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Rise Counseling Group

Therapeutic space for Women of Color to heal and rise.

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      • Caresse Boyd, LSW
      • De’Asia Thompson, LISW-S
      • Chrishonna Reaves, SWT
      • Drew Zwiesler, SWT
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      • Aliyah Wilson, LPCC-S
      • Ashley Jamison, LISW-S
      • Crystal Gary, MSW, LSW
      • Samuel E. Kisner, II, LPC, NCC
      • Porcha “Maati” Wafford, LSW
      • Lauren Freeman, LPC
      • B. Minkewicz, LPCC-S
      • Camielle Howard, LSW, CSW, MPH
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Welcome

Life isn’t always easy. Sometimes, even the strongest girlies need a little bit of help to work through some of life’s more challenging problems. Everyone has battles to fight and hurdles to overcome at some point. Whether you struggle with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, or any other issue, you should know there is hope for a better tomorrow.

Rise Counseling Group is a social justice based private practice in Dayton, OH, and the first of its kind! We focus on improving the mental health and wellness of Black women & teen girls, and other women of color by doing therapy at the many intersections of life that can impact our mental health- race, gender, sexuality, ability, social injustice, and so on! We offer space to heal and have hope when dealing with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and life’s ups and downs. We believe in “having the conversation” to help clients be released from the junk they carry with them day to day as women, daughters, sisters, mothers, and partners.


Holding the Space for you to Heal

If you’re asking yourself if therapy is for you, rest assured that therapy can help you with many challenges. Seeking help doesn’t mean you aren’t strong. It means you are smart and take ownership of your life.

Please note we are a small private practice that is growing. If you call to schedule and get our voicemail, please leave your name, contact information, and a brief description of what service/which provider you are interested in. Your phone call will be returned within 24-48 business hours.  Alternatively, you can request services HERE!
We look forward to working with you! Thank you. ~D

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❤️‍🩹Helping Black Women & Teens
⛓️‍💥Break unhealthy cycles in relationships
🛑Stop carrying everyone’s emotional weight
📍Accepting clients- OH, IL, KY

This Black History Month, we honor Frantz Fanon, p This Black History Month, we honor Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist, revolutionary thinker, and one of the earliest voices to name what many Black communities still experience today: mental health is deeply shaped by systemic oppression.

As a practicing psychiatrist in colonial Algeria, Fanon treated patients whose suffering was inseparable from racism, violence, and dehumanization. In Black Skin, White Masks, he explored how living under constant surveillance and racial hierarchy fractures self-image and produces chronic psychological stress. In The Wretched of the Earth, he documented how colonization creates trauma that lives in both the body and the mind.

“Colonialism is not satisfied merely with holding a people in its grip… it turns to the past of the oppressed people, and distorts, disfigures, and destroys it.”

Fanon’s work reminds us that many symptoms we label today as anxiety, depression, or burnout are often rational responses to unjust systems. Healing, then, is not about “fixing” ourselves — it is about restoring dignity, truth, and connection.

At Rise Counseling Group, we approach therapy through this lens. We offer trauma-informed, culturally competent mental health care for Black women, teens, and college students, rooted in the understanding that identity, culture, history, and liberation matter in the healing process.

Choosing therapy is not weakness.
Rest is not laziness.
Care is not indulgent.

For Black communities, healing has always been an act of resistance.

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At Rise Counseling Group, healing isn’t about pu At Rise Counseling Group, healing isn’t about pushing harder it’s about being supported.

We help you rise.
We support your growth.
We strengthen your well-being without pressure, judgment, or the expectation to “be strong.”

We believe everyone deserves a space to be heard, understood, and cared for especially Black women, teens, and college students navigating stress, trauma, and life transitions.

Support shouldn’t feel heavy.
It should feel grounding.

✨ When you’re ready, we’re here.
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Today, we are thrilled to celebrate Lauren, one of Today, we are thrilled to celebrate Lauren, one of our talented Clinical Therapists at Rise Counseling Group! Wishing you a joyful birthday and a year ahead filled with happiness, success, and continued personal and professional growth! 💛
This Black History Month, we recognize and honor t This Black History Month, we recognize and honor the experience of being a Black therapist.

Black therapists often carry the responsibility of holding space for healing while navigating systemic barriers, racial stress, and professional expectations. Their presence in mental health spaces matters not only for representation, but for the culturally responsive care they provide.

At Rise Counseling Group, we value the work of Black therapists and the role they play in supporting individuals, families, and communities. We believe healing spaces should support both clients and clinicians, honoring identity, lived experience, and well-being.

This month, we celebrate Black therapists for their leadership, compassion, and commitment to mental health in our communities.

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Healing doesn’t happen in isolation. At Rise Cou Healing doesn’t happen in isolation.
At Rise Counseling Group, we provide culturally competent, trauma-informed therapy that supports emotional regulation, boundaries, and long-term healing.

We offer therapy for Black women, mental health support for teens, and support groups designed to meet you where you are.

Individual • Teen • Group • Trauma-Informed Care
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