Ebony Granados

Ebony Granados is a Licensed Clinical Social Work Intern, who graduated Summa Cum Laude from Colorado State University with a Bachelor’s in Social Work. Prior to working in Social Services, Ebony served in the United States Army for eight years and received an Honorable Discharge as a Staff Sergeant stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in the 1st of the 159th Aviation Brigade. After obtaining her Master’s in Social Work (Summa Cum Laude), she began her journey in the Medical Social Work field. For over 12 years, she worked with geriatric clients and adults with complex medical conditions in various settings including, Long Term Care, Hospice, and Home Health. In addition to clinical work, she served as a Regional Director of Social Services in the Long Term Care discipline.

An enrolled member of the Sicangu (Rosebud) Lakota Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, Ebony is a strong advocate for mental health services in the Native American/Indigenous population. She recently obtained a PhD in Health Administration in Health Care Leadership with honors (Summa Cum Laude) and is committed to increasing access to medically necessary services. Her culture, upbringing, and lived experiences have informed her clinical work, where she believes in cultivating the Being of a person from not only the physical side, following the medical model of treatment, but with an
awareness of inner Spirit. She believes in her traditional ways and her culturally informed treatment is wholistic, empowering, and sensitive to the BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color) experience. Her approach to mental health and wellbeing is eclectic and incorporates elements from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), expressive arts,
structural, and solution focused therapy.

Ebony works with individuals (age 13+) and families with a wide range of clinical concerns, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, history of sexual trauma, grief, adjustment to aging, adjustment to chronic illness, and end-of-life issues.In her free time, Ebony is active in her community. She is a Jingle Dress Dancer and has been dancing in various styles and ceremonies since she was two years old