Chernell Bizzell-Barnett is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. She is a loving wife and mother. In 2000, she attended Berkeley Adult School in Berkeley, California where she received her High School Equivalency Diploma (GED). Through determination and tenacity, she graduated in 2011 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies with a minor in Sociology. Honoring the calling to help her community, she continued her education. In 2015, she graduated with honors from the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama with a Master of Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

 

Chernell Bizzell-Barnett is a Licensed Professional Counselor through the Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling. Outside of her private practice, Magic City Counseling,she serves as a Behavioral Health Counselor with the Alabama National Guard. In addition, she has been doing motivational speaking since 2011 speaking on a variety of topics.For the past twenty-three years, Chernell has been dedicated to working with individuals in the areas of Substance Use Disorders, Prisons and prison re-entry programs, PTSD, Non-Custodial Mothers, Survivors of trauma, LGBT+, youth, and family and Relationship counseling. Chernell also provides counseling to individuals with other mental health disorders as well.Recently, she has become a trained birth doula and has started becoming support for birthing mothers."Counseling is more than just a job, it's a part of my life's calling".

 

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