Ms. Brittany Barber-Alexander, MSW, LICSW, LCSW-C, BCD, is an award-winning, board-certified clinical social worker, clinical supervisor, and public health professional licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. With more than 14 years of clinical and public health experience, she is recognized for her compassionate, evidence-based, and solution-focused approach to improving individual and community well-being.

She earned her Bachelor of Social Work from Bowie State University and her Master of Social Work, with a concentration in Clinical and Mental Health, from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Ms. Barber-Alexander specializes in providing therapeutic services to individuals, families, and groups to enhance social, emotional, and psychological functioning. Her clinical expertise includes trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, infectious disease, neurology, palliative care, hospice care, and care coordination for medically complex patients. Throughout her career, she has held clinical positions in both private and federal healthcare systems.

Ms. Barber-Alexander continues to maintain active clinical practice, serving as a PRN social worker and discharge planner at Johns Hopkins Suburban Hospital. She is also the founder and owner of BBA Social Work Services, LLC, where she provides individual Employee Assistance Program (EAP) counseling helping employees navigate challenges such as workplace stress, anxiety, depression, family and relationship concerns, financial stressors, substance use, grief, and life transitions while connecting them to longer-term community resources when appropriate.  She provides licensure examination preparation, clinical case consultation, résumé and career development, and individual and group clinical supervision for social workers. Through her mentorship and structured preparation programs, she has successfully helped more than 25 social workers pass their master's and clinical licensing examinations. She currently has a partnership with Social Work Examination Services (SWES) to provide her students with access to the most up to date and evidence-based licensure preparation resources.

In addition to her clinical work, Ms. Barber-Alexander serves as a Public Health Advisor and Clinical Social Worker with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in Rockville, Maryland. As a member of the Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) team, she provides oversight and technical assistance to American Indian and Alaska Native communities implementing federally funded initiatives designed to reduce opioid-related harms, strengthen behavioral health systems, and improve access to culturally responsive mental health and substance use treatment services.

Ms. Barber-Alexander is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) and is currently completing her 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training to earn her 500 RYT credential. Through BBA Yoga, she combines the principles of mindfulness, movement, and holistic wellness to support physical, emotional, and mental health. She designs and leads private individual and group yoga sessions, specialized 4-Part Adaptive & Accessible Yoga series, community wellness programs, and mindfulness corporate yoga events

Across every aspect of her career, Ms. Barber-Alexander is dedicated to advancing behavioral health, strengthening the social work profession through education and mentorship, and promoting whole-person wellness through evidence-informed clinical practice, public service, and yoga. Her work reflects a steadfast commitment to empowering individuals, families, organizations, and communities to thrive through compassionate care, education, advocacy, and mindful living.