Sha-Rhonda Green, PhD, LCSW

LEGACY SUMMARY 

Highly accomplished research-practitioner with 20+ years of clinical social work practice across the life span and 6+ years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare operations, program development, and clinical supervision. Proven ability to strategically manage and develop diverse clinical teams, optimize patient care delivery, and drive measurable outcomes in dynamic telehealth and multi-state environments. Expertise in workforce development, operational efficiency, and fostering high-quality clinical performance. 

Higher Education Experience: 6+ years teaching, course design, research, course development, advising and mentoring in social work, sociology, psychology and human services. 

Creative & Healing Leadership: Founder & CEO of Empowered Woman, LLC, the home of Unbothered Art™ & Unbothered Healing™. Blending therapeutic expertise, cultural depth, and creative practice to advance radical healing, sovereignty, and joy for Black Women.

Therapist/Social Work Experience: (1999–Present)

Pre-Licensure Foundations (1999–2002): Internships and practicum work in community mental health and outpatient services. 

(LMSW-2002, LCSW-2004–Present): Inpatient psychiatric services, private practice – solo & group practice models, community-based and mobile crisis intervention, juvenile justice, child welfare and foster care, case management and wraparound services, family preservation, school-based and educational social work (P–12), telehealth counseling and supervision, and utilization review. 

LICENSURES & CREDENTIALS

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-2004) – Active in 21 States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.

Certified School Social Worker School Social Work (P-12) | 2003 – 2029 (Georgia)

Teaching Online Certificate, QM-Quality Matters: December 2020

Go the Distance-Online Teaching Best Practices Advanced, The University of Alabama: October 2020

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human Services, Specialization: Clinical Social Work 

Walden University, Minneapolis, MN | August 2016

Dissertation: "Multiple Roles as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being in African American Women"

Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Human Services Walden University, Minneapolis, MN | November 2012

Master of Social Work (MSW), Social Work The University of Georgia, Athens, GA | August 2001

Master of Arts (MA), Sociology Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA | August 1997

Thesis: "Economic Status and Its Affect on the Educational Achievements of Young African American Adults"

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology (Minor: Sociology), Cum Laude

 Brewton-Parker College, Mt. Vernon, GA | June 1995

Certificate of Completion | The University of Tennessee, Ronald McNair Program, Knoxville, TN | August 1994

Thesis: "A Measure of Black Male Masculinity: The Black Male Masculinity Scale (BMMS)”