diversity & Change, INC.

Diversity & Change, Inc.: Practical, Transparent, Ethical

At Change, Inc., here are the ways our commitment to diversity is demonstrated internally and externally.  

Of our current clinical, support, and executive staff of 23 persons:  

• 17 (~74%) identify as women // 6 (~29%) identify as men
  
• 3 (~14%) identify as African-American
• 3 (~17%) identify as LGBTQ+
• We also have diverse:
  • Religious/spiritual identities, to include Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Eclectic, Atheist, Agnostic, and Non-Identifying persons.
  • Ages, to include clinicians ranging from their late 20’s to early 60’s.
  • Therapeutic orientations, to include practitioners working from Motivational, Gestalt, ACT, EFT, Existential, CBT, Person-Centered, and a variety of other frameworks.
  • Professional Licensure, to  include Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists.

• Of our current 8 leadership staff:

• 6 of 8 (~75%) identify as women, to include our Assistant Clinical Director, our Managing Director, our Assistant Managing Director, our Assistant Director of Transitions, Triage, & Training, our Director of Client Liaising, and our Director of Community Engagement.  

• 2 of 11 (~18%) identify as LGBTQ+.

• Of our efforts to promote diversity within our client-base:
  • We offer a sliding scale based on combined household income
  • We offer additional COVID-19-based-financial reductions and pro-bono sessions on a case-by-case basis
• Of our efforts to promote diversity within our community:
  • We have undertaken specific efforts to aide the advancement of both socioeconomically/otherwise disadvantaged persons and persons of color within our community and our nation that stretches beyond the provision of counseling
  • We have provided public events to promote the advancement of other mental health clinicians and women