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About WorThy
Dr. Shannon McFarlin, WorThy creator and founder of Working Therapy PLLC, is a licensed professional counselor, Board-approved counselor supervisor, certified school counselor, counselor educator, and trainer/consultant in the state of Texas. Dr. McFarlin and her colleague, Dr. Kimberly McGough, authored the Research-Informed Adaptable Model for the Prevention of Suicide in Schools (RAMPSS), a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) model that they published to the American School Counselor Association’s flagship journal, Professional School Counseling (McFarlin & McGough, 2021). Subsequently, Dr. McFarlin developed WorThy, a suicide risk tracking tool, for RAMPSS program implementation. Today, WorThy helps parents, guardians, school counselors, clinical counselors, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals to keep youth safe from suicide.
McFarlin, S. L., & McGough, K. (2021). Research-informed adaptable model for the prevention of
suicide in schools (RAMPSS). Professional School Counseling, 25(1), 1-15.
doi:10.1177/2156759X211023107
Meet the WorThy Team
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