Dr. Dent is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Louisiana and Texas with 16 years of clinical experience in mental health and trauma. Dr. Dent has a small private practice, which has served Baton Rouge and surrounding areas for 10 years, providing individual counseling, family counseling and supervision to provisional licensed counselors. Her clinical experience also includes work in the intensive outpatient setting for mental health and substance abuse, psychiatric inpatient setting for adults and children, partial hospitalization program for adults, as well home and community-based services for adults and children.

Dr. Dent is a two-time alum of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La where she earned Bachelor’s degree and a Masters of Arts in Counseling and Student Personnel Services. She earned a PhD in counselor education and supervision from the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans, La.

Dr. Dent is a professional member of Louisiana Counselors Association (LCA), National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC), American Counselors Association (ACA), Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) and Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES).