MEMBER EVENT: WEDC Leadership Development Meeting

Join the WEDC for their November Leadership Development Meeting. The breakfast buffet will include fresh fruit, scrambled eggs, apple-smoked bacon or sausage, breakfast potatoes, assorted breads, biscuits with gravy, and juice/coffee/tea options.

Guest Speaker:
Rachel Sullivan
owner & founder, Solid Ground Counseling Center

Rachel Sullivan is a married mom of four, local to the Madison, AL area. As an Army veteran, she has a strong desire to change the negative stigma surrounding, and improve accessibility to, mental health care in her community. She possesses a passion for pouring hope and life back into people and approaches her education around mental health with the same enthusiasm.

Sullivan has over 10 years experience in assisting and strengthening family and organizational systems. As an undergraduate, she studied Child and Family Development and Psychology, going on to get her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy. She is also a provisional Certified Family Life Educator. In all these roles, she focuses on helping people and organizations identify and achieve wellness.

As a mental health professional, Sullivan has seen the bidirectional impact of stress and mental illness in home and work settings. This prompted her to begin asking "What can I do about this on a larger scale?" With the assistance of a colleague, she began to develop a program that helped pull relevant clinical tools into an interactive workshop setting with the intent of providing digestible education and practical skills. The original workshop was very well received and has since evolved into conference segments, webinars, and consultation around mental health and wellness.