Kristin -MSW Clinical Intern & Pro Bono Provider

Please Note that Kristin has successfully concluded their internship. CONGRATS to Kristin! Obsidian will not provide pro bono clinical support services during the summer months but will resume the Pro Bono Clinic in September 2024.

Kristin Henry (they/them) is a 2023-2024 MSW clinical intern. Providing no cost services at Obsidian Care Collective, Kristin is completing their second year, advanced clinical practicum from September ‘23-April ’24 both virtually and in person. J. Louise Newton, MSW, LCSW, SEP is Kristin’s clinical supervisor and a UNC Chapel Hill Field Instructor since 2011. Kristin works with individual adults, adolescents, and children specializing in the provision of care for transgender, gender expansive, and queer folks, with an interest in parents and children.

Kristin brings a grounding, affirming, and patient presence that allows you the space, support, and encouragement to explore and tap into your personal insight, wisdom, and power. They believe that each of us have gifts to aid us in our healing. Through curiosity and collaboration, they walk alongside you in navigating, coping, and thriving through hardships, life transitions, and self exploration, as you access your resourcefulness and resilience. 

Kristin supports clients around issues of anxiety, depression, identity exploration, grief, trauma, communication, relationship challenges, parenting, fertility, adoption, substance use, body image, self harm, and other challenges. They use an integrated approach, drawing from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing (MI), and other modalities as they apply. 

Kristin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Women’s Studies, graduating magna cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Kristin is expected to complete a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May of 2024. Additionally, Kristin has completed Duke University’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Certificate. Kristin has attended other conferences and professional development opportunities focused on gender diversity and non-profit leadership skills building.

For the past 19 years, Kristin has worked in national and community-rooted social justice organizations and they are committed to a liberatory framework, recognizing that many of the challenges faced by marginalized folks are caused, or exacerbated by, unjust systems.

Outside of studying and practicing, Kristin has two children and enjoys spending time with friends, in community, on trails, in the water, reading, and watching movies.

Pro Bono Clinical Services with Kristin:

• All services are considered pro bono, which means they are free of cost.

• Service hours are Wednesdays through Fridays, 9-5

• Clients will receive clinical care from Kristin weekly, bi-weekly, or otherwise scheduled from September 2023-April 2024. Sessions may occur onsite in Hillsborough or virtually through a HIPAA secure platform to anyone in North Carolina.

• Kristin attends weekly individual clinical supervision with Louise, peer supervision with Kade, and is actively receiving clinical instruction on the provision of clinical social work and psychotherapy during their final year of their Masters eduction at UNC Chapel Hill.

• Prospective clients may complete the “Request an Appointment” form and Kristin will schedule a consultation. During the consultation, Kristin and the prospective clients will discuss care needs, history of engagement in care, and goodness of fit.

• In the event that a prospective client is in need of a different provider or services not offered by the Obsidian Pro Bono Clinic, Kristin will work with inquiring folks to find other community based resources that may be available to them.

May 2024: Kristin has graduated with their MSW and anticipates starting their practice in late June at Three Oaks in Durham. To learn more about Three Oaks follow THIS LINK. Obsidian will have a new pro bono clinical intern starting in September 2024. If you would like to be put on the referral list for the new intern, please send a general inquiry email to intern@obsidiancarecollective.com. Please note, response times to new pro bono clinic inquiries will be varied over the summer months.