Dr. Gooden-Alexis is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor in Massachusetts and North Carolina.  She manages a private practice in which she provides counseling support to individuals and supervision to pre-licensed counselors. She also is a counselor educator and enjoys preparing emerging counselors to work with vulnerable populations during practicum and internship.

Dr. Gooden-Alexis has an extensive history serving marginalized populations.  She has specialized in working with individuals of all ages who display acute symptoms, are identified as high risk and are often complex in presentation.  Dr. Gooden-Alexis has 20+ years of experience in providing counseling to youth and adults across settings including academic environments, hospitals, residential facilities, substance abuse treatment, outpatient, medical fragile populations and within the community. Her clinical focus has surrounded topics inclusive of counselor education and supervision, ethics, trauma, cultural awareness and increasing access to care for marginalized populations.  

In 2017, Dr. Gooden-Alexis was awarded the National Board of Certified Minority Fellowship.  She is active in her involvement with providing education through a variety of clinical professional organizations at a state, national and international level.  This was observed in the time she spent in Rwanda, Africa, Naples, Italy and Athens Greece, to increase mental health awareness and reduce disparities in other countries.