Dawn Hinton, MEd, LPCC-S
Dawn Hinton, Med, LPCC, NCC, has worked as a high school counselor for 20 years and has owned a limited private practice in Florence, Kentucky for over a decade, where she mostly serves clients with trauma related disorders, dissociative disorders, and anxiety.  She is trained in EMDR, hypnosis, and Reality Therapy.

She published an article, “Choosing Success in the Classroom” in The International Journal of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy focusing on teachers building relationships with students.  Prior to counseling, she taught high school math and science.  Throughout her career, she has conducted professional development sessions for teachers, school counselors, and counselors in training.  She teaches in the Professional Training Programs with the ISSTD and serves as an adjunct instructor at Xavier University and Northern Kentucky University.

She has served in leadership positions in professional organizations.  For the Northern Kentucky Counseling Association, she has served multiple years as secretary and has completed the three year presidential cycle.  She is currently serving as the Kentucky Counseling Association Past President and Executive Director.  

Dawn has received awards including Outstanding School Counselor, Counselor of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement Award.

Holly Maddy, LCSW, LISW-S
Holly Maddy, LCSW, LISW-S, an independent social worker licensed in both Ohio and Kentucky, has clinical experience beginning in 1999. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1998 with a masters degree in Social Work.

She began her career as a case manager in Hamilton County working with families at risk of abuse and neglect. She managed a non-profit counseling agency in Boone County for five years where she provided therapeutic services, supervised other clinicians, and worked closely with community partners. Maddy has worked with both Adult and Child/Adolescent psychiatrists in the Northern Kentucky area on a contractual basis for a seven years.

In 2008, she started her private practice. She also provides supervision for masters level social workers obtaining their independent license. She facilitates trainings in Boone County and coursework at Xavier University with topics including anxiety, trauma and dissociation. She is part of the ISSTD Professional Training Program faculty.  

She has additional training in trauma work, specifically Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). She has completed both EMDR 1 and 2 Trainings as well as the Masters Seminar course through ISSTD with a focus on DID.