Crystal Socha, MS, LPC, CRC, NCC, ACS (she/her) is a Senior Training and Consultation Specialist at Rutgers School of Health Professions in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions. Crystal’s primary role includes providing in-person and remote training, consultation, and technical assistance to New Jersey agencies that provide Community Support Services. She has over ten years of experience in the behavioral health field, delivering trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, gender-affirming care and supporting diverse individuals in building a life worth living. Before joining Rutgers, she provided recovery-oriented services in supportive housing, intensive in-home and in-community, community mental health centers, integrated primary care, hospital systems, and private practices. She is also a doctoral student in the department with research interests in mental health, addiction, anti-racism, anti-oppression, and social justice.