“The journey is the work, the work is the journey. The ocean’s ebb and flow may remind us of this better than anything.”
- Tananarive Due
Ebony Williams (She/Her) is a Black, queer, first generation woman who is also a licensed marriage and family therapist, social emotional healing arts instructor, and a trauma-informed yoga teacher. Ebony earned a Masters of Fine Arts from The California Institute of the Arts and Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in African American Family Studies. Ebony is a trauma specialist who practices LGBTQIA+ affirming and culturally humble therapy. She has worked with children and families, adults, trauma survivors, and folks across the spectrum of mental health, identity, and experience. Ebony has a background in education as a teacher and administrator having worked at schools on the east and west coasts, as a consultant, and having taught in the cultural psychology LGBTQIA+ specialization at Pacific Oaks College. Currently Ebony is core faculty in the SEA Certificate Program through Arts and Healing Initiative and is also a guest instructor in a trauma-informed yoga training. Ebony has a private therapy practice offering individual, couples, and group work that aims to be trauma-reducing and healing centered. Ebony is also the founder of Root Wellness Healing, a leadership and organizational wellness consulting practice. Ebony is a mother of two beautiful children and in her self-care time, Ebony enjoys time at the beach, reading, being in community, rollerskating, and food adventures in Los Angeles. Contact Ebony for more info.
Education
Advanced Training
Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate, The Embody Lab, in-process
California State Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Advocate Training, Peace Over Violence, Los Angeles, 2018
TF-CBT Training, Almansor Clinical Services, 2017
Managing and Adapting Practices (MAP) Certified, Almansor Clinical Services, 2017
Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training- 200 Hr., Cloud Nine Yoga, 2016
California State Sexual Assault Advocate Training, YWCA of Greater Los Angeles, 2015
Seeking Safety Training, YWCA Sexual Assault Crisis Center, 2014
Community Resiliency Model, YWCA Sexual Assault Crisis Center, 2014
Certificate in Social Emotional Healing Arts, University of California Los Angeles, 2014
Movement, Contact, Social Justice: A Dialogue in the Service of Expressive Arts Therapies, The SoCal Chapter of the North American Drama Therapy Association [NADTA], 2014
Question, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention Training, 2013
Dialogue facilitation training in the following models: Posse Foundation: Martini Glass model, Public Conversation Project (PCP): The Power of Dialogue [POD]- Constructive Conversations on Divisive Issues, and Everyday Democracy: Dialogue to Action Model [Study Circles]
Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, CA/ Masters of Arts, Spring 2016
Degree in: Marriage and Family Therapy, specialization in African American Family Studies
California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA/ Masters of Fine Arts, Spring 2012
Wheaton College, Norton, MA/ Bachelor of Arts, Spring 2008