WELCOME 

THE BIPOC HEALING CO. offers therapeutic services, wellness products, and consultation to individuals, institutions, & corporations. We unapologetically center the healing of Black & Indigenous People of Color. Our primary mission is to foster individual & collective healing by connecting those who are earnestly seeking to improve their well-being with innovative, educated, and well-trained BIPOC clinicians. We believe that healing begins with authentic reconnection with yourself & others. We strive to contribute to our world's healing by strengthening connection.


MEET OUR FOUNDER

Dr. C

C.C. Cassell, Psy.D. is the founder & CEO of The BIPOC Healing Co. She is passionate about promoting the well-being of African Descendants of Slavery (ADOS), Indigenous persons, & other members of the global majority (BIPOC). Her work is grounded in evidence based practice (EBP) & she is committed to lifelong learning & growth. Dr. C highly regards the courage it takes to fully engage in & commit to the vulnerability that healing requires. She believes our greatest lessons are often learned through connection & her life's work is rooted in nurturing connection that produces growth.

"The most meaningful part of my professional journey has been the self-growth I’ve experienced through connection with those who have entrusted me as their therapist." ~Dr.C

Dr. C's BACKGROUND

Dr. C is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience in the mental health field. As an undergraduate, she double majored in psychology and criminal justice, while working in the non-profit sector, academia, childcare, and corporate settings. After graduating Magna Cum Laude, Dr. C continued to gain experience through successive therapy practicums as she furthered her education.  Her most notable practicums involved training at the Atlanta VA's military sexual trauma treatment program, a maximum security prison, a rural employee assistant program, and a domestic violence shelter. While training, Dr. C  began her own personal therapy journey in order to foster her personal and professional growth. She completed two master’s degrees in counseling and psychology before earning her doctorate in clinical psychology from an APA accredited program. This involved completing an APA accredited pre-doctoral internship at Texas Woman's University, followed by two prestigious post-doctoral fellowships. Dr. C's first postdoc was at Sheppard Pratt Hospital’s Trauma Disorders Program and the second involved a partnership between the University of California San Francisco's, Trauma Recovery Center & San Francisco General Hospital's, Rape Treatment Center. After completing all of the requirements to become a licensed psychologist, Dr. C completed DONA International training to become a Doula and published a study related to maternal well-being. She remains committed to furthering her personal and professional growth daily.

DR. C'S  WORK

Therapeutic Services|  Individual Therapy - Group Therapy -  EMDR Sessions - Mental Health Doula Care - Couples & Premarital Therapy - Bereavement Counseling - Relational Repair & Reconciliation 

Client Population| creatives, entertainers, c-suite professionals, entrepreneurs, tech workers, & helping professionals such as: caregivers, first responders, mental health professionals, medical providers, lawyers, journalists, & educators

Expertise| work stress, maternal wellness, relational health, grief & complicated bereavement, traumatic loss, infertility & child loss, acculturation, PTSD & complex trauma, systemic racism, spirituality, dissociation, self-esteem improvement, self-growth, Black mental health

Evaluative Services|  Asylum & Immigration Evaluation - Psychological Diagnostic Evaluation - Focus Group Research - Employee Well-Being Assessment - Clergy & Employment Candidacy Evaluation - Qualitative Program Evaluation  

Expertise| workplace wellness, maternal wellness, immigration, employee & clergy candidacy, management concerns, PTSD & complex trauma, systemic racism, diagnostic clarification

Consultative Services|  Therapy Provider Consultation - Leadership Consultation- Disruptive Event Management - Disaster Response - Workplace Wellness - Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Enhancement - BIPOC Mental Health Trainee Support- BIPOC Employee Support & Retention

SETTINGS SERVED| tech companies, law firms, mental health corporations, employee assistance programs, mental health private practices, penal institutions, psychiatric facilities, hospitals, university & college counseling centers, VA centers, immigration nonprofits, community mental health clinics, national & international brands

Educational Services|  Mental Health Panels - Fireside Chats - Diversity Dialogues - Wellness Workshops - Therapy Supervision - Course Content Creation - Therapy Skills Training - Mental Health Training 

Research Interests| dissociation, immigration & refugee mental health, intergenerational trauma & resilience, PTSD & continuous traumatic stress, spirituality, self-care, burnout, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, indigenous healing methods, therapist bias, theoretical convergence, cultural humility

THERAPY with DR. C

"Effective Therapy is Rooted in Relationship"

Using culturally-grounded, evidence-based practices, I work to create collaborative, authentic, and trusting professional relationships with clients founded in warmth, genuineness, and empathy. While therapy requires that we take an honest look at the parts of ourselves that we'd prefer to ignore, it also provides us with the opportunity to discover, own, and build our strengths. Rather than labeling parts of ourselves as good or bad, it is more useful to explore and understand the context in which certain characteristics developed. We then consider how the same traits may currently manifest in both healthy and unhealthy ways. The goal is to move towards meeting your whole self with the necessary compassion and empathy that lasting growth and change requires. In order to shift unhealthy patterns in our lives, we must first acknowledge all aspects of who we are. I've learned that optimal wellness lingers in the balance between seeking the courage required to confront the areas of our lives and aspects of ourselves that call for change, while gathering the wisdom and resilience necessary to accept the aspects of our lives and experiences that we cannot control. Therapy can help you move towards achieving and maintaining this balance. 

DR. C's QUALIFICATIONS

Education | 

2006| Bachelor of Science

Psychology & Criminal Justice

2008| Master of Arts

Community Counseling                  

2010| Master of Arts

Clinical Psychology

2014| Doctor of          Psychology

Clinical Psychology

2020| Dona International              trained Doula







Credentials |

PSYCHOLOGY LICENSES

Ca   #PSY28868 

Mo  #2016001951 

Nv   #PY0894

Ut    #13025497-2501


PSYPACT| APIT 

Association of State & Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)

E.PASSPORT #5085


National Register 

Health Service Psychologist 

HSP #57090

EBP Training |

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

EMDR (ASSYST-I, ASSYST-G, IGTP, & PRECI)

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) 

Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)

Somatic Experiencing(SE)

Trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT)



Authority to Practice Telepsychology (APIT) in:

AL . AZ . AR . CO . CNMI . CT . DE . DC . GA . ID . IL . IN . KS . KY . ME . MD . MN . MO . NE . NV . NH . NJ . NC . OH . OK . PA . TN . TX . UT . VA . WA . WV . WI . WY 

Let's Work Together