Claudia Fernandes, LPC, NCC
Claudia Ferrante Fernandes, LPC, NCC is a Licensed Professional
Counselor, a Health Coach, and a National Certified Counselor. She joins
the School Consultation Program at Connecticut Psychiatric & Wellness
Center in offering evaluation and treatment services to children and
young adults. Claudia also offers individual and group counseling
sessions in addition to selected lectures at various locations.
Claudia graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Villanova University.
Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, Claudia became a
certified teacher and taught in a public school for several years. While
teaching, she developed a compelling interest in the impact of health
and wellness on academic achievement. For this reason, Claudia
pursued a Master of Arts in Applied Psychology from New York
University with a focus on improving adolescent health and wellness
through a practitioner-based approach. She then worked as a school
counselor in a New York City public school offering behavioral, health,
and college counseling to students. Later in her career, she opened a
new Bard High School Early College with a talented administration and
faculty. As a member of the leadership team, she organized school-wide
initiatives that concentrated on school climate and the social-emotional
development of students as they took on the challenges of an academic
program that offered not only a high school diploma but also two years
of early college study leading to an Associate of Arts degree from Bard
College. Currently, Claudia is finishing her doctorate at Teachers College,
Columbia University while working at the Yale Center for Emotional
Intelligence.
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