42. Power Session - Dr. Sarah Williams, Growing Through Grief

Dr. Sarah Williams-Tolliver, NCC,LPC, EAS-C is the owner of Covenant Way Clinical Counseling and host of her own television show. She has also been featured in A&E’s television show “Intervention” as a Clinical Consultant. As a mental health awareness advocate and a clinician, Dr. Sarah specializes in the care of women of color that have shared experiences. She is licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health Professions as a Professional Counselor and board certified as a National Certified Counselor with the National Board of Certified Counselors. Furthermore, Dr. Sarah has completed specialized training and certifications in grief, stress, and trauma.

However as a widow and mother, Dr. Sarah also knows grief, and she even battled with postpartum depression and trauma. From her experiences as a special needs parent, Dr. Sarah works with other parents that have a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).  Additionally, she completed and published her doctoral dissertation on “Understanding the experiences of women, graduate student stress and lack of marital social support a mixed-method inquiry”.