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Info@QualityCounselingCT.com | 203-584-7971

Info@QualityCounselingCT.com | 203-584-7971

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Trauma-Informed Consulting & Training

Building behavioral health programs that reach the people other programs miss.

Quality Counseling partners with government agencies, nonprofits, and clinical teams to design and deliver trauma-informed programming for the communities systems consistently fail — justice-impacted individuals, survivors of racial and generational trauma, and populations that traditional behavioral health services were never built to serve.

We've held municipal contracts totaling more than $230,000, advised the Connecticut Department of Public Health on clinical quality and program integrity, and delivered NASW-accredited continuing education to clinicians nationwide. Every engagement is grounded in direct clinical practice — we build programs we've actually run.

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WHO WE WORK WITH

Government & Public Agencies

Municipal, state, and federal partners contracting for behavioral health programming, staff training, and policy consultation. We currently advise the Connecticut Department of Public Health on policy compliance, clinical quality, and program integrity, and have delivered on municipal contracts for the Cities of New Haven and Hamden — on time, in full compliance with federal ARPA reporting requirements, and above contracted performance targets. We work with agencies nationwide. 

Contract-ready: UEI L4AYDJHAU1R5 | CAGE 8ZCN3 | NAICS 621420, 621330

Nonprofits & Community Organizations

Reentry programs, libraries, schools, community health centers, and advocacy organizations building trauma-informed capacity. We've embedded clinicians into nonprofit and municipal settings, written the policies and procedures that made those placements work, and trained the staff who sustained them after our contract ended. 

Clinicians & Group Practices

NASW-accredited continuing education, clinical training, and supervision for behavioral health teams nationwide. We've delivered CEU trainings for Clinicians of Color, Simply Being Wellness, and Power of Choices, and specialize in an area where clinical guidance has lagged badly behind the law: cannabis and mental health. 

Consulting & Training Services

Trauma-Informed Trainings

We move organizations from trauma-aware to trauma-responsive. Trainings cover the neurobiology of trauma, recognizing trauma responses in the populations you serve, de-escalation, vicarious trauma and staff burnout, and the concrete policy changes that make a trauma-informed approach real rather than aspirational.

We've trained library staff, clinical teams, correctional personnel, and community providers. Delivered as a single session, a multi-part series, or an organization-wide implementation — on-site nationwide or virtually.

Program Development

End-to-end design of behavioral health programming: needs assessment, service model, staffing structure, standard operating procedures, outcome measures, and the data framework that proves the program worked.

We build with funder requirements in mind from the first meeting. Our federally funded programming has met ARPA reporting standards and exceeded contracted clinical targets. We design programs that survive an audit and produce numbers worth reporting.

We also develop and submit competitive proposals for government and municipal contracts — the same process that has won us more than $230,000 in municipal awards.

Cannabis & Mental Health Continuing Education

NASW-accredited continuing education for clinicians working with cannabis in a legalized landscape. Covers the endocannabinoid system, clinical evidence, assessment and screening, distinguishing cannabis use disorder from therapeutic use, drug interactions, youth cannabis use, and the racial-equity dimensions of cannabis criminalization and its continuing effects on Black communities.

This is a national specialty. Kevnesha has presented on cannabis and mental health at the National Cannabis Festival, the International Women in Cannabis Conference, the New England Cannabis Convention, and the Governor's Prevention Partnership, and completed the Society of Cannabis Clinicians medical curriculum.

Delivered nationally, including for Clinicians of Color, Simply Being Wellness, and Power of Choices.

Reentry Programming

Design and delivery of behavioral health programming for justice-impacted individuals — for correctional agencies, reentry programs, probation and parole partners, and community organizations serving people returning from incarceration.

This is not an adjacent service. Kevnesha spent four years as a Professional Counselor inside New Haven Correctional Center, worked jail diversion and forensic mental health for six years before that, and has evaluated community forensic programs alongside DMHAS, DOC, and Adult Probation. She serves on the board of Stop Solitary Confinement Connecticut and curates Blossoming Beyond Bars, an annual convening on incarceration and healing.

We understand correctional environments from the inside — the operational constraints, the security realities, and why so much well-designed programming fails on contact with them.

Keynote Speaking

Keynotes, plenaries, and panels on racial trauma, behavioral health equity, cannabis and mental health, and the mental health of justice-impacted communities.

Recent engagements include:

  • We Got Something to Say — Joy and Serotonin, Keynote Speaker (2026)
  • Governor's Prevention Partnership — The Smoke Signal: What Youth Cannabis Use Reveals About Trauma, Environment and Unmet Needs (2026)
  • CT BIPOC Mental Health & Wellness Alliance — Intimate Relationships and Violence Roundtable (2026)
  • The CT Men's Conference — Black Youth and Cannabis: A Cry for Help (2025)
  • International Women in Cannabis Conference — Generational Healing Through Cannabis and Ancestral Wisdom (2025)
  • Greater Hartford Alliance of Black Social Workers — Black Youth and Cannabis: A Cry for Help (2025)
  • National Cannabis Festival — Cannabis Nurses and Healthcare Professionals in an Adult Use World (2024)
  • Greater New Haven NAACP — Healing in the Black Community (2023)

A full speaking history is available on request.

Workshop Facilitation

Interactive, small-group facilitation for staff teams, community groups, and cohort-based programs. Topics include racial trauma and healing, cultural humility, collective healing practices, vicarious trauma and staff wellness, financial trauma, and holistic approaches including meditation and yoga therapy.

Recent facilitation includes the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center (Healing Through Cultural Humility), the Black Business Alliance (Healing Black Money Trauma), and ConnCorp at The Lab (Holistic Connections).

Facilitation is participatory by design — built for groups doing the work together, not sitting through a lecture.

Proven Results

73% reduction in mental health symptoms among program participants — against a contracted target of 40% 

48% above the contracted client goal — 92 individuals served against a target of 62 

33% of participants were justice-impacted, the population most systems struggle to reach

Outcomes from the Community Healing Program, an ARPA-funded behavioral health equity initiative administered by the City of New Haven Office of Community Mental Health Initiatives (RFP 2024-03-1632). Figures verified by the City's contract manager.

Municipal Contract History

City of New Haven — Victim Services Support Network | $10,000 | 2026–Present Outpatient mental health services, case management, and referrals for crime victims, plus trauma-informed care consultation for community providers. 

City of Hamden — Hamden Public Library | $100,000 | 2025–2026 Embedded a social worker across three Hamden libraries. Built the programming, standard operating procedures, policies, and community screening assessments from scratch, and trained library staff in mental health response. 

City of New Haven — Community Healing Program | $120,000 | 2024–2025 Created and facilitated a community healing program, embedding a mental health therapist in the nonprofit Emerge and delivering group therapy through art, yoga, and narrative healing circles. 

What Partners Say

"Quality Counseling has a stellar reputation in our region. Even though our grant contract has ended, I still regularly refer to Quality Counseling's work and rely on Ms. Boyd as a subject matter expert and core community partner."

Lorena Mitchell, LCSW, MPH Office of Community Mental Health Initiatives, City of New Haven

"Quality Counseling's work represents the kind of accountable, outcomes-driven approach federal agencies should seek to support."

Lorena Mitchell, LCSW, MPH Office of Community Mental Health Initiatives, City of New Haven

CLIENT LOGOS

Led by Kevnesha Boyd, LPC

All engagements are led by Kevnesha Boyd, Licensed Professional Counselor (CT #2713), Doctor of Counselor Education & Supervision, and Founder of Quality Counseling. She advises the Connecticut Department of Public Health on clinical quality and program integrity, spent four years as a counselor inside New Haven Correctional Center, and has taught behavior therapies as an adjunct professor at the University of New Haven. 

Learn more about Kevnesha

Contracting & Capability Information

Legal name: Quality Counseling, LLC 
Established: 2017 UEI: L4AYDJHAU1R5 
CAGE Code: 8ZCN3 
NAICS:621420 — Offices of Mental Health Practitioners 
NAICS: 621330 — Outpatient Mental Health & Substance Abuse Centers 
Address: 2553 Whitney Ave., Hamden, CT 06518 
Service area: Nationwide — on-site and virtual 

Current & Past Public Contracts Connecticut Department of Public Health (consultant, 2025–present) · City of New Haven, Victim Services Support Network (2026–present) · City of Hamden, Public Library Initiative (2025–2026) · City of New Haven, Community Healing Program (2024–2025) 

Lead Consultant Credentials Kevnesha Boyd — Licensed Professional Counselor, State of Connecticut #2713 (since 2014) · Doctorate of Counselor Education & Supervision, Southern Connecticut State University · M.A./M.S. Community Psychology and Forensic Psychology, University of New Haven · EMDR Certified · Certified Cannabis Consultant, Society of Cannabis Clinicians Medical Curriculum · NASW-accredited continuing education provider 

Point of Contact Kevnesha Boyd, LPC — Founder & Clinical Director Kboyd@QualityCounselingCT.com (203) 584-7971, ext. 3 

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you deliver trainings virtually or on-site?

Both. We deliver on-site nationwide and virtually for organizations anywhere.

Do your continuing education trainings offer CE credit?

Yes. Our continuing education trainings are accredited by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). CE hours vary by training. 

How long is a typical training?

Sessions range from a 90-minute introductory workshop to multi-day intensives. Most organizations begin with a half-day session and build from there. 

Can you work with our existing curriculum, or do you build from scratch?

Both. We adapt existing curricula to your population and setting, or design custom programming from the ground up. 

What does consulting cost?

Pricing is scoped to each engagement based on scope, audience size, and duration. We regularly work within fixed public-sector and grant-funded budgets — tell us what you have and we'll tell you honestly what's possible within it.

How far in advance should we book?

Most engagements are scheduled six to eight weeks in advance. Please reach out earlier for multi-session programs and organization-wide implementations. 

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Tell us about your organization and what you're working toward. We'll respond within two business days to schedule a conversation. 

Info@QualityCounselingCT.com

203-584-7971

496 Newhall St. Unit 209, , Hamden, CT 06517

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