Dr. Laverne Collins: UNMUTED: How to show up fully as you in Every room
Dr. LaVerne Hanes Collins, PhD is the owner of New Seasons Counseling, Training, and Consulting, where she provides counseling and coaching services across Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. She is an author, speaker, ordained minister, and award-winning mental health trainer with expertise in multicultural responsiveness, organizational dynamics, and faith-based competencies. Her work has been featured in Counselor Magazine, Counseling Today Magazine, Authority Magazine, USTimes.com, Women’s Insider, as well as several counseling textbooks and multicultural counseling encyclopedias.
She is the author of Overlooked: Counselor Insights for the Unspoken Issues in Black American Life, which was recognized as a “Recent Book of Interest” by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (December 2023).Her leadership has also drawn national attention. USA Leaders Magazine named her one of the “Top 10 Influential Healthcare Leaders in the U.S.A. to Watch in 2025.”Dr. Collins holds dual bachelor’s degrees from Syracuse University, an M.S. Ed in Community Counseling from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and a Ph.D. in Christian Counseling from South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary.