Mandy Baraka

Dr. Mandy Kellums Baraka - PhD, LCPC (Illinois), NCC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor- is a clinical mental health counselor, counselor educator, and supervisor based in the Chicagoland suburbs. Dr. Baraka serves as Associate Professor in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Wheaton College, where she trains emerging counselors in reflective, developmentally attuned practice. Her clinical and teaching experience spans work with children, adolescents, and adults, with particular focus on supervision, multicultural considerations, play therapy and creativity in counseling, and cultivating confident, ethically grounded clinicians.