Maya DeNola, LCSW

Maya DeNola, LCSW  is a lifelong social-change advocate, who was raised on an intentional community in Northern Israel. She has lived on three continents and multiple cities and considers herself a world citizen. Her own experiences of trauma, loss and recover, have informed her career path and therapeutic orientation. Maya views trauma and recovery as an empowering individual process, one experienced and accomplished through multi-faceted holistic practices.

Maya is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and currently serves as the Clinical Director at ManifestWorks, a workforce development program. She provides Field Instruction at Pathways, a Grief and Bereavement organization, and has a small private practice providing individual therapeutic and coaching services, at sliding scale rates to other helping professionals.

Ebony Williams, LMFT

Ebony Williams, LMFT (She/Her) is a Black, queer, first generation woman who is also a licensed marriage and family therapist, social emotional healing arts instructor, and a trauma-informed yoga teacher. She created the Ragdoll Project while earning an MFA in Writing at the California Institute of the Arts and has facilitated workshops on both the East and West coasts for trauma survivors and individuals navigating life challenges that range from sexual and domestic violence, grief and loss, LGBTQIA identity, and living in communities challenged by violence.

Ebony also earned an M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in African American Family Studies. Ebony’s current work includes having a small therapy private practice and teaches in the cultural psychology LGBTQIA specialization at Pacific Oaks College and the Social Emotional Arts Certificate Program through UCLArts and Healing Initiative. Ebony is also the founder of Root Wellness Healing, a leadership and organizational wellness consulting practice bringing together best practices in mental health, DEI, holistic wellness, and trauma-resilience.

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