Shawnessa Devonish- Ford LCPC, ATTS
-Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
-Attachment Trauma Treatment Specialist
- EMDR Trained Therapist
-Board Approved Clinical Supervisor
Shawnessa Devonish-Ford, LCPC, NCC, is a Maryland-based Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, therapist, and owner of Rejuvenated Minds Therapeutic Services LLC. With more than a decade of experience in the mental health field, Shawnessa specializes in helping individuals navigate the emotional and psychological impact of family dynamics, abandonment, emotional neglect, relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, and generational trauma.
Her work focuses on helping mothers navigate the many changes that can accompany becoming a parent, including postpartum anxiety and depression, emotional overwhelm, identity shifts, relationship changes, motherhood-related stress, and the challenges of balancing their own well-being while caring for others. Shawnessa provides a compassionate, judgment-free space where mothers can process their experiences, reconnect with themselves, and develop healthier ways of navigating motherhood.
In addition to her maternal mental health specialty, Shawnessa works with millennials and adults healing from abandonment, emotional neglect, family estrangement, rejection, psychological abuse, and generational and relational trauma. She helps clients understand how past experiences can influence their self-worth, relationships, emotional well-being, and patterns in adulthood.
Through a trauma-informed and collaborative approach, Shawnessa helps clients process difficult experiences, strengthen relationships, develop effective coping strategies, and build greater emotional resilience. Her goal is to empower clients to acknowledge their past without allowing it to dictate their present or future.
Shawnessa has appeared as a therapist on Bravo’s Real Housewives of Potomac and has shared her expertise across media platforms and publications including Fox, XONecole, and Essence, providing insight on mental health, relationships, motherhood, and psychological wellness.
Shawnessa specializes in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy. Her clinical work integrates evidence-based approaches with a focus on maternal mental health, trauma, relationships, and emotional wellness.
