OASERVIC LEADERSHIP (2023 - 2024)

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Dr. Dominique D. Burns (she, her) has worked as a Counselor Educator and is currently an assistant professor at New England College. She has worked as the Title IX Coordinator at an HBCU. Additionally, she served as the Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator for the Ohio Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers. She received her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision in December 2018 from the University of Toledo, in Toledo, Ohio. Dr. Burns received her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (2015) from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to receiving her BA in Psychology (2012) from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Burns is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Ohio, Clinical Professional Counselor Intern in the state of Nevada, and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Previously, she served as a victim advocate and professional counselor for a community agency in Clark county serving survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault. Her passion and professional experience working with survivors led her to serve on The Cupcake Girls National Board of Directors as a board member and Treasurer, where she uses her skills in services of TCG and community at large. Additionally, she serves as Treasurer for the Ohio Association for Spirituality, Ethics, and Religious Values in Counseling. She enjoys being outdoors, yoga, dance, poetry, reading, and spending time with family and friends. 

Stephanie Durham, MA, LPCC is currently practicing in Fairborn, Ohio providing individual therapy services to teens and young adults. She has totaled over five years of clinical practice working with children, teens, and young adults in agency-based and school-based settings. She has education, training, and practical experience working with neurodevelopmental disorders including Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as anxiety, depression, and trauma disorders for which she has provided treatment via individual, group, and family interventions. Additionally, Stephanie has filled roles on the Ohio Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values on Counseling (OASERVIC), Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities of Ohio (SAIGEO), and Chi Sigma Iota, Beta Gamma boards over the past six years. These roles have aligned with her interest in LGBTQI+ issues, ethical practice, and professional advocacy. Stephanie has presented at state and local levels throughout the past six years, most recently on nurturing religion and spirituality across the lifespan, as well as published on complementary health alternatives. Stephanie has taken a recent interest in exploring religious trauma and spiritual healing as well as the role of religion and spirituality in grief work.

Dinisha is a doctoral student at the University of Toledo studying Counselor Education.  She is a Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor. She earned her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and her Education Specialist in Counseling Leadership from Mississippi College. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults at residential treatment and intensive outpatient treatment. Her therapeutic style is post- modern, and she utilizes a combination of Adlerian theory and Solution Focused Brief Therapy as her theoretical orientation. She is passionate about holistic healing and utilizes hypnotherapy, play therapy, and mindfulness to enhance relaxation and emotion regulation.

Kailey is a licensed professional clinical counselor with supervision designation (MA, LPCC-S) in the state of Ohio and is also a board-certified counselor (NCC). Kailey has received designation from ADEC (Association of Death Educators and Counselors) as a certified Thanatologist. Kailey has a background in hospice work and feels that companioning and advocating for grievers is her life’s passion. Kailey believes that grief is not a problem to be solved or a diagnosis to fix. Kailey specializes in the integration of spirituality, illness, and grief as well as spiritual trauma and purity culture recovery.  Kailey is an adjunct professor at Ashland University and a doctoral student in counselor education and supervision at Ohio University.  Lastly, Kailey co-owns Refuge Counseling, a LGBTQIA allied counseling practice in Ashland, Ohio.  In her free time, Kailey is a voracious reader and has a special fondness for YA novels and romance novels. 

Dr. Fawn Gordon is an Assistant Professor in the Counseling and Art Therapy Department at Ursuline College. As a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the state of Ohio, she has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in school-based and outpatient settings. Her clinical approach focuses on integrative strategies which infuse trauma-informed care and wellness-based practice. Additionally, she has served in various roles within the Ohio Counseling Association and maintains active as Past-President of NCOCA. 

Morgan (she/her/hers) is a CT in her final semester of the master's in counseling program at the University of Toledo. She is a member-at-large of the OASERVIC board. She is currently completing her internship working with both children and adults in various settings. Morgan has always been passionate about spirituality both in her own life and in discussing with others their personal experiences. She is looking forward to becoming an LPC and working with clients to explore their own spirituality in counseling.