Akita Donald
Akita Donald MPC, CAADC
Akita is a mental health therapist with extensive experience servicing youth and families.
She is YOD's newest board member, however, she has served as a consultant for YOD since 2015. Throughout this period of time, she assisted in incorporating more of a mental health perspective into YOD's programming. She looks forward to continuing to strengthen this aspect of YOD's programming.
Akita owns and operates a private practice,
AD Counseling Services and is Executive Director of
AD99 Solutions Foundation.
Akita received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology with a minor in Psychology from Carlow University, where she also received her Masters in Professional Counseling. She specializes in trauma and is trained in EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) for treatment of post traumatic stress disorder.