Beyond Therapy

(she/they), PhD, MS, CPSS, CRC, LCMHC, NCC has a masters in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling from UNC Chapel Hill, and a doctorate in Rehabilitation Counseling and Administration from East Carolina University. They have served as a member of multiple divisions of the American Counseling Association including Association for Counselor Education and Supervision; American Rehabilitation Counseling Association; Counselors for Social Justice; Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities. They are currently a member of Pitt County, NC; Board of Directors for the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI). Dr Cea has been a Certified Peer Support Specialist since 2015 and has volunteered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention since 2012 and NAMI since 2016. They expressed symptoms of anxiety at age 4 and were later diagnosed with SPMI, which has deeply informed their clinical practice and advocacy work. They are currently owner of Panacea Mental Wellness, a private practice in Pitt County and teach in the Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies at East Carolina University.

PhD, LCMHCS - Dr. Candice Creasman Mowrey received a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008, and a Doctorate in Counseling and Counselor Education from North Carolina State University in 2015. She has worked in in-patient, psychosocial rehabilitation, community agency, disability services, and intensive outpatient settings. She founded Creasman Counseling, PLLC, a single-person private practice, in 2011, which has grown to a team of over a dozen culturally and professionally diverse clinicians. Dr. Creasman Mowrey has taught Masters level counseling students in online and in-person settings, and currently directs a Clinical Mental Health Counseling internship program.