Dr. Henry Gregory is a mental health professional with over thirty years of experience. He holds a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and masters degrees in Community Mental Health and Psychology. He has expertise and extensive experience as a clinician, educator, trainer, consultant and researcher in a number of service areas including substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, juvenile justice, child welfare, school-based mental health, and behavioral health. For twenty years he has served as the clinical director of the Progressive Life Center (PLC), a non profit human services firm based in Washington, DC. For three years he served as the clinical supervisor for University of Maryland, School of Medicine’s school-based mental health program. Currently, he is program director for the Center for Community Collaboration of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Department of Psychology. Dr. Gregory’s foundational clinical training is in family systems, specifically in structural family therapy. He has specialized in the development of treatment and service models that are applicable to under-resourced populations. Along with several colleagues, he has modified the original structural family therapy model and developed “Enriched Structural Family Therapy”. At PLC he has spearheaded the development of “NTU Psychotherapy” a culturally competent system of care that is spiritually based. Dr. Gregory consults and trains students and clinicians internationally.
Jannette Meriweather Gregory is a twenty-five year veteran of grass roots social work, specializing in family therapy at the community-based level. She is an expert in parenting processes both professionally and personally as the mother of eight biological and step children as well as legion of foster children. Ms Gregory was sanctioned in her role as a master clinician and trainer years before she received her masters in social work in 1995 from the University of Maryland and her license as a social work supervisor. Ms. Gregory currently serves as the clinical director for W.I.N. Family Services, a foster care agency serving hard to place children and adolescents. She provides supervision for The Regeneration Project, a psychiatric rehabilitation program that utilizes a family system’s approach. Ms Gregory also is a partner, along with her husband, in the Rafiki Consortium LLC, a private consultant firm that provides direct services (individual, couples and family therapy) to families and consultation, training and technical assistance to public and private agencies. Ms Gregory participated in the development and dissemination of “Enriched Structural Family Therapy” a treatment model that is used effectively by professionals and paraprofessionals to service underrepresented populations. She also developed “Total Love Parenting”, a parenting curriculum designed to accommodate the basic needs of community parents and sophisticated needs of professional helpers. As a presenter Ms Gregory is known for her wit, energy and engaging style of presentation as well as her wealth of knowledge and practical skills. She is an insightful clinician and trainer and an active advocate for families who is grounded by a deep spiritual understanding and a radiant love for people.
