About Dr. DeLoach

Dr. Chanté D. DeLoach is the founder and Executive Director of luminesce psychological services, llc. Dr. DeLoach is an African American psychologist practicing for more than 10 years helping individuals and couples create more healthy and meaningful relationships. She works with clients to help resolve issues and relationships that impede their wholeness. Her diverse training has afforded her the opportunity to work with a range of clients and presenting issues.

Dr. DeLoach has worked in hospitals, community mental health centers, schools, and college/university counseling center settings. She has taught various psychology and social science courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the U.S. and abroad (with particular interest in South America and Africa). Currently, Dr. DeLoach is core faculty in the Clinical Psychology Psy.D. program at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

Dr. DeLoach’s research interests are in:

• Experiences of Racism
• Racialized sexism
• Health disparities in the African American and Latino communities
• Help-seeking behaviors of African Americans
• Sociocultural consciousness and the ‘hip-hop generation / culture’
• Refugee and immigration issues
• Culturally ethnic research methodologies

Education Background:
B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Spanish
University of North Texas

M.A. and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology with a degree specialization in Family Systems
Azusa Pacific University

Postdoctoral Certificate: Global Mental Health: Refugee Trauma Recovery

Collaborative Program of Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, & Ministry of Health Italy (Istituto Superiore di Sanita’)

Specialized Trauma Training

EMDR training levels 1 and 2
Trauma Focused CBT
Cognitive Reprocessing