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Derenda Edmondson, Ed.D.

Dr. Edmondson is a Licensed Professional Counselor #6401005695 (Michigan) and a Certified Masters Addiction Counselor #02283. She graduated from Wayne State University with a M.A. in Counseling and The University of Sarasota with an Ed.D. in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in substance abuse treatment and interventions. She has over 15 years of experience in the field in the treatment of chemical dependency. Dr. Edmondson is currently an adjunct professor at Webster University where she teaches graduated level courses in Mental Health Counseling.

Janet Burtt, M.A., M.F.T., C.A.S.

Janet Burtt earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from California State University, Fullerton and a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. She is licensed by California’s Board of Behavioral Sciences as a Marriage and Family Therapist #36087 and is Certified by the California Association of Addiction Recovery Resources as an Addictions Specialist.

In addition to having worked over 10 years in the Addictions and Recovery field, Ms Burtt has extensive experience working with a diversity of populations. She spent three years working with adolescents in “Group Homes,” Phoenix House and in Juvenile Hall. She has held the position of Clinical Director of one of California’s first Women’s Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs. Currently she is Director of a Parenting Mothers Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program as well as Clinical Director and Supervisor of Master’s level interns providing counseling to children in a Los Angeles County school district.

Cassandra Cheshire, Ph.D., MAC, LSPE

Cassandra Cheshire has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Tennessee State University and earned her Masters in Education from Vanderbilt University in 1991. She is also a NAADAC Provider #0189, a MAC #27920 and a Health Service Provider licensed in TN #PE0000011117 (Licensed Senior Psychological Examiner). She has been in Private Practice since 1988.