Kwabena Sankofa, MS, EdS, PhD(he.him.his)
My love for counseling is manifold. I enjoy helping students to confront and overcome
their disabling academic and emotional life challenges thus enabling them to graduate
with their self-created inclinations to fulfill their professional and life's goals.
I relish the special expression on students' faces when they achieve an in-the-moment
enlightenment and complete self-awareness of the problems that have long undermined
their emotional health — "I finally got it." I just love it when my clients are about
to graduate or have graduated and communicate their appreciation for the help their
therapy sessions have provided them. In counseling, I use Analytical, Narrative &
Person-Centered Therapies. I find it particularly enriching designing mental health-related
intervention programs and working on policy development. I recently discovered that
training and supervision at times rival individual therapy as one of my top five professional
interests.
Jess[ica] Hudgens, MA, LPC, NCC(she/they)
I received my Bachelor’s in History and Psychology from Winthrop University (Go Eagles!) and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2016 with a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and graduate certificates in Expressive Arts Therapy and Systemic Multicultural Counseling. I recognize what a risk it is to seek help for something you’re struggling with and do my best to create a space and relationship where students are comfortable sharing and sitting with difficult things. My practice is heavily influenced by Relational, Cultural, and Narrative theories and draws on practices from Dialectical, Cognitive, and Neurodiversity Affirming frameworks. I frequently utilize the expressive arts (including visual arts, writing, music, and movement) in my work with students. I love the arts for their ability to both expose and contain our pain and messiness.
I love working with students of all different backgrounds and abilities and have particular
interest in working with those students struggling with concerns surrounding eating
and body image, self-harm and suicide, and neurodivergence (especially ADHD and autism).
Veronica Rector, MEd, LPC(she.her.hers)
I completed my Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Winthrop University
in 2016. Through my work in both school-based settings and the SC Department of Mental
Health, I have gained extensive experience working with people with severe mental
health concerns, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and trauma. My practice
integrates elements of narrative, rational emotive, and cognitive behavioral therapies.
I am excited to be working at Winthrop and with students who are seeking to improve
themselves and their college experience. I believe everyone’s story is important and
unique, I am passionate about providing an accepting and affirming space for students
to heal.
(she.her.hers)
Student, Graduate student, Alumna, Police Officer, Victim’s advocate and now Clinical Supervisor for Student Advocacy and Trauma Support, I have had many roles and titles at Winthrop University and I am proud of them all. Every one of them has led me to my current position and for that I am grateful. I get the opportunity to serve individuals that have experienced sexual assault, domestic and dating violence, stalking, and/or victims of crimes or discrimination based on bias in a clinical capacity. As a Victim services provider (SC) and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, my practice is influenced by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapies, Brief Solution Focused Therapy and Trauma Informed Care. My professional goal is to work myself out of a job by assisting survivors with developing the tools they need to thrive in the aftermath of traumatic events.
Jackie Concodora, M.Ed., LPC(she.her.hers)
