About Chris

Chris Jones, LCSW-C, LISW-CP

Mediating Conflict:
• Baltimore Mediation: A 40-hour mediation and dispute resolution training program, focused on the fundamentals of mediation and conflict transformation through relational conflict theory
• Baltimore Mediation: A 20-hour mediation and dispute resolution training program, focused on family systems, trauma, child custody, parenting plans, child support, trauma healing and resiliency, and relational empowerment

Education:
• K-12: Graduate of Montgomery County Public Schools
• Bachelor of Science: Major in psychology, minor in sociology from Charleston Southern University
• Master of Social Work: Clinical concentration and a specialization in behavioral health from the University of Maryland, Baltimore

Professional Credentials:
• Maryland: Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical (LCSW-C)
• South Carolina: Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practitioner (LISW-CP)
• Registered social work supervisor with the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners
• Non-LCPC approved supervisor with the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists

Community Stewardship:
• Maryland Green Registry Member (2021 - present)
• Collaboration with Parent Teacher Associations and community advisory councils at local schools

Interests:
• Exercise and fitness
• Traveling
• Encouraging the advancement of social justice
• Championing the complex needs of children in foster care and the families that support and care for them (Montgomery County Council, 09-29-2020, Agenda #11)
• Advocating for legislative and policy change (2023 Maryland General Assembly: SB0141/HB0180).

About Jennifer

Jennifer Rankin, Esquire

Mediating Conflict:
• Admitted to the Maryland Bar, Verifiable within the Maryland Courts searchable database
• Experience mediating disputes for more than twenty years through the perpsective of a Family family attorney

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