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Shona M. Jones-Bennett -- COO
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In 2004, she founded Jones Consulting, working as an independent contractor with various agencies on social service projects, conducting counseling sessions, and instructing other social service specialists and behavioral health counselors on industry procedures and documentation. In 2008, she expanded the scope of her private practice and restructured under the name Jones Family Counseling and Consulting, LLC. Under the new structure, she taught schoolteachers effective techniques for communicating with students dealing with troubled home lives. She traveled across the country delivering seminars on mental health disorders and behavioral health solutions. She also taught classes on parenting, conflict resolution, and effective discipline, among others.
In October of 2015, BMC and JFCC entered into an agreement to merge, creating a comprehensive personal development and business management organization. The merger and creation of the new Burroughs & Jones Counseling and Consulting, LLC was completed in February of 2016, and she was named as the combined company’s chief operating officer.
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a National Certified Counselor. She is a Certified Parent Educator, a Certified Anger Management Specialist II, and a Certified Educator in School Counseling. She is a Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor and a Certified Master Addiction Counselor. Also, she is a Certified Instructor for Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Sexual, Physical, & Emotional Abuse. Additionally, she founded and serves as Chairperson of Southside Positive Intervention Coalition for Education (S.P.I.C.E.), Inc., which is a local non-profit organization dedicated to providing guidance and encouragement to at-risk, teenage, minority, young males in the community through counseling, programming, and scholarship.
In September of 2021, she was named Program Chair for the new Addiction and Substance Abuse Counseling (ASAC) Program at Albany Technical College in Albany, GA.
She is a member of the American Counseling Association, the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, and Alpha Kappa Delta International Honor Society of Sociology, and she is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
A native of Georgia, she has earned multiple degrees including: an Associate of Science in Secondary Education and an Associate of Arts in Social Work both from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA; a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and a Master of Science in Sociology with a concentration in Social Work with highest honors both from Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA; and a Master of Education in School Counseling with high honors from Albany State University, Albany, GA.
In October of 2015, BMC and JFCC entered into an agreement to merge, creating a comprehensive personal development and business management organization. The merger and creation of the new Burroughs & Jones Counseling and Consulting, LLC was completed in February of 2016, and she was named as the combined company’s chief operating officer.
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a National Certified Counselor. She is a Certified Parent Educator, a Certified Anger Management Specialist II, and a Certified Educator in School Counseling. She is a Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor and a Certified Master Addiction Counselor. Also, she is a Certified Instructor for Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Sexual, Physical, & Emotional Abuse. Additionally, she founded and serves as Chairperson of Southside Positive Intervention Coalition for Education (S.P.I.C.E.), Inc., which is a local non-profit organization dedicated to providing guidance and encouragement to at-risk, teenage, minority, young males in the community through counseling, programming, and scholarship.
In September of 2021, she was named Program Chair for the new Addiction and Substance Abuse Counseling (ASAC) Program at Albany Technical College in Albany, GA.
She is a member of the American Counseling Association, the Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia, and Alpha Kappa Delta International Honor Society of Sociology, and she is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
A native of Georgia, she has earned multiple degrees including: an Associate of Science in Secondary Education and an Associate of Arts in Social Work both from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA; a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and a Master of Science in Sociology with a concentration in Social Work with highest honors both from Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA; and a Master of Education in School Counseling with high honors from Albany State University, Albany, GA.
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