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 and support staff of 18 persons:  
  • 14 (~78%) identify as women
  • 2 (~11%) identify as African-American
  • 4 (~22%) identify as LGBTQ+
  • We also have diversity in terms of:
    • Religious/spiritual identity, to include Buddhist, Christian, Eclectic, Jewish, Atheist, Agnostic, and Non-Identifying persons.
    • Age, to include clinicians ranging from their late 20’s to early 60’s
    • Therapeutic orientation, to include practitioners working from 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 6 leadership staff:

• 5 of 6 (~83%) are women, to include our Clinical Director, our Assistant Clinical Director, our Managing Director, our Assistant Director of Transitions, Triage, & Training, and our Director of Community Engagement.

• 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 that stretches beyond the provision of counseling
  • We have provided public events to promote the advancement of other mental health clinicians and women.