"It Takes A Whole Village To Raise A Child."
| Contact: | Priscilla Souto, NCC, LCPC |
| Title: | Executive Director |
| Address: | District Heights Family & Youth Services Center 2000 Marbury Drive District Heights, MD 20747 |
| Telephone: | (301) 336.7600 |
| Fax: | (301) 350.3660 |
| E-mail: | soutop@districtheights.org |
Priscilla Souto is the Executive Director of District Heights Family and Youth Services Center in Prince George's County. She is a licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the State of Maryland and Virginia as well as a National Certified Counselor. She hold's a Master's Degree in Education focusing on Mental Health and a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Florida Atlantic University. She completed her training at George Washington University Hospital-Psychiatric Unit and Community Counseling Center.
During the course of her career, she has focused on treating children, adolescents, and adults with a history of sexual trauma and severe mental illness. Prior to coming to District Heights Family and Youth Services she worked at the Prince George's County Sexual Assault Center, the City of Alexandria and Marymount University. Her therapeutic approach is primarily cognitive behavioral and solution focused brief therapy.
| Contact: | Peggy Higgins, LCSW-C |
| Title: | Clinical Supervisor Consultant |
| Address: | District Heights Family & Youth Services Center 2000 Marbury Drive District Heights, MD 20747 |
| Telephone: | (301) 336.7600 |
| Fax: | (301) 350.3660 |
| E-mail: | higginsp@districtheights.org |
Peggy Higgins, Clinical Supervisor Consultant, is a licensed clinical social worker with a Master's Degree in Social Work from Catholic University in Washington DC and a Master's Degree in General Administration from University of Maryland/University College in College Park. In addition to her consulting position at District Heights, she is employed by the City of College Park as the Executive Director for the Youth and Family Services counseling/community outreach program.
Peggy has worked with families and children in Prince George's County for over twenty-five years. Her counseling specializations include child-centered play therapy, sandtray, Relationship Enhancement Therapy as well as training in Brief Strategic Family Therapy.
| Contact: | Kiaisha Barber, LGSW |
| Title: | CINS Clinical Coordinator |
| Address: | District Heights Family & Youth Services Center 14735 Main Street, ste M0400 Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 |
| Telephone: | (301) 952.5498 |
| Fax: | (301) 952.2954 |
| E-mail: | barberk@districtheights.org |
Kiaisha Barber is the Clinical Coordinator of District Heights Family and Youth Services Center's Children in Need of Supervision Program (CINS), which operates out of the Department of Juvenile Services in Upper Marlboro, MD. Kiaisha received her Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Washington in Seattle and is currently licensed as a graduate social worker in Maryland. She has worked as a therapist for children in foster care in the District of Columbia and as a school based clinician for children in Maryland. Currently, Kiaisha is working towards her clinical social work license and is certified in Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT), an evidenced based therapeutic model, since April 2009.
| Contact: | Diane Passero, LGPC, CRC |
| Title: | Part Time Youth & Family Therapist |
| Address: | District Heights Family & Youth Services Center 2000 Marbury Drive District Heights, MD 20747 |
| Telephone: | (301) 336.7600 |
| Fax: | (301) 350.3660 |
| E-mail: | passerod@districtheights.org |
Diane Passero is a Family Therapist at District Heights Family and Youth Services in Prince George's County. She received her Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Maryland, College Park and is currently licensed as a Graduate Professional Counselor (LGPC) and as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) in the state of Maryland. Prior to her current position, Diane worked as a therapist for children with disabilities. She is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and Chi Sigma Iota Honor Society. She also completed her internship at Bowie Youth and Family Services.
| Contact: | Beverly Sargent, NCC, LGPC |
| Title: | Part Time Youth & Family Therapist |
| Address: | District Heights Family & Youth Services Center 2000 Marbury Drive District Heights, MD 20747 |
| Telephone: | (301) 336.7600 |
| Fax: | (301) 350.3660 |
| E-mail: | sargentb@districtheights.org |
Beverly R. Sargent is a Family Therapist at District Heights Family and Youth Services in Prince George's County. She earned her Master's Degree in Counseling from Loyola University Maryland and is completing a Doctorate Degree in Counselor Education and Supervision from the same University. Beverly is a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor and is also nationally certified. Her training includes substance abuse recovery, play and sandtray therapies and grief and loss counseling. She also enjoys using creative interventions in cognitive behavioral therapy. She is a member of the American Counseling Association, the Association for Creative Counseling, the Maryland Association for Counseling Development and the Association for Death Education and Counseling. She published her latest book, When My Daddy Died, February 2007.
| Contact: | Sana Lankford, MA |
| Title: | Part Time Youth & Family Therapist |
| Address: | District Heights Family & Youth Services Center 2000 Marbury Drive District Heights, MD 20747 |
| Telephone: | (301) 336.7600 |
| Fax: | (301) 350.3660 |
| E-mail: | lankfords@districtheights.org |
Sana Lankford is a Family Therapist at District Heights Family and Youth Services in Prince George's County. She received her Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Western Kentucky University. Sana previously worked in North Carolina as a therapist for children, adolescents, and adults with both mental health and substance abuse issues. She primarily uses a cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy. Sana completed her internship at Rivendell Behavioral Health Services in Kentucky.
| Contact: | Undine Hunt |
| Title: | Administrative Assistant |
| Address: | District Heights Family & Youth Services Center 2000 Marbury Drive District Heights, MD 20747 |
| Telephone: | (301) 336.7600 |
| Fax: | (301) 350.3660 |
| E-mail: | undineh@districtheights.org |
Undine Hunt is the Administrative Assistant for District Heights Family and Youth Services. Undine has over 10 years experience as an Administrative Assistant. Prior to her employment at District Heights, she worked for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the National League of Cities.
Undine is a thirty-year resident of Prince George's County. She is the proud mother of two teen daughters, both of whom are honor roll students. Her eldest daughter is at the Art Institute of Washington and her youngest is a student at Suitland High School in the Visual Performing Arts program.