Laura Stevens Merola, M.Ed., LPC
Assistant Director of Clinical Excellence, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
M.Ed., Human Development Counseling
Vanderbilt University
About
Laura Stevens Merola, M.Ed., LPC, focuses on improving access to and engagement in evidence-based, developmentally attuned and innovative mental health care for young adults. She partners with stakeholders, including young people with mental health challenges, community mental health providers and government entities to research and improve practice and policy around serving this population.
Stevens Merola is also a licensed professional counselor with a background in community-based clinical work. She specializes in working with young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health challenges, early serious mental illness and multisystem involvement.