LCTF Monthly Speaker Series - December 18, 2024

Coffee & Conversations Speaker Series

December 18, 2024  12pm - 1pm Online

Speaker:

Thomas Mitchell, LPC

About the guest speaker: Thomas Mitchell serves as the Executive Director of Children’s Advocacy Center - Hope House in Covington. He graduated from Nicholls State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Psychological Counseling. Thomas began his CAC career with the Carl Perkins CAC network as a Clinical Therapist. He later became the Director of Clinical Services, providing oversight of trauma therapy in 16-Children's Advocacy Centers across West Tennessee. In 2017, he relocated to the Northshore to assume the directorship of CAC Hope House. Thomas holds board certification in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and formal certification in Trust-Based Relational Interventions® as both a Practitioner and Educator. Since 2019, Thomas has served as the Board Treasurer for the Exchange Club of West St. Tammany in addition to serving as a board member with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement. He is a former board president for the Louisiana Alliance of Children’s Advocacy Centers, serving a term from 2018 through 2019. Thomas is featured as an annual guest lecturer at both Louisiana State University and Nicholls State University for advanced training relative to the neurological impact of complex developmental trauma. Thomas holds professional memberships with the Louisiana Counseling Association and the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. He was invited to facilitate an advanced training session for APSAC - New York in December of 2021. His research interests include normative conformity, complex developmental trauma, and the neurological effects of trauma. He resides in Mandeville with his beautiful wife Sayuri and three children, Zoe, Emma, and Owen.

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