Alliance Behavioral Health Services

About the Founder

Dr. Stephany Thompson, DBH, LCSW

Dr. Stephany Thompson, DBH, LCSW

Founder & Clinical Leader, Alliance Behavioral Health Services
About the Founder

Dr. Stephany Thompson is a doctoral-trained behavioral health clinician and founder of Alliance Behavioral Health Services. With nearly 20 years of experience, Dr. Thompson provides and oversees high-quality telehealth mental health services for children, adolescents, adults, and families across diverse communities. She is multi-state licensed in over 20 states and brings extensive expertise in clinical care, supervision, program development, and behavioral health leadership.

Dr. Thompson holds a Doctorate in Behavioral Health (DBH) from Arizona State University, a Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) from the University of Tennessee, and a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from Tennessee State University.

Her education and training reflect extensive clinical preparation at the master’s level, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, evidence-based psychotherapy, ethics, and supervised clinical practice across diverse populations. At the doctoral level, her training emphasized integrated behavioral health, healthcare systems leadership, implementation science, quality improvement, and the translation of evidence-based care into real-world clinical and operational settings—demonstrating a strong commitment to equitable, high-quality mental health services.

Throughout her career, Dr. Thompson has worked across a wide range of settings, including government agencies, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), acute and long-term hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities, managed care organizations, employee assistance programs (EAPs), private practices, and behavioral health start-ups. She brings a systems-level perspective to her work, whether providing direct therapy, supervising clinicians, or leading clinical and operational initiatives.

Leadership & Program Development
As a behavioral health leader, Dr. Thompson is highly skilled in mentoring and supervising clinicians, building and scaling telehealth programs, and strengthening clinical quality and care coordination. She has extensive experience in treatment planning, utilization management, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance across multi-state systems of care. Committed to innovation in behavioral health services, Dr. Thompson fosters collaborative partnerships, implements evidence-based and data-informed best practices, and develops sustainable clinical workflows that support both patient outcomes and clinician well-being. Her leadership approach centers on equity, accountability, and continuous improvement across the continuum of care.
Clinical Focus
Clinically, Dr. Thompson specializes in working with children, adolescents, and adults, supporting individuals and families experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, chronic pain, and co-occurring mental and medical conditions. Her approach emphasizes developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive, and person-centered care. She integrates evidence-based modalities—including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and mindfulness-based interventions—to support meaningful and sustainable change.

Dr. Thompson founded Alliance Behavioral Health Services out of a deep belief in allyship, collaboration, and the transformative power of therapeutic relationships.

Dr. Stephany Thompson, DBH, LCSW
Through Alliance, she is building a community of clinicians and partners equally committed to equity, innovation, and human-centered care.

Outside of her professional work, Dr. Thompson enjoys spending time with her family, mentoring early-career clinicians, and finding joy in everyday moments of gratitude.

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