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Shontel Cargill, MS, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and Clinical Quality Manager at SonderMind.
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Shontel Cargill, MS, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Perinatal Mental Health Therapist with more than a decade of experience in clinical care, behavioral health leadership, quality improvement, compliance, and advocacy. Her clinical expertise includes perinatal and maternal mental health, trauma-informed care, mental health equity, reproductive justice, and community-centered behavioral healthcare.
Shontel has been recognized as a Georgia Trend 40 Under 40 and UGA 40 Under 40 honoree, and her expertise has been featured in Essence, Vogue, The New York Times, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She currently serves as a Clinical Quality Manager at SonderMind.
University of Georgia
BS, Psychology
2010
Valdosta State University
MS, Marriage and Family Therapy
2013
Licensure, certifications, and professional credentials.
10+ years in clinical care, behavioral health leadership, quality improvement, compliance, and advocacy.
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