Meet Our Doctors

Cherish Williams, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist/Founder

Dr. Cherish Williams earned a doctorate in School Psychology, with a clinical concentration, from UNC Chapel Hill.  She specializes in providing evidenced-based therapeutic services to individuals across the lifespan who are coping vast life occurrences, including race-related stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, racial identity, gender exploration, sexuality issues, trauma, emotional dysregulation, and behavioral difficulties. Dr. Williams has a passion for racial identity development, particularly in children and adolescents.

Dr. Williams has authority through PsyPact to practice telepsychology in 40 participating states.

Leandra Irving, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Leandra Irving earned a doctorate in School Psychology, with a clinical concentration, from Nova Southeastern University. She specializes in providing evidenced-based therapeutic services to children, teens and young adults. She has also worked with Veterans and other adults healing from trauma. Dr. Irving’s professional interests include exploring the many complexities of cultural identity for multi-racial individuals and the benefits of using animals in psychotherapy intervention. In her personal time, she enjoys flipping furniture and all plant-related things.

Dr. Irving is not currently accepting therapy clients. She provides psychological testing services, with an emphasis on child and teen assessments. Dr. Irving is available for emotional and psychological testing, psychoeducational testing, personality testing, autism testing for ages 8-18, ADHD testing for ages 6-26. 

Dr. Irving conducts all testing appointments at our office in Durham, North Carolina. The initial consultation and clinical interviews can be completed via telehealth.