Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist
Neurobiologically- & Polyvagal-Informed Private Practitioner
Certified in Social Work Practice with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional
Certified Safe and Sound Protocol™ Provider
Certified in Clinical Supervision
Community Herbalist
Public Speaker
Awards, Notables & Recognitions
East Carolina University
University of Arizona
Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences Council of Alumni and Friends
2022 Professional Achievement Award
National Association of Social Workers
North Carolina Chapter
2019 NASW-NC Social Worker of the Year
East Carolina University
College of Health and Human Performance
Outstanding Alumni Award 2019
East Carolina University
College of Health and Human Performance
East Carolina University's Division of Student Affairs
2018 40 Under 40 Leadership Award Recipient
Greenville Human Relations Council
2018 Best-Irons Business/Organization Humanitarian Award Nominee
Forty-Seventh Annual Awards Ceremony and Reception.
PTSD Clinicians Exchange
Founding Member - 2017
East Carolina University's Division of Student Affairs
2017 40 Under 40 Leadership Award Nominee
East Carolina University's School of Social Work
2012 Rising Star Alumni Award:
for Professional Achievement, Leadership, and Innovative Clinical Excellence
East Carolina University's School of Social Work
2nd Annual Alumni & Friends Celebration (2011)
Wilson Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
2005 Community Service Award
"Shouting Won't Help: Why I--and 50 Million Other Americans--Can't Hear You"
By Katherine Bouton
Quoted in Book (Presentation Participant)
Coping with Hearing Loss
Recognition by 2005 Presentation Participant
Pitt County Women's Journal
Women In Profile
Recognition of Appointment to serve as a member of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Specialty Practice Section Committee of the National Association of Social Workers - The NASW-NC Newsletter, XXXIII No. 1, February/March 2009
Recognition of Appointment to serve as a member of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Specialty Practice Section Committee of the National Association of Social Workers - Daily Reflector Workweek, January 12, 2009
Selected as 2007 Mixer’s 30 Under 30 (Thirty of Pitt County’s professionals under the age of 30) – Daily Reflector’s Mixer Magazine, November 2007 Issue
Recognition of Wilson Regional Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 2005 Community Service Award and becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Daily Reflector Workweek January 9, 2006
Featured Podcast Guest: PTSD
https://radiopublic.com/pcbrace2019-WwrL1X/ep/s1!e89e2
Featured Podcast Guest: Addiction
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-04-30/alcohol-and-drug-abuse-prevention/the-brain-science-of-addiction-and-trauma-discussion-in-charleston/a66318-1
News Interview: Pornography Addiction
http://wnct.com/2016/05/11/the-shocking-truth-behind-porn-addiction-in-the-east/
Panel Expert: Addiction
http://www.wnct.com/story/25506763/monday-at-6-in-dependence-a-roundtable-on-addiction
Panel Expert: Addiction
http://www.naswnc.org/news/173950/Jessica-Holton-NASW-NC-President-on-In-Dependence-a-WNCT-Roundtable-on-Addiction.htm
News Item: WNCT’s Roundtable on Addiction
http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/media/news-items-may-23-2014.html
Articles:
East Carolina Parent Magazine
Eating Disorders
http://www.nxtbook.com/freeport/536/EastCarolinaParent/march09/index.php?startid=20
National Association of Social Worker's Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug's Section Connection**
Deafness: Understanding The Basics In Order To Provide Effective Treatment
Grief and Loss: Numbing The Pain Through Substance Use