🌟 Founder of Basic Bliss Life Coaching & Counseling 🌟

Dr. Darlene M. Scott, PhD., LPC, NCC is the Executive Clinical Director and Founder of Basic Bliss Life Coaching and Counseling, where she provides clinical leadership, supervision, and program oversight, while maintaining a limited caseload. In addition, Dr. Scott is an adjunct faculty member in Psychology whose work focuses on trauma and community mental health. 

Dr. Scott’s professional and scholarly interests center on trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and holistic approaches to mental health care that attend to the interaction of psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being. Her work is grounded in health psychology and trauma-informed practice.

Her doctoral research examined the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and fibromyalgia symptom severity, including the moderating role of attachment to God. This research contributes to a broader understanding of trauma-related health outcomes and integrative models of care.

In addition to her leadership role, Dr. Scott is actively engaged in teaching, clinical supervision, scholarship, and professional education. She has held senior program leadership positions within community behavioral health systems and brings extensive experience in program development, quality assurance, and clinician training.

Dr. Scott also engages in public scholarship and speaking, offering educational lectures, workshops, and trainings for academic, clinical, faith-based, and community audiences, with an emphasis on trauma-informed and ethical practice.

Scott, D. M. (2025). A quantitative study exploring the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and fibromyalgia symptoms and the moderating role of attachment to God (Doctoral dissertation, Liberty University). Liberty University Digital Commons.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/7684/