LaShonda Walker, M.S., LCPC, CADC

LaShonda Walker oversees client care and the team at the Rosecrance Harrison Campus in Rockford, Illinois. She also manages the campus’s health center that offers detox/withdrawal management services, supports the nearby Greendale Recovery Home, and partners with the medical/nursing team to ensure the campus is providing premium services aligned with the Rosecrance mission. Walker earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northern Illinois University and her Master of Science in clinical counseling from National Louis University. She has two decades of experience in the behavioral health field working with adolescents, adults, and co-occurring substance use and mental health populations. Walker joined Rosecrance in June 2004 at the Rosecrance Griffin Williamson Campus working with adolescents as a direct care staff. She then joined the clinical team as an addiction counselor and became a coordinator in 2017. Walker was actively involved in many projects at the Rosecrance Griffin Williamson Campus, including the rollout of serving adolescents with primary mental health diagnoses and implementation of the Butterfly Project, Emotions Anonymous, and Codependency Anonymous. Her treatment philosophy includes the use of DBT, CBT, reality therapy, and a trauma-informed approach.