What It's Like To Work With Me
I utilize a family system and interpersonal approach. These methods allow me to look beyond the presenting issues you may be facing and see how the world around you, and the context around your situation, has impacted you. I also focus on empowerment and solution-focused sessions. Whether you are looking for therapy, guidance, or a cultural experience, I can help you by creating an environment that is focused on your future, your strengths, and the goals that you have set for yourself.
I am passionate about working with diverse populations around multicultural mental health issues and have spent my entire career building expertise in this area. Diversity stretches across numerous dimensions including race & ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, ability, personality, socioeconomic status. I bring that relatability into my sessions to help you understand your own strengths and power in a way this is sensitive to your diverse identity areas and needs. I work with clients to overcome clinical adversity in the workplace/school, relationships, with self, and in communities. I do this by employing solution-focused, culturally sensitive, and empowering therapy that facilitates positive growth in a safe, collaborative, and nurturing way.
Personal Highlights
My mission is to grow GlobeCoRe to be a nationally recognized leader in multicultural mental health and empowerment. I aspire to grow GlobeCoRe to a place where we are making significant contributions to the science and practice of multicultural mental health. I want to continue to effect change and lead programs that promote mental, social, emotional, and inter-personal wellbeing of the diverse individuals and communities we serve across the globe. I also look forward to continuing to work collaboratively in consultation with businesses, community members, government agencies, and community-based organizations to provide effective psychological and educational interventions that address psychosocial problems in the broader global community.
Specialties
- Depression and Anxiety
- Racial, Ethnic, And Religious Stressors
- Grief and Loss
- Finding Purpose & Deserving Love
- Relationship, Identity, And Marriage Issues
- Issues Tied to Self-Esteem/Identity
- Trauma
- Work-Related Or Academic Stressors
- Women’s Issues
- Fertility, Pregnancy, And Parenting Issues
Clinical & Consulting Interests
- Individual, Couples, Family, and Group Therapy
- Workshops, Trainings, and Retreats: Healing from Racial Inequality, Women’s Wellness Weekend, Cultivating Equality in the Workplace, Achieving Work-Life Balance, Empowerment and Self-Esteem Building, Effective Communication Professionally, Cultural Sensitivity in the Treatment
- Psychological Evaluations
- Cultural Immersion Trips
Honors, Awards & Memberships
- Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in Atlanta
- Patients’ Choice Award
- Best of Atlanta Award
- Outstanding Diversity Teaching Award
- Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Faculty
- Nominated for Study Abroad Program Director of the Year
- Diversity Committee, Georgia State University
- Clinical Community Psychology (CLC) Program Committee
Education
Post Doctoral Fellowship (2004-2006)
Clinical-Community Psychology & African Studies
Emory University
Doctoral Degree (PhD, 2004)
Clinical-Community Psychology & African Studies
Michigan State University
Pre-Doctoral Psychology Fellowship (2003-2004)
Clinical-Community Psychology Internship
Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Master’s Degree (MA, 2001)
Clinical-Community Psychology & African Studies
Michigan State University
Bachelor’s Degree (BA, 1997)
Psychology & African/African-American Studies
DePaul University
Licenses
- Licensed Psychologist – Georgia
- Licensed Psychologist – District of Columbia
- Licensed Psychologist – Florida (Telepsychology Provider)
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PSYPACT Certificate – Authorized to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
Testimonials
"Dr. Lewis-Arthur was life-changing… the best therapist I ever encountered! I was really feeling down and couldn’t think straight. Once I saw Dr. Lewis-Arthur, she opened a window of life in my dark word. She helped me to understand that I didn’t have to close myself off from the world, nor would I be able to change things just being still. Dr. Lewis-Arthur has a saying about moving the squeaky wheels in order to make changes and see the results. I didn’t have a great relationship with my mother, and now I do thanks to Dr. Lewis-Arthur. I was dealing with a lot of hurt with the loss of my children and I was able to get on the ball and get my children back!"