SPEAKER. TRAINER. MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST.
Conversations about burnout, leadership, and belonging. Practical tools your people take beyond the room.
Clinically grounded.
Culturally attuned. People first.
THE WORK STARTS WITH PEOPLE
Shontelle brings a therapist’s perspective to the challenges people carry into their workplaces and communities. Her sessions connect mental wellness with everyday leadership, communication, and relationships.
SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS
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Recognize the conditions behind burnout and explore more sustainable ways to support people at work.
SIGNATURE APPROACH BEYOND Method™
Early warning signs, workplace pressures, and practical approaches to resilience and recovery.
Explore how trust, listening, and everyday interactions shape whether people feel safe to speak up.
SIGNATURE APPROACH BUILD Framework™
Team communication, responding to concerns, and practices supporting inclusion and trust.
Understand how attachment patterns influence leadership, communication, and the way teams handle conflict.
Relational patterns, leadership self-awareness, and repairing strained working relationships.
Approach differences and difficult conversations with greater awareness, curiosity, and respect.
Cultural awareness, communication across differences, and constructive approaches to conflict.
A conversation about trauma, family patterns, and the experiences carried from one generation to the next.
Discuss this topicExplore mental health through the context of culture, identity, and Caribbean experiences.
Discuss this topicExamine the responsibilities children take on within families and how those experiences shape adult relationships.
Discuss this topicUPCOMING · BARBADOS
Confirmed workshop presenter and panelist on migration grief, reunification, identity, and trauma.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
A selection from Shontelle’s speaking portfolio.
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SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
View the full portfolio2026 · Connecticut, U.S.
Building Resilience and Belonging Together
Presentation · Presenter
A workplace presentation on resilience and belonging.
Discuss a similar sessionJuly 2022 · U.S.
Breaking the Stigma
Presentation · Speaker
A session for National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
Discuss a similar sessionOctober 2025 · Connecticut, U.S.
Intentional Journaling & Vision Boards
Workshop · Facilitator
A guided experience in finding peace and balance in everyday life.
Discuss a similar session2026 · Jamaica
Beyond Silence: Dismantling the Culture of Secrecy in Caribbean Families
Presentation · Presenter
A presentation on secrecy, culture, and mental health in Caribbean families.
Discuss a similar session2024 · Barbados
Exploring Family Secrets and Mental Health in Caribbean Families
Presentation · Conference presenter
A conference presentation connecting family secrets with mental health.
Discuss a similar session2026 · North Carolina, U.S.
Healing Looks Like Us
Panel · Panelist
A university panel appearance on mental health and healing.
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MEET SHONTELLE
Shontelle Brewster is a speaker, trainer, and licensed marriage and family therapist associate (LMFT-A). She founded Love & Light Wellness Therapy in Connecticut.
Originally from Barbados, she brings a Caribbean perspective to wellness, leadership, and belonging. Her work also includes community radio co-hosting and teaching at the University of Hartford, with courses including The Caribbean American Family and Sociology of Health and Illness.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Consulate General of Barbados
Honoree
Cultural Influencer
Ultimate Therapist Business Summit & Award Ceremony
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women: Black in BusinessProgram graduate · 2024
EMDR basic trainingTrauma Recovery / EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs · 2025
LOVE AND LIGHT WELLNESS THERAPY
Looking for individual support? Explore Shontelle’s therapy services, including individual, couples, and trauma therapy, along with immigration evaluations.
Manchester, Connecticut
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