Meet the Trainers

Lead Trainer Sharea Farmer, LCSW
Sharea Farmer is the Founder and Executive Director of RS Counseling & Wellness with over 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker.
Her expertise in both clinical and administration has allowed her to work in the private and public sectors as an advocate for employee wellness, Diversity & Inclusion, Race Equity, and Trauma-Informed Practices. Her unique practice that focuses on empowerment and education creates transformative wellness for her clients that range from executive leadership teams to supervisors to staff. RS Wellness has developed employee resilience plans and trauma-informed care programs for state and public health agencies, as well as educational groups, both locally and nationally.
Sharea received a BA in Sociology from Rider University and a Master’s of Social Work from Rutgers. She is an adjunct professor at Rutgers where she’s been teaching since 2014. She is on the World Childhood Foundation Advisory Board for a two-year term from 2021-2023. On the board, she’ll have the chance to use the Equity & Inclusion lens to determine program eligibility for funding in the area of preventing sexual exploitation and abuse of children.
Sharea lives in New Jersey with her husband. She enjoys all things basketball, live NBA games, traveling, coloring, and spending time with family and friends.
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Trainer Rebecca Fornaro, LCSW

Life Coach & Trainer RS Wellness Life Coach Team
Sharea Farmer, brought together her passion for wellness, program development, and design, clinical and administrative expertise, along with her empathetic and compassionate driven speaking ability to create RS Counseling & Wellness Center aka RS Wellness!
Sharea has 15 years of clinical and administrative experience serving in both the private and public sector; and has been an advocate for employee wellness, Diversity and Inclusion, Race Equity, and Trauma-Informed Practices, within all of her roles. Her style incorporates one of empowerment, enrichment, and education. This unique style creates transformative experiences whether she is working with your executive leadership team, your supervisors and managers, staff, or the entire organization.
Sherry Wherry is the Founder and Empowerment Strategist of Wherry Consultations, LLC. She is passionate about helping women to move past their pain and barriers to success in order to manifest their God-given identity. Sherry graduated from Kenyon College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and has completed a certificate of training in Personal Development Coaching from the RS Counseling & Wellness Center (RSCWC). where she serves as the Lead Life Coach. Sherry has worked extensively within Social Services and Workforce Development and enjoys empowering individuals to accomplish their educational, professional, personal, and spiritual goals.
Instructor(s)

Lead Trainers Alexis Frederick-Bouy, MA MEd & Adreeonah Mundy, LPC
Alexis Frederick-Bouy, is a Sexologist and Mental health Therapist.
Alexis’ educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Bloomsburg University, a Master of Arts in Community Psychology and Social Change from Pennsylvania State University, and a Master of Education in Human Sexuality Studies from Widener University.
She served the mental health community for over ten years focusing on family dynamics emphasizing attachment, communication, emotional regulation, executive functioning, and resource building. Alexis' passion is to educate and empower individuals to live a fulfilling life by challenging survival thinking and living patterns and replacing them with thriving patterns.
Alexis is a wife and mother of two. Alexis is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated.
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Adreeonah Mundy is a licensed professional counselor and the owner of Being Made Well Counseling LLC, a private practice dedicated to empowering women through faith-based and clinical counseling. With licenses in both Pennsylvania and Georgia, Adreeonah specializes in helping women navigate relationship issues, imposter syndrome, work-life balance, spirituality, and challenges unique to creatives. Her approach seamlessly integrates psychological expertise with spiritual wisdom, offering holistic support to her clients.
As a speaker, Adreeonah frequently participates in panels focused on mental health and spirituality, sharing her insights to uplift and inspire women. She is also a writer and mentor, committed to guiding others on their journeys toward emotional and spiritual well-being. Through her practice and public engagements, Adreeonah continues to make a profound impact on the lives of women seeking healing and growth.
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Trainer Faith Iloka, LAC
Faith E. Iloka (she/her) is a Nigerian Mental Health Counselor who employs a collaborative and client-centered approach in her work with clients. Faith utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, art therapy, feminist-therapy, multicultural, and trauma-informed interventions to support and empower clients towards increased self-awareness and healthy coping skills. Faith’s interests lie at the intersections of mental health and wellness, creative arts, and race. Faith also incorporates spirituality as it relates to clients’ unique backgrounds and experiences. Faith works with clients to design an individualized treatment plan to help clients feel heard and held, and support clients as they transition from “surviving” to “thriving”.
Faith received her BA in African American Studies from Princeton University and her Master of Education and Master of Arts degrees in Mental Health/Psychological Counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University. Faith completed her Masters Externship at Baruch College Counseling Center. Faith’s areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, grief, multicultural issues, romantic/interpersonal relationship issues, self-esteem, stress/anger management, and trauma/racial trauma.
Faith enjoys afrobeats, playwriting, traveling, thrifting/fashion, and trying new foods.
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Trainer Tashia Martin, LSW
For nearly two decades, Tashia Martin has led the charge in spearheading strategic initiatives that prioritize human-centric methodologies, cultural enrichment, multi-tiered systems, and trauma-informed care. Her leadership extends across diverse sectors, including education, child welfare, parent engagement and community-based organizations. Nationally, Ms. Martin has served children, parents, leaders, and teams as a school district administrator, clinician, coach, culture and climate strategist, restorative practices facilitator, speaker and advisor.
Tashia leverages her training as a licensed clinician with a specialized focus on non-profit and public management to discern the interconnectedness between individuals and systems. This ability allows her to identify strengths and areas for improvement, offering strategic guidance, practical techniques and innovative solutions. Her commitment to equipping clients with tools for navigating complex challenges ensures clarity in their path forward, success in their endeavors and organizational sustainability.
With an unyielding commitment to fortifying leadership proficiencies, Tashia serves as an inspiration to leaders, urging them to embrace data-driven methodologies conducive to fostering growth among employees, youth, and families alike.
As a Licensed Social Worker, Tashia holds a Masters Degree in Social Work Non-Profit and Public Management with a concentration in Adolescents at-risk from Rutgers, the State University. She also holds standard school social work, and supervisor endorsements from the New Jersey Department of Education. Additionally, Ms. Martin holds certificates in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace from the University of South Florida Muma College of Business; a certificate in Healing Centered Engagement from the Flourish Agenda; and a License in Restorative Practices from the International Institute of Restorative Practices.
Above all, Tashia is driven by a profound sense of purpose – to facilitate the transcendence of individuals and communities from cyclical patterns and to restore their legacy by harnessing a culture of collectivism and transformative power encapsulated in the notion of “I Am”.
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Instructor(s)

Trainer Rachel Wilson, LCSW
Rachel Wilson (Murgor) is a rainbow-belly birthing-lactating momma, holistic doula and perinatal mental health therapist in summary. Rachel is originally from Philadelphia where she learned early on that the path she wished for would require barriers to be torn apart and norms to be redefined.
She went on to Bloomsburg University of PA for her Bachelors of Arts in Criminal Justice and Psychology. Immediately after Bloomsburg she began her graduate career at West Chester University of PA commencing in 2016 with a Masters of Social Work.
Rachel’s passion for maternal physical and mental health was birthed out of her own experiences as a young black woman trying to navigate her own reproductive health. She was brushed off and neglected by providers that now happen to be her colleagues. Regardless of the letters that follow her name she never forgets those experiences. In fact she allows it to drive her work and support her community.
In 2021 she was given the opportunity to receive doula training and certification by way of Black Mothers in Power and later receiving training as a perinatal mental health professional.
Rachel’s goal is to support, educate and promote wellness in all birthing people, encourage them to advocate for themselves and when they are unable to do so, have someone that can advocate for them!
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Trainer Phoenix J Cooper, PsyD MS
Dr. Phoenix Cooper is a Pediatric Psychologist who specializes in childhood trauma. Dr. Cooper also has a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology and a medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Cooper trained at some of the country’s leading academic institutions including the University of Pennsylvania, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), New York University, NYU’s Child Student Center, Montefiore Medicine Center, and the Einstein School of Medicine. Dr. Cooper has been working in the healthcare field for over 11 years, where she worked through both a medical and mental health framework.
Dr. Cooper is currently a tenure-track assistant professor at Widener University where she trains doctoral students in delivering trauma-informed care. Outside of academia, Dr. Cooper is a mother, ordained minister, holistic healthcare proprietor, and bakery owner. Dr. Cooper practices holistic health care that creates space for physical, psychological, and spiritual healing.
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Trainer Dr. Taavon Bazemore
Dr. Taavon Bazemore is a licensed clinical social worker from Baltimore, MD. Dr. Bazemore received his Master's Degree in Social Work in 2012 from Morgan State University. Mr. Bazemore has completed his Ph.D. in Human Services at Capella University with a concentration in Social and Community Services. Taavon has been working in trauma-informed but healing-centered care and practice for several years now. He offers continuing education credit barring training and coaching to professionals to address different types of trauma consumers face as well as provide services to address secondary or vicarious trauma. Dr. Bazemore offers community-based training as well as cultivating conversations between professionals and consumers to address the trauma consumers face on individual and community levels. While Dr. Bazemore is trauma-informed, most of his professional work is resilience-focused. His goal is to support the transition to healthy and positive outcomes despite exposure to adverse experiences.
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