Dr. Archandria Owens is a licensed psychologist, founder, and speaker whose work centers collective healing, racial equity, and culturally-rooted mental health care. She leads The Collective Healing Space, a therapy and consultation collective, and HealedGen Haven, a consulting practice supporting Black Americans in the aftermath of racial trauma. Grounded, relational, and deeply called to this work, Dr. Owens blends clinical expertise with lived experience to support both individuals and communities in their healing journeys. 

Christopher Ferrand, Psy.D., LCP-HSP is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who works for Christ Community Health Services (CCHS) in Memphis, TN. Dr. Ferrand works as a primary care psychologist, working within the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model of behavioral health service delivery. He has worked at CCHS Frayser clinic since October of 2016. In addition to providing patient care, he supervises Behavioral Health Consultants at CCHS Orange Mound and Raleigh clinics, as well as predoctoral interns and practicum students. He also services as Director of Behavioral Health Education, where he manages CCHS’s education program, and is responsible to manage APA approved sponsor status and adherence to APA standards for CE events. The mission for this program is to offer high quality continuing education at an affordable rate to mental health providers in Memphis and surrounding regions.

Dr. Ferrand is most passionate about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), process-based therapy, brief interventions, working with patients experiencing suicidal ideation, and access to care issues (particularly, those who are uninsured, or those with insurance who cannot afford co-pays and/or superbills).

Dr. Gould completed her graduate degree in clinical psychology with a specialization in neuropsychology at the Univerity of Memphis, and was awarded her PhD in 2016 after completing an internship at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. She then completed a neuropsychology fellowship in the Neurocognitive Assessment Lab at the University of Virginia. She spent five years at Semmes Murphey Clinic, and since 2024 has been the owner of Mind Matters Memphis Neuropsychology. 

Amy R. Murrell, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who is licensed with health service provision in Tennessee (and Texas). She is authorized to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology as well. While she is an affiliate faculty member at the University of Memphis and does occasionally teach courses there, she primarily works as a sole private practitioner at Murrell Psychological Services, LLC. Dr. Murrell provides psychosocial – educational assessment as well as individual, couples, and family therapy from an evidence-based perspective – using a functional contextual philosophy and often using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Dr. Murrell has published approximately 50 peer-reviewed articles or chapters on ACT or closely related topics, has given hundreds of relevant presentations, and she is a Fellow of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, which governs these content areas. In addition, Dr. Murrell has authored, or co-authored, eight books.  She is very excited to serve MAPA in this MaL role. 

Jon-Patric Veal is a first-year student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program. He graduated from the University of Louisiana Lafayette with a Master of Science in Psychology. His research focuses primarily on trauma and racial bias, with particular interest in health outcomes for marginalized populations and how bias impacts treatment outcomes. He is also interested in adapting interventions for underserved populations through a lens of cultural humility. Following his doctoral training, Jon-Patric ultimately hopes to open a cross-discipline practice that serves people of marginalized communities through a lens of cultural humility.