Brenda Blanchard Crowder, LPC, CSOTP has had an interest in working with the forensic population clinically since high school. With this passion and drive, she eventually studied at and graduated with two Master’s degrees in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Forensic & Legal Psychology from Marymount University in 2018. Upon graduation, she went to work for the Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation (VCBR) as a Psychology Associate II. In that role, she provided psychotherapeutic and psychoeducation to civilly committed Sexually Violent Predators (SVP’s) for approximately four years, attaining her CSOTP and LPC during this time. In October 2022, she was promoted to Counselor II Supervisor and the only treatment supervisor in the training role. She is responsible for the recruitment, training, and retention of the treatment department. As such, she provides training of VCBR’s treatment program and ensures current treatment staff understands their role and sex offender specific concepts.