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GWU Alumna and Adjunct Coordinates Enhanced Outpatient Treatment 聽

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Shamanda Burston, a 2014 alumna of 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Master of Arts in clinical mental health counseling program, is a psychotherapist at Atrium Health. She was promoted to new program coordinator in the enhanced outpatient treatment program at Atrium鈥檚 Behavioral Health Charlotte. Burston also earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in human services from GWU in 2012. She serves as an adjunct professor in the 糖心Vlog School of Psychological Science and Counselor Education.

She is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, licensed clinical addictions specialist, author, and the CEO of LuLu B. Productions LLC., a production company specializing in cinema-therapy-focused content. Burston is a third-year doctoral student in the counselor education and supervision program at Walden University in Minneapolis, Minn. Her research interests are cinema therapy, trauma, and decreasing counseling stigma for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) populations.

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