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Along with her extensive clinical practice and advocacy in the DSV (Domestic Sexual Violence) movement, Dr. Jean Clarke-Mitchell draws on her lived experiences in her work. She broke new ground, she says, as a woman who came to the Elizabeth Freeman Center in a hard time in her own life — and founded a commitment to help people who have survived abuse, and pursued her education and work with the Elizabeth Freeman Center, until she became director of clinical services, finally ending her services there to become a university professor. She reflects on the challenges of the work, and on her own path. 
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Along with her extensive clinical practice and advocacy in the DSV (Domestic Sexual Violence) movement, Dr. Jean Clarke-Mitchell draw on her lived experience, in her work. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S.W. from the Smith College School for Social Work, with training in trauma-informed therapy and multicultural counseling, and she became director of clinical services for the Elizabeth Freeman Center and clinician for the Brien Center. Today she has her own private practice and mentors a new generation of therapists. At BRIDGE, she reflected on the places where her journey began. Some of them, she says, are unprecedented at the center, and she was breaking new ground.  Dr. Jean Clarke-Mitchell, Ph.D. MSW, LICSW, spoke with Multicultural BRIDGE about trauma-informed care. As a Clinical Consultant and Psychotherapist, she speaks with 25 years of clinical experience as a therapist specializing in trauma recovery, resilience building, healing, and holistic mental wellness. She has served as director of clinical services at the Elizabeth Freeman Center, and clinician for the Brien Center for mental health and university professor at Lesley, Smith, Simmonds and more. Today she has her own private practice and mentors a new generation of therapists. She came to BRIDGE Solidarity House on April 16, 2025, to offer mentorship and guidance, as she comes monthly as a part of BRIDGE's health and wellness programming, and she took the time on a spring night to reflect on her work. She sat down with BRIDGE director Gwendolyn VanSant, Gabriela Cruz, Laura, Rosa, Rosi, Sarah Haile, masters in public health at UMass, and Kate Abbott, editor and oral historian from By the Way Berkshires, to record an oral history with technical direction from JV Hampton-VanSant  |
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