I, Alicia Buck-Hall, strive to utilize a Clinical Coordinated Care Approach to improve the lives of individuals, families, communities, and front-line responders by creating, enhancing, and accessing a system of support through a strengths-based, clinically relevant, consumer-driven model. I have fined tuned skills in accomplishing this by facilitating behavioral health services for professionals and non-professionals that encourage a safe, welcoming, engaging, culturally appropriate and responsive environment for treatment.

In developing a deeper understanding of the issues that impact and relate to individuals’ mental health, more specifically early childhood, and youth mental health, my passion is teaching other professional in utilizing practical skills daily through observation, including being able to spot the signs and symptoms of mental health issues and developing confidence in guiding people towards support as and early intervention practice.

By being diligent in advocacy, I am passionate about working with providers, professionals, community client serving specialist, in addition to clientele to strengthen skills in addressing wellness, behavioral and mental health concerns, thereby understanding the importance of self-awareness and self-care, while at the same time always being cognizant of cultural vulnerability. I am a trained and experienced Clinical Supervisor with the State of Missouri, and Behavioral Health Consultant skilled in providing integrated primary care and capacity building to behavioral health teams. I am a National Mental Health First Aid Trainer to train and support client serving personnel and the community at large thereby promoting symptomology identification and intervention leading to promoting overall wellness from a culturally relevant lens. I also have obtained post graduate certification in Infant Early Childhood Mental Health through Georgetown University, currently seeking endorsement in the state of Missouri. I currently serve on the board MO-AIEMH - EC since 2020 in the state of Missouri.

I’m equally passionate about providing informed and practical guidance / recommendations for improving social-emotional outcomes for individuals thereby reducing the stigma surrounding mental health which will lead to a more informed and relevant practice of addressing problematic concerns from a clinically informed perspective versus a behavioral / disciplinary / criminal perspective requiring maladaptive intervention. In addition, it is imperative to build capacity with caregivers, childcare providers, educators, first line workers, law enforcement, et al., who are not fully equipped to be able to identify warning signs as concerns regarding mental health. In that this is foundational to reducing inequality, injustices and disparity, my drive is to develop awareness and training to further the intentional observation of social - emotional development and mental health as an extended practice in the process.

My mission and vision are meaningful to me in that it integrates the practice of being mindful thereby realizing the heightened importance of social emotional needs of individuals while learning to manage, build and nurture healthy supportive relationships, encouraging early intervention, ability to adapt, self-regulation in profession and practice, and development of distress management skills. Teaching empathic approaches to support and educate on milestones without furthering the stigma associated with mental health, inclusive of social injustices and encouraging healing.

All in all, I am committed to fulfill all effort needed to be instrumental in advocacy, furthering awareness, early intervention, building capacity and systemic incorporation of resources that support communities and its members being able to thrive.

Formal Education, Training, Experience and Affiliations

• Missouri License Professional Counselor (Full Licensure) August 2017 to Present
• Nationally Certified Counselor (NBCC)
• M.Ed. Clinical Counseling / Mental Health Clinician / Qualified Mental Health Professional
• Ed.S. UMSL Nonprofit Management & Leadership Certification
• ED.S Certified Infant Early ChildhoodMental Health Consultant through Georgetown University
• Certified MO Mental Health Clinical Supervision Counselor
• Missouri Mental Health Institute (MIMH) Certified Behavioral Health Director
• Behavioral Health Coordinator / Consultant / Reflective Supervisor
• Advanced Certification Trauma Informed Treatment
• National Mental Health First Aid Trainer - Youth and Adults
• Over 20 years in clinical application, care coordination, systemic integration.
• 10 Years Capacity Building with Missouri Department of Higher Education
• 10 Years Clinical Capacity Training of Human Services Professionals
• 20 Years Parent / Child / Adult Group Facilitation
• Motivational & Transformational Speaker
• Published Author