Brittany's Background

Brittany Manchester is a Licensed Mental Health Therapist for the state of NY, a Licensed Professional Counselor for the state of Connecticut, a Nationally Certified Perinatal Specialist, and Certified Yoga Instructor. 

To become a Licensed therapist, Brittany met the requirements of first completing an accredited Master's program, then working in the field of behavioral health for a minimum of 2 years, and then becoming licensed with state exams. To maintain these two behavioral health licenses, Brittany must attend training hours every year to learn about different types of treatment and learn the latest research.

Brittany chose to add on the certification for working with pregnancy and postpartum people due to seeing that parents don't have enough supports or resources. To become certified, Brittany met the requirements of at least 2 years of working with pregnant and postpartum people, 3 full day trainings on assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and understanding underserved populations, and then passing the national exam. Brittany must also continuing annual trainings in the latest research and treatment to maintain this certification as well. 

Lastly, Brittany became certified as a yoga instructor, with a specialty in Curvy Yoga, due to her appreciation for yoga herself. Brittany understands that self-care for her as a provider is important, in order to continue to give back. She enjoys taking classes as a student and passing along resources from Yoga to people in WNY, especially Curvy Yoga. This allows Brittany to focus on offering an safe and inclusive place for larger bodied or curvy body people to enjoy fitness and wellness. 

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