Who we are
Dr. Rhonda Wilbon, LCSW-C, LICSW, is a tenured Professor at Morgan State University with over three decades of teaching. Dr. Wilbon is a Psychotherapist whose expertise spans social justice, interpersonal violence and sexual assault prevention, Black family dynamics, and African-centered clinical interventions. She is a seasoned academic, practitioner and author. She is the lead editor of Social Work Practice with African Americans in Urban Environments and her latest book, Trauma and Mental Health Social Work with Urban Populations: African Centered Clinical Interventions was released in 2022.
Wilbon is a professor in the School of Social Work at Morgan State University where she’s worked for over 28 years. She is a licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years’ experience teaching generations of social work professionals. Wilbon’s teaching and scholarship focus includes social justice, diversity, Black families, African-centered practice interventions, and women’s empowerment. In her private practice, she specializes in trauma and helping adult survivors heal from sexual abuse and providing clinical supervision for junior clinicians. A native of Flint, Michigan, she is a graduate of Michigan State and Howard universities’ schools of social work. She is the proud mother of two young adult sons that help her maintain a sense of hope and balance.
Robin D. Stone, MA, LMHC-D, is a Psychotherapist, wellness coach and consultant in private practice in Manhattan and a longtime journalist. Stone engages the literary arts and other modalities to treat trauma for a clientele of mostly Black women, exploring systems and culture that affect their thinking and being. Her staff includes several counselors in training under her supervision.
The author of No Secrets, No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse and lead writer of the Essence book, The Black Woman’s Guide to Healthy Living, Stone has written and edited for publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Essence, Health, and Entrepreneur magazines. Stone’s blog, The Color of Wellness, appears on PsychologyToday.com (which generates more than 30 million post views a month), and she contributes to Sisters/AARP. A native Detroiter, Stone is a graduate of Michigan State University (Journalism), Goddard College (Master’s in Health Arts & Sciences) and New York University (Master’s in Counseling for Mental Health & Wellness). She lives in New York City and northern New Jersey with her husband, and together they have four amazing children.
