Yolanda Fountain Hardy

Yolanda Fountain, PhD, LPC, LCMHC, ACS, NCC, IMHM-C ®, RST-C/T is a licensed counselor in the states of Georgia and North Carolina. Over the course of her mental health career, she has diagnosed, evaluated, and treated infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric clients. She is skilled as an infant mental health mentor and supervisor, a play therapist, a sand therapist consultant and trainer, a brainspotting practitioner, a mental health forensic consultant, and a registered neutral. Dr. Fountain earned a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Mercer University and a post-graduate certificate in Working with Survivors of Violence, Torture, and Trauma from the University of Maryland. She presents locally and internationally and has taught master’s, doctoral, and medical students at multiple universities since 2011. As the owner of Play Wellness LLC (Roswell, Georgia) and the founder of the Child Loss Center Inc., Dr. Fountain specializes in grief, trauma and family wellness while advocating for racial, parental, and birth equity. In 2020, she joined Walden University and serves as an Associate Professor.

Education

PhD, Mercer University

Post-master's Certificate, University of Maryland

MS, Mercer University

BS, Alabama State University