WVFO Anthony Thompson Counselor

Anthony M. Thompson, MAC, LASAC, LAC

Counselor


Anthony is a licensed counselor with a Master of Arts in Counseling with a concentration in Trauma and Abuse from Ottawa University.  In 2014 after earning his Master of Arts in Counseling, with a concentration in Trauma, Abuse, and Deprivation from Ottawa University, in 2014, Anthony worked for more than two years at a dual-diagnosis, woman-only, residential facility that specialized in treating trauma. Anthony facilitated groups, provided individual therapy, facilitated experiential outings and designed a psychoeducational curriculum. From 2017 to 2018, Anthony worked as a substance-abuse counselor for male inmates in a substance-abuse treatment program at a medium-security prison. Since 2018, Anthony has worked in a community mental health clinic, where he facilitates substance-use groups and provides individual mental health, trauma, and substance-use therapy. Anthony is originally from New York, lived in Texas for 16 years, and has lived in the Phoenix area since 2011. Anthony is married and has two adult children.