Summary
Edward Mccurty is a licensed psychotherapist and forensic social worker with over 11 years of clinical experience and two decades in human services across the Washington, DC region. He combines forensic assessment work for the Public Defender Service with a long-standing private practice specializing in trauma, PTSD, grief, depression, and anxiety—particularly with African-American men and boys. Trained in CBT, TF-CBT, DBT, EMDR and psychodynamic and Afrocentric approaches, he crafts culturally competent, trauma-informed interventions and advocates for non-carceral outcomes. Edward has led hospital- and community-based violence intervention efforts, facilitated psychoeducational groups for returning citizens and survivors of gun violence, and co-facilitated batterer intervention programming. He also provides organizational training on racial trauma, vicarious trauma, and mental health first aid for local institutions, blending clinical care with systems-level advocacy. Notably, his forensic psychosocial assessments have directly informed sentencing mitigation and rehabilitation planning within the criminal justice system.
11 years of coding experience
The University of Maryland, College Park
Master of Social Work (MSW), Social Work, Master of Social Work (MSW), Social Work at Howard University