Shontel Cargill

Shontel Cargill is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) whose passion for helping others, commitment to service, and dedication to being a change agent in the community led her to a professional career in mental health. She has over a decade of clinical and leadership experience. She is currently serving as a Regional Clinic Director for Thriveworks, a national mental health company. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Georgia and a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Valdosta State University. She specializes in marriage and family therapy, couples therapy, and perinatal mental health.

Shontel has a lifelong commitment to moving the needle forward in perinatal mental health care as a survivor, advocate, perinatal mental health professional, and as President of the Georgia Chapter of Postpartum Support International. After experiencing the loss of her daughter and enduring birth trauma, she turned her pain into passion and purpose to help mothers and families who have experienced loss, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), birth trauma, infertility, and those who are impacted by maternal mortality in the state of Georgia. Her goal is to eradicate disparities in our healthcare systems, increase the number of trauma-informed trained providers in the state of Georgia, and improve access to healthcare for all.