a reviewer for the Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision and the Journal of Mental Health Counseling special issue on social justice, liberation, and action. Dr. Suggs is ecstatic to be a part of the CHS Department and to support our graduate learners!

Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, Regent University, (2022)

M.A. in Community Mental Health and Pastoral Counseling, Hampton University, (2017)

M.P.H. in Global and Community Health, George Mason University, (2014)

B.A. in Psychology and Africana Studies, University of Notre Dame, (2012)

Virginia Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Board of Counseling
Date Obtained: 2021-02-16

Expertise

Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Community Mental Health Counseling
Early Intervention/Prevention
Wellness and Preventive Counseling
Intersectionality for Equity and Social Justice
Public Health
Global and Community Health; Global Mental Health
Spirituality
Pastoral Counseling; Spiritual Integration in Counseling Practice
Technology
Technology in Counseling

Research Interests

Clinical Technology Competence
Collaborative Mental Health Care
Emerging Adulthood
Equity in Mental Health
Gender-Based Violence
Global Mental Health
Holistic Mental Health Care
Multicultural Competence
Peer Consultation
Psychological First Aid (PFA)
Race-Based Traumatic Stressors
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
Sociocultural Advocacy
Spiritual Integration in Counseling Practice
Technology in Counseling
Wellness and Preventive Counseling