Tiara Fennell

Tiara Fennell (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Couple and Family Therapy in the Department of Family Science in University of Maryland’s School of Public Health and the Clinic Director for the Center for Healthy Families. She is a PhD candidate in Human Development and Family Science: Marriage and Family Therapy from Virginia Tech and has received her master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University. As a scholar, Tiara is engaged in research focusing on the experiences of burnout for community mental health clinicians and developing clinical trainings to support African American families in therapy. More specifically, Tiara's research aims to apply a systemic focus to these different clinical areas in order to develop interventions that can better support clinicians and improve the quality of mental health care for all. Tiara Fennell is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and an AAMFT-approved clinical supervisor candidate.