Dr. Marlene L. East, EdD, LMHC
Phone or Text: (850) 250-2690

Education & Experience

Ed.D with specialization in Instructional Performance Technology and Distance Learning, University of West Florida, 2015.

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Master of Science Degree in Community Counseling, Marriage & Family Emphasis, Georgia State University, 1992.

Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Palm Beach Atlantic University, 1980.

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Dr. Marlene L. East , EdD, LMHC

Career Highlights

  • Licensed to practice in FL as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in 1999.
  • Years of private counseling experience. Owned practice in Panama City Beach since 2002.
  • Executive Director of Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. in Atlanta for 12 years, managing a charity and coordinating vision and hearing care services.
  • School Therapist for a private college preparatory school, providing counseling services to students, parents and faculty for two years.
  • Adjunct Professor in a Graduate Psychology program, teaching graduate counseling courses.
  • Clinical Therapist for crime victims and for children in a sexual abuse treatment program.
  • Clinical Coordinator in a counseling agency providing intensive outpatient counseling to children with severe emotional disturbance.
  • Completed numerous continuing education courses in trauma, blended families, marriage counseling, abuse issues, sexuality, grief, etc.
  • Presented counseling seminars on a variety of topics including adoption, children and divorce, parenting, sexual abuse prevention and play therapy.
  • Provided on-site crisis intervention in corporate and educational environments as a response to mass trauma such as school shootings, sudden death of employee on the job, mass job lay-offs.
  • Published peer-reviewed author.