Khalilah Z. Slade, MA, LCMHCS, LCAS, CCS is a licensed psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and transformational speaker who helps high-achieving professionals move from survival-based patterns into intentional, purpose-driven living.
 

As a multi-business owner and founder of Research Triangle Counseling, Trauma Interrupted, and the NC Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Network, Khalilah has built an ecosystem of trauma-informed services, education, and community that expands access to healing while developing the next generation of clinicians and leaders.
 

Her work integrates clinical expertise, somatic practices, and faith-centered principles to support whole-person healing, particularly for professionals navigating anxiety, burnout, and the long-term impact of unresolved trauma.
 

Khalilah is known for her work on the evolution from “wounded healer” to regulated, intentional leader and is currently developing a signature framework focused on helping individuals move from shadow patterns into grounded security.
 

With a powerful ability to merge lived experience, clinical insight, and strategic leadership, Khalilah delivers messages that are both deeply relatable and transformative. She challenges audiences to move beyond coping and into alignment, healing, and embodied leadership.

Whether speaking to clinicians, leaders, or high-performing women, her message is clear: You are not called to simply survive what you’ve been through. You are called to thrive!