“If you can speak, you can influence. If you can influence, you can change lives.”

Who is Dr. Alicia?

Dr. Alicia Tetteh, DSW, LCSW, RYT-200 is a mental health Therapist residing in Charlotte, NC. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University for her undergraduate degree and Howard University for her Master’s degree—both in Social Work. She recently completed her Doctorate in Social Work at Simmons University, and her research focuses on organizational level trauma and integrating anti-racist practices. Dr. Alicia owns a group mental health practice, Building Endurance PLLC where she provides outpatient therapy to children and adults; clinical supervision for provisionally licensed therapists and educational trainings for the community and corporations.

She is a phenomenal public speaker and has engaged multiple audiences from the Black Professional Group at Bank of America  around positive peer culture to speaking on cultural proficiency and diversity for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Other topics she has spoken on include being your authentic self, identifying triggers for vicarious trauma, and burnout prevention for high level stress jobs.

Dr. Alicia is a Lecturer at Winthrop and Howard University Master’s of Social Work programs.

She has been awarded Top 30 under 30 by the Black Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in the past, nominated for Professor of the Year, and nominated for Clinician of the Year by Eustress Inc. She is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, National Association of Social Workers and sits on the therapist advisory board for Foster Village Charlotte.

What they’re saying

“Alicia’s work impacts people deeper than just the surface.” - Ariana Nicole

“It was great to have her and we look forward to many more events with Alicia!” - Andrea Age

“My husband and I led a couples retreat for a weekend and had the pleasure of working with Alicia! She did an amazing job leading the couples in attendance through a fun, interactive, engaging and impactful workshop during the retreat. Couples even mentioned wanting more time with Alicia because of how great her session was. We walked away feeling empowered… We highly recommend Alicia’s services! - Jowette

Press

Podcast


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Alicia engages listeners through her podcast with Erin Steele, MA LMFT.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Listen Notes, Stitcher, and Player FM

Connect with Dr. Alicia.

Phone 980-288-5486

Email: management@buildingendurancepllc.com