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Dr. Mickey White (he/they), NCC, BC-TMH, is an Associate Professor of Counseling at East Tennessee State University. His work centers the experiences of transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive individuals, with a special emphasis on self-disclosure and mental health access in Appalachia. He is a past Emerging Leader for the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES) and the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE), and previously served as SAIGE’s secretary (2022-2024). He received the 2022 President’s Award from SACES and was recognized by the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselor Association as Counselor Educator of the Year in 2023. He has presented several times on increasing quality of care for LGBTQIA+ populations in both outpatient and inpatient mental healthcare settings, improving trans-affirming practices for mental health providers, and has published scholarly articles on trans-affirming practice.