Spoken Heart Counseling Center

Being responsible for evaluating the potential for risk with Georgia's families is an arduous task assigned to the Department of Family Children Services. The challenge is understanding the current risk factors and determining the potential for future risk. You need someone you can rely on to assist you with conducting a risk assessment and identifying the types of services and interventions needed to ameliorate the safety risk for the children in the home.

Having a reliable partner that is able to quickly provide you feedback and action-steps to incorporate into case planning and decision-making is key to your success and the success of families involved in the DFCS system. For almost 20 years I have worked closely with the Department of Family Children Services to provide quality Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence Assessments.

I hold a PUP Contract with the State of Georgia. I am an expert in the areas of Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse, Trauma, and Attachment & Bonding. I use assessment tools that are reliable beyond self-reporting because they include reliability and validity measures that allow for detection if an individual is minimizing, attempting to present favorably, or denying current behavioral problems.