“Thanks to the resources from The Black Mental Health and Wellness Coalition I have been able to provide clinical supervision for Colorado licensure for emerging African American mental health professionals entering our field. Most of them have already done community-based work and case management but have been unable to move into the professional work from paraprofessional or volunteer status because of the lack of appropriate clinical supervision. We have been able to move in, starting in March 2025, to correct this. There is a shortage of mental health professionals in the clinical field. There is an even greater deficiency of clinicians indigenous to the Black Community.  Thanks to the Coalition's partnership we are effectively addressing this disparity.”

-Dr. Reo Leslie, LMFT, LPC, LAC, MAC, AAMFT

BMHWC Clinical Supervisor