Clinical & Community Programs
MSU Behavioral Health Team
Looking for clinic services, intake, or insurance information? For official information about MSU Behavioral Health clinic services, scheduling, and insurance, please visit the official MSU Behavioral Health page or our clinical services page. The team profiles below are provided for those interested in the people behind the work.
The MSU Behavioral Health team.
Mary leads day-to-day clinic operations and serves as Project Director for the SAMHSA-funded Healthy Transitions grant. She is the central point of contact for clinic scheduling, insurance and billing, the practicum program, and SAMHSA reporting. The clinic runs because Mary runs the clinic.
Ashley keeps the wheels turning. In addition to clinic operations, she handles much of Dr. Nadorff's calendar, appointment coordination, and continuing-education tracking, and provides backup coverage for clinic scheduling when needed.
Calyssa is a full-time licensed professional counselor on the clinical team and a core member of the Healthy Transitions program. She provides therapy to youth and young adults across Mississippi.
Courtney is a provisionally licensed counselor working toward full LPC licensure. She delivers therapy through the Healthy Transitions program and is a clinician on the Mississippi Rebound Initiative, with supervision from Dr. Rachel-Clair Franklin.
Rachel-Clair brings six years of statewide suicide prevention and postvention work to the team. She runs The Alliance Project, our gatekeeper training program developed at MSU, and provides clinical supervision. She is also a co-trainer with Rebecca Kimbrough on the MS Rebound naloxone trainings.
Marilyn coordinates youth and young adult engagement for the team and leads our social media presence, helping connect the clinic and our programs to the communities we serve.
Courtney is a social worker on Project AWARE, our SAMHSA-funded school-based mental health initiative (subaward from the University of Mississippi Medical Center).
Bobbie Jo wrote and serves as Principal Investigator of our Drug Free Communities (DFC) grant, leading substance-use prevention work in Starkville and Oktibbeha County. She brings a strong public-engagement background and is a thoughtful clinician-adjacent leader.
Tonya manages the business side of the team's grant portfolio, including grant budgets, purchases, and travel. Her work makes it possible for the rest of us to focus on the science and the clients.
Rebecca is the team's lead trainer and runs day-to-day operations of the SAMHSA-funded Mental Health Awareness Training grant. Over five years she has trained more than a thousand first responders across Mississippi, and she co-leads naloxone training for the Mississippi Rebound Initiative.
