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Pamela Fullerton, PhD

Dr. Pamela Fullerton, PhD

Dr. Pamela Fullerton is the founder and clinical director of Advocacy & Education Consulting, a counseling and consulting organization dedicated to ensuring social justice and advocacy through equitable access to mental health and well-being services. She is a Latina bilingual Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), a Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy professional (C-DBT), a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP), a Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP), and an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) and consultant specializing in working with BIPOC communities, undocumented communities, immigration and acculturation, trauma, anxiety, life transitions, and career counseling. In addition to being a professional writer and international speaker, Dr. Fullerton is an adjunct instructor in the Counselor Education department at Northeastern Illinois University. She also runs a nonprofit to support Latinx youth in the Chicagoland area and consults for behavioral health advisory boards providing advice and input to assist in promoting health equity and justice initiatives for underserved communities in Illinois.