At Legacy Professional Development & Training we provide culturally informed online continuing education courses for mental health practitioners. Our goal is to provide you with an array of culturally sensitive training options, across multiple specializations in the field, that will allow you to advance your skill set and effectiveness, while fulfilling the CE requirements you need for maintaining your license.


Meet Dr. Sutherland

The founder and CEO of Legacy Changers Worldwide.

Dr. Sutherland, a 22+ year veteran in the field, has a heart for delivering excellence in culturally sensitive mental health counseling and community education for the promotion of individual, family and community healing.

Within the last several years, Dr. Sutherland has provided training, researched, and published in the areas of racial trauma, counselor cultural competence development and training, provision of culturally-informed clinical intervention and supervision, and social justice advocacy.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Sutherland is an Associate Professor of Counseling, Director of the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and Dean of Assessment, Planning and Accreditation overseeing program and institutional accreditation at a local university. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Georgia, a Board Certified Telemental Health Counselor (BC-TMH), and an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS).

Dr. Sutherland earned her PhD (Counselor Education and Supervision) from Regent University, Masters of Science (Professional Counseling) from Georgia State University, and Bachelor of Science (Psychology) from New York University.  Learn more about Dr. Sutherland...