Gretchen Baldwin, PsyD(she.her.hers)
I am a proud Winthrop Eagle (Class of 2000), and I earned my Psy.D. from the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology. I am licensed as a Psychologist in South Carolina. I love working in Counseling Services, because it is a unique opportunity to work with college students of many ages and many walks of life. I love to hear people's stories and share in their journey. It's amazing to walk through the counseling process with clients as they move from a place of pain to a place of thriving and satisfaction with life. My practice is heavily influenced by Mindfulness and Acceptance (ACT, DBT, etc.) strategies. Professionally, I am very interested in how Mindfulness and Acceptance strategies aid in management of strong emotions.
Jess Hudgens, MA, NCC, LPCA(she.her.hers)
I received my Bachelor’s in History and Psychology from Winthrop University (Go Eagles!) and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2016 with a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and graduate certificates in Expressive Arts Therapy and Systemic Multicultural Counseling. I consider it a great honor to be able to hold a safe space and be present for students who are brave enough to speak their stories aloud. My practice is influenced by Dialectical Behavioral, Relational Cultural and Narrative therapies and I frequently utilize the expressive arts (including visual arts, writing, music, and movement) in my work with students. I love the arts for their ability to both expose and contain our pain and messiness. I love working with students of all different backgrounds and have particular interest in working with those students struggling with disordered eating, eating disorders, body image issues, and self-harm. I am a member of a number of professional associations and the Vice President of the newly formed SC chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals.
Kwabena Sankofa, MS, EdS, PhD(he.him.his)
My love for counseling is manifold. I enjoy helping students to confront and overcome their disabling academic and emotional life challenges thus enabling them to graduate with their self-created inclinations to fulfill their professional and life's goals. I relish the special expression on students' faces when they achieve an in-the-moment enlightenment and complete self-awareness of the problems that have long undermined their emotional health — "I finally got it." I just love it when my clients are about to graduate or have graduated and communicate their appreciation for the help their therapy sessions have provided them. In counseling, I use Analytical, Narrative & Person-Centered Therapies. I find it particularly enriching designing mental health-related intervention programs and working on policy development. I recently discovered that training and supervision at times rival individual therapy as one of my top five professional interests.
Elizabeth K. Tate, MA, LPCA (she.her.hers)
I am a graduate of UNC Charlotte (class of ‘19) in clinical mental health, and I am thrilled to be working in the college setting! My background in sociology (Appalachian State University class of ‘16!) gives me a unique, systemic lens to pair with my interpersonal and psychodynamic theoretical orientation. I am interested in the ways we form relationship patterns with others and the ways those patterns are influenced by marginalization and privilege. I also utilize ACT, which focuses on accepting our thoughts and emotions and committing to the actions that best support our values. Mindfulness is one of my favorite strategies! I am always honored to go on client’s journeys with them and hear their stories – it is the great honor of being a counselor! Some of my professional interests include counseling LGBTQ youth and young adults, couple’s counseling, and telemental health.
Jackie Concodora, LPC(she.her.hers)