“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.

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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