Linda Henderson-Smith, PhD, LPC, CPCS, CCMP

Linda Henderson-Smith, PhD, LPC, CPCS, CCMP, is a licensed professional counselor, certified professional counselor supervisor, Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Change Management Practitioner, Certified Product Manager and Certified SaFe Product Owner/Product Manager. She has over 23 years of clinical and administrative experience in community-based mental health. She is the founder and principal of ATC Consulting, LLC where she provides training, technical assistance and consultation on trauma, resilience and equity, as well as maintains a small client-base for individual and family therapy and provides clinical supervision. She also serves as the Sr. Director of Children and Crisis Product Management at Carelon Behavioral Health and was previously the Sr. Director of Children and Trauma-Informed Services at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Prior to that she worked at Georgetown University National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health as the Director of Mental Health Planning and Policy. While at Georgetown she helped develop training regarding Trauma-Informed Systems, especially for people with co-occurring developmental and behavioral health disorders. Prior to working at Georgetown, Linda worked at the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities in numerous roles, the most recent being the Director of the Office of Children, Young Adults and Families, where she spearheaded the implementation of high fidelity wraparound, care management services, and mobile crisis services throughout the state, and worked with other state agencies to strengthen the service systems for vulnerable populations. As a trauma-survivor herself, Linda brings a distinct perspective and knowledge base to human services and is passionate about helping organizations and systems move towards becoming trauma-informed, resilient and equitable.