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PhD Social Work Consultant specializing in trauma informed practice, refugee issues, interfaith ethics, and MHPSS

Profile Summary

I am a doctoral level social work consultant and Licensed Clinical Social Worker with experience across research, education, humanitarian, and community based settings. My work focuses on trauma informed practice, refugee and displacement related issues, interfaith and cross cultural contexts, and mental health and psychosocial support. My background includes qualitative and mixed methods research, development of trauma informed frameworks and resources, and applied advising to organizations operating in crisis, post conflict, and high stress environments. I have contributed to projects involving trauma resource development for displaced populations, education access initiatives for refugee background students, and capacity building for practitioners working with trauma exposure, forced migration, and ethical complexity. I bring strong skills in analysis and synthesis of research, curriculum and resource development, and translation of complex material into practical guidance. My training includes a PhD in Social Work, clinical licensure, and specialized certifications in trauma, integrative medicine, and psychological first aid for migrants and refugees. My research projects have included public health, refugee resettlement, trauma and wellbeing, interfaith practice, educational equity, and applied social work theory.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Social Movements
• ☆ Humanitarian Aid
• ☆ Clinical Social Work
• ☆ Social Welfare
• ☆ Social Work
• ☆ Interfaith Relations
• ☆ Human Rights
• ☆ Social Ethics
• ☆ Community Development
• ☆ Violence Prevention
• ☆ Child & Adolescent Social Work
• ☆ Social Work Education
• ☆ Higher Education
• ☆ Curriculum Planning & Development
• ☆ Counseling & Mental Health Support
• ☆ Stress Management
• ☆ PTSD
• ☆ Depression
• ☆ Domestic Violence Support
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Instructional Webinars
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Case Studies
• ☆ Textbook Content Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing

Research Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Lecturer

Baylor University

- Present

Consultant/Owner

Sacred Synergy Solutions

September 2024 - Present

Assistant Professor

Carroll College

January 2022 - November 2023

Education

PhD

Baylor University

July 2017 - May 2021

MSW

North Carolina State University

July 2012 - May 2013

BSW

Meredith College

January 2010 - June 2012

Certifications

• Psychological First Aid in Migrants, Refugees, and Displaced People

  UNHCR Mexico

  December 2021 - Present

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker

  ASWB

  April 2016 - December 2025

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Kayte Thomas (2024). Understanding complex trauma and post-traumatic growth in survivors of sex trafficking: foregrounding women’s voices for effective care and prevention. Heather Evans. (2022). Routledge . Social Work & Christianity.

Thomas, K. (2024). Because they recognized us: Triangulated perspectives of Syrian mothers' resettlement experiences in the Eastern United States. Journal of Applied Disciplines, 1(6), 1-30 .

Thomas, K., & Lipmen, S.J. (2023) Improving the high school and college classroom experience for learners with refugee status: Theory, practice, and change.," Journal of Applied Disciplines, 1(1), 1-32 .

(2020). Sacred Connections: Using Faith-based Narratives to Create Matricentric Empowerment Spaces for Syrian Refugee Women . Social Work & Christianity.

Kayte Thomas(2017). Do funerals matter? The purposes and practices of death rituals in global perspective by William G. Hoy . Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging. 29. (4). p. 321--322. Informa {UK} Limited

Lemacks, J., Fowles, K., Mateus, A., Thomas, K.(2013). Insights from parents about caring for a child with birth defects . International journal of environmental research and public health. 10. (8). p. 3465-3482.

BOOK REVIEW

Book Review: Thomas, K. (2023). Understanding complex trauma and post-traumatic growth in survivors of sex trafficking: Foregrounding women’s voices for effective care and prevention by Heather Evans. Social Work and Christianity, 50(4). 359-361.

Thomas, K. (2018). Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis by Stephan Bauman, Matthew Soerens, and Issam Smeir. Social Work and Christianity, 45(3), 131-133.

DISSERTATION THESIS

Thomas, K. (2021). The Intersection of Social Work and Syrian Women with Refugee Status: A Transnational Matricentric Feminist Perspective (Order No. 28415212). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Baylor University Library; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global; Publicly Available Content Database. (2532616009) .