Meet the Owner

Dr. Brittany Gentry, DSW, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who earned both her Master of Social Work and Doctorate in Social Work from the University of Kentucky. She currently serves as a Clinical Services Coordinator at an alternative high school within her local school district, an Adjunct Instructor in the Master of Social Work program at the University of Kentucky, a Clinical Supervisor and Clinician at a trauma-informed private practice, and the Founder and Executive Director of the Trauma Education & Advocacy Corporation.

Throughout her career, Dr. Gentry has provided therapeutic services to children, adolescents, and families across a variety of settings, including in-home, outpatient, and school-based programs. While she has extensive experience serving diverse populations, her primary passion is supporting adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system. Over the past five years, she has presented at workshops, conferences, and professional trainings on the relationship between prolonged trauma exposure and juvenile delinquency, emphasizing the importance of culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and strengths-based interventions. Her work focuses on advocacy, education, and empowering professionals to better support youth impacted by trauma and system involvement.

Bellarmaine Kentucky TEDx Talk

The Untold Narratives of Labeled Youth

Collective narratives of court-involved juveniles reveal their difficulties of adhering to societal norms due to internal and external battles, including being labeled juvenile delinquents. As a result, they may fall into violent or criminal behaviors. Through their testimonies, suggestions, and feedback, we can develop effective and innovative research, treatment intervention, and educational frameworks to aid community partners in combatting and decreasing youth-involved gang and community violence.

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