Dr. Hanna Cespedes Ph.D., LPC, ACS is a licensed professional counselor and owner of Pacifica Counseling, a private counseling practice with a team of clinicians that work with individuals of all ages, couples, and families for their counseling needs. She also is an assistant professor at Brenau University and Mercer University in graduate school programs of clinical and counseling psychology programs. Dr. Cespedes is a clinical supervisor as well and specializes in counseling youth and adults that experience severe forms of mental illness. Dr. Cespedes has a background in research focused on advocacy-based interventions to increase awareness on mental health needs in society for marginalized and oppressed groups. Dr. Cespedes is also a wife to the other Dr. Cespedes and mother of 2 daughters, Virginia and Charlie.