Alicia Wilkins is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with 30 years experience in the mental health and juvenile justice fields. She graduated from Cleveland State University with a BA in Social Service and minor in Juvenile Justice in 1974. Alicia earned a Master of Science service in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University in 1976 with a concentration in individual, family and group work. Alicia has served as the director of a group home for incarcerated, adjudicated female offenders, a probation officer and a group therapy administrator for the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court before devoting her career to mental health. Alicia has extensive experience working with adolescents, families and couples as well as individuals dealing with anxiety, adjustment and abuse issues both in community mental health and private practice settings. She is certified in both divorce and general family mediation. Alicia is a current member of the National Association of Social Workers.