Celeste Souza

Celeste Souza has a diverse and extensive work experience. Celeste is currently the Chief Program Officer at JFS St. Louis and the Founder of Beacon Psychotherapy LLC. Prior to these roles, they served as the Director of Outpatient Services at Amanda Luckett Murphy Hopewell Center. Celeste also held various positions at North End Waterfront Health, including Director of Quality, Director of Behavioral Health, Assistant Director of Behavioral Health, and Clinical Social Worker, LICSW. Before that, they worked as the Program Director at Magdalene St. Louis and as the Director of Surgical Services at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri. Earlier in their career, they held positions at CenterPointe Hospital as a Program Manager and Program Supervisor, and at Human Support Services as a Clinical Director, Clinical Coordinator, and Therapist.

Celeste Souza earned their B.S. degree in Social Work from Longwood University in 2000. Celeste then went on to complete their M.S.W. degree in Social Work with a Management Specialization at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis from 2000 to 2002. Later, in 2018 and 2019, they obtained a Certificate in Community Health and Community Health Center Management from Suffolk University - Sawyer Business School. Celeste Souza has additional certifications but no specific information about their obtained month or year is provided. Celeste is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the states of Illinois and Missouri, and also as an Independent Clinical Social Worker in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.