Anderson 5 Mental Health Counselors
Shantell Cox
Shantell Cox is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master's Degree in Community Agency Counseling from Clemson University. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree from Voorhees College in Denmark SC. She has been in the field for over 20 years and has spent most of that time working in schools in Anderson County. She has a passion for supporting children, teens, and their families.
Currently, she offers mental health services at Westside High School, North Point Elementary School, and Varennes Elementary School. She enjoys working with children, adolescents, and families in a school-based environment. She loves doing therapy with children and their families to help them navigate and cope with challenges in their life that impact them here at school. Shantell strives to actively participate in assessment, treatment planning, and client support services to help individuals and families improve their functioning.
Shantell is passionate about embedding social-emotional learning in the schools she serves. She also enjoys supporting teachers and assisting them in learning ways to manage stress.
Cynthia Wray
I am a licensed counselor and my passion is working with children to help them achieve their goals and reach their full potential. I am a grandmother to 3 delightful, though sometimes mischievous, young children, with one more on the way. During my downtime, I enjoy working in my garden, reading books and needle felting, which is a method of crafting pictures and sculptures with wool.
Renee Potter
Hi, my name is Renee Potter. I am a licensed mental health counselor for the State of South Carolina. I also have my counselor supervisor license in South Carolina. I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Bowling Green University in Ohio and my master’s and post master’s degrees in Clinical Counseling at the University of Dayton in Ohio.
I have been a school-based mental health counselor in various school districts for the past 27 years in both Ohio and South Carolina and I also helped create a school-based mental health program with a grant back in 1999. I started working with the Anderson School District Five’s school based mental health program in January of 2023.
I currently serve the students at Southwood Middle School of the Arts, Calhoun Elementary School of the Arts, Homeland Park Primary School and New Prospect Elementary. I work closely with the school counselors and referrals for my services come from the school counselor. I help students cope with changes, struggles with thoughts and feelings, learn positive coping skills, grief, and other similar issues. After the parent/guardian meets for first session with me to sign consents and discuss concerns, I will work with the students using games, puppets, art and other expressive therapies to help address the concerns. Our program is a short-term counseling services.
I have lived in Anderson for the past 25 years with my husband and 2 grown children, and 2 dogs. I love to go on hikes, travel and spend time with my family.
Alesia Lowe-Jenkins
Alesia Lowe- Jenkins is a mental health counselor for Anderson School District 5 and provides school-based therapy services to students within the district. She obtained a BS in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminal Justice from Lander University and a MA in Counseling from Webster University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor with 23 years of mental health counseling experience working with adults, adolescents, young adults, juvenile offenders, children and families. She also provides supervision to counselors who are seeking licensure. She is certified/trained in trauma therapy, behavioral therapy and family systems techniques. Over the past 14 years, Alesia has served as a therapeutic foster parent She is a graduate of Leadership Greenville 43. Alesia participated in South Carolina’s first Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement® Leadership Cohort and was Endorsed® as an Infant Family Associate in March 2019 and an Early Childhood Family Associate in 2020. Alesia has also served as a board member for the SC Infant Mental Health Association for the past 5 years. “My motivation and reward is to assist people in recognizing their potential and experiencing their delight when they reach that potential.”
Jennifer Burgess
My name is Jennifer Rozakos Burgess, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor at Anderson School District 5. I help diagnose and treat a wide range of emotional and behavioral health issues, and have over 24 years of experience providing psychotherapy.
I absolutely love working with the amazing students of Concord Elementary, McLees Elementary, and T.L. Hanna High School. I believe in unconditional positive regard for all students, and that healthy coping skills are very important tools in navigating life.
SCDMH School Based Counselors
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- Brittani Knight
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