Corey Kennedy, MSW, LCSW

Corey Kennedy, MSW, LCSW, is the Triangle Executive Director for Advaita Health, providing leadership, supervision, and quality assurance to the clinical teams across Advaita Integrated Medicine: AIM and Green Hill Recovery. Corey holds a Master’s in Social Work from the University of South Carolina and a B.S. in Community Health Education from UNC–Wilmington.

Before earning her master’s degree, Corey worked under the Governor’s Crime Commission Grant in Wilmington, NC, on initiatives aimed at reducing youth recidivism through after-school programming—an effort that led to her nomination as one of Wilmington’s Women to Watch in 2015. During her graduate studies, she served as a research assistant with the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health, contributing to published research on behavioral health and substance use delivery systems, access, and policy implications.

Over her four years with Carolina Outreach, Corey served as a Community Support Team Lead, Site Director for both Raleigh and Durham locations, and later as Director of Behavioral Health Urgent Care. There, she co-created and implemented an innovative delivery model for medication management services aimed at improving access, reducing provider burnout, and lowering no-show rates.

With nearly a decade of experience spanning program development, implementation, research, inpatient and emergency social work, and clinical leadership, Corey brings a comprehensive perspective to behavioral healthcare. She is trained in ACT, CBT, CPT, mindfulness-based strategies, and is intensively trained in DBT.

Corey believes human empowerment is intrinsic to whole-person care and views practitioners as guides in the process of human flourishing. Through her leadership at Advaita Health, she strives to expand access to high-quality, integrated behavioral health and substance use treatment while cultivating clinical excellence and authenticity within her team.

Education:

University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC) — B.S. Community Health Education
University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) — Masters in Social Work