We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Dr. Letitia Browne-James a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have Dr. Letitia with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?
I got my work ethic from my parents. They were working class professionals. My mother was an exceptional customer service representative at an electrical company where she worked for many years until she retired. She was known for her dedication to her coworkers, her customers, and the company. She was dependable, reliable, and a team player. My father was a business owner. He had his own taxi business where he worked until he retired. He, too, was known for his dedication what his business, customers and colleagues. So, it’s not surprising that I have the same skillset in my work with colleagues, employees, and employer. I to own multiple businesses where I apply those skills.
Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
I am a licensed and double-board certified mental health counselor with 15 years experience working with adults, kids, teens, couples, and families. I own a group counseling practice called Victorious Living Counseling and Consulting. There are 10 counselors, and we see people of all ages from a variety backgrounds and demographics facing a vast range of mental health challenges that we can treat on an outpatient basis. I am also excited to have recently started a non-profit organization called LBJ Behavioral Services, where we provide counseling to people of all ages who are uninsured or underinsured in the Central Florida area. What’s special about what we do with both businesses is help fill gaps in outpatient mental heath care to those who need it most. Our clients are mainly people from marginalized backgrounds.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
The three qualities most impactful in my journey were tenacity, faith and social connectedness. Tap into your faith, however that looks for you, persevere through the challenges that come along your journey, and build and maintain relations with people who make up your village. They could be friends, colleagues, family members, mentors, etc. You learn as you go and these skills sharpen and help you grow your skillset.
One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?
I am looking for folks to volunteers with my nonprofit as grant writers, admin helpers, and:or I am also looking for people willing to and passionate about supporting out mission financially by donating to our organization so we can serve more people by filling the gaps in mental health by providing them with quality outpatient counseling services. Our nonprofit’s website is www.LBJ behavioralservices.org
Contact Info:
- Website: www.letitiabrownejames.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/victorious_living_counseling?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/VictoriousLivingcounselingandcounsulting
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/letitia-browne-james
Image Credits
The NBCC Foundation
