Dr. Kimber Shelton is a licensed psychologist, author, and speaker. She is the owner of KLS Counseling & Consulting Services in Texas; where she specializes in cultural diversity, LGBTQ issues, trauma, and relationship concerns. The 2023 Black Mental Health Symposium Distinguished Practitioner of the Year, Dr. Shelton is an award-winning psychologist committed to creating transformative healing spaces to empower minoritized groups. She has over 20 publications including the Amazon Best Seller, A Handbook on Counseling African American Women. Dr. Shelton has provided cultural competence training to thousands of health professionals, and works with groups and organizations to support their diversity and wellness initiatives. She is the cofounder of the Counseling Black Women Collective, a platform supporting Black Women’s mental wellness and highlighting Black women therapists. Formally, she served as the Texas Psychological Association Diversity Division co-chair, and was a committee member on APA’s Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. She earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Georgia and MS in Mental Health Counseling from Niagara University Dr. Shelton’s favorite job is being the mother to her 5-year-old twin daughters.