Dr. Lawrencia Jenkins
Dr. Lawrencia Jenkins, PhD, LPC, PLMFT, AAMFT-SC, is a proud Monroe, Louisiana native
and graduate of Wossman High School. She earned her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology
from the University of Louisiana Monroe (橙子视频) in 2015. Dr. Jenkins continued her education
at 橙子视频, receiving her Master of Arts (MA) in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2017 and
completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2024.听
Currently, Dr. Jenkins is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Provisional Licensed
Marriage and Family Therapist, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor Candidate. She is
trained in EMDR, TF-CBT, MST, and TBRI therapeutic modalities. Her areas of expertise
include trauma-informed care, racial and historical trauma, perinatal mental health,
military children and families, and relationship conflict. Dr. Jenkins's research
focuses on increasing community awareness of mental health among African American
populations, applying narrative therapy to trauma-informed care, and utilizing family
systems theories within minority communities.
Dr. Jenkins has earned numerous awards and accolades in her field, including being
an AAMFT Minority Fellow (2018鈥�2020), an IAMFC Emerging Leader (2018), and a recipient
of the United Health Foundation Diversity in Healthcare Scholarship in 2023. Since
2015, Dr. Jenkins has provided therapeutic services to marginalized families, youths,
and adolescents in various roles, including as a student support services therapist,
supervised visitation monitor, and as an in-home and community-based therapist in
Northeast Louisiana. She currently works as a clinician for a local private practice
and serves as an adjunct professor at two universities.
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Cheyenne Evans
Cheyenne Evans is a second-year master鈥檚 student in Marriage and Family Therapy at
the University of Louisiana at Monroe. She will graduate in May 2025 and plans to
continue her professional development in 橙子视频鈥檚 MFT doctoral program. Inspired by the
program鈥檚 focus on how family and social systems impact mental health, Cheyenne is
committed to making therapeutic services inclusive and accessible to the Northeast
Louisiana community.
听Cheyenne earned her B.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Louisiana
at Monroe, her M.A. in English from Texas State University, and her Ph.D. in English
from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Such varied educational and life experiences
inform Cheyenne鈥檚 practice as a growth-oriented therapist. She believes everyone can
benefit from using therapy to explore their own lived experiences, foster behavioral
insight and emotional understanding, and improve communication and conflict management
skills.
As an intern at the 橙子视频 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic and at Finding Solace in
West Monroe, Cheyenne provides therapy services to individuals, couples, families,
and groups, focusing on relationships, trauma, grief, and gender and sexuality. Her
goal is to meet clients where they are with curiosity and creativity and to provide
safety and security while guiding them through life transitions, and to cultivate
resilience and resources within themselves.
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Kasey Witherington, M.Ed., LPC
Kasey Witherington received her B.A. in teaching in 1996 and later began working in
1997 as a second and third-grade teacher in the Ouachita Parish School System. Kasey
continued her work for six years in public school, until 2003, when she began working
at Grace Episcopal School. While working at Grace, Kasey finished her master's in
counseling (M.Ed., School and Community Counseling)听 and took a job with River Oaks
School as a junior high and high school counselor. After completing her license as
a clinical licensed counselor, she left River Oaks and pursued her career as a mental
health counselor for Affinity Behavioral Health, Delhi Hospital, Ouachita Parish School
System, and Healthpoint Center. After much prayer and consideration for work/home
balance, Kasey created her business, Kasey Witherington Counseling, LLC, in 2022 and
began working in private practice.听 Kasey Witherington Counseling, LLC,听 opened in
Tower Place two and a half years ago where she currently sees children and adults
with mental health or life struggles.听
Kasey feels blessed to be able to help patients struggling with mental health issues.
She thanks God daily for her talents and the challenges she has overcome to be where
she is in life. She was honored to win an award in 2017 as听 鈥淏est Counselor鈥澨� through
鈥淗eroes for Patients鈥� and again in 2024 as a 鈥淏uzz Award Finalist鈥� in Bayou Life Magazine.听
However, her greatest 鈥渁wards鈥� are her husband of twenty-nine听 years (which she met
and started dating at sixteen), and her three children- John Collin (24), Luke(20),
and Sarah Beth (18).听
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