Owner and Founder
Licensed Professional Counselor
Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor
Child-Parent Psychotherapy Provider (in training)
Dr. Fountain enjoys helping others to embrace mental health wellness and families to build stronger caregiver-child and sibling relationships.  She specializes in play therapy, sandtray therapy, grief, and trauma and has worked in the mental/behavioral health field since 2006 in the elementary/middle school, community/outpatient, psychiatric/residential, college counseling, and private practice settings.  Dr. Fountain has extensive experience in higher education as a counselor, professor, and clinical supervisor.  She loves and teaches play therapy and mental health courses at Mercer University, Georgia State University, and for the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children.  (She has previously taught at the University of Mississippi and Clark Atlanta University.)  She also presents at local, national, and international conferences on multiple topics related to mental health (wellness and illness).   Dr. Fountain strongly advocates for the effective care and wellbeing of clinicians to stimulate optimal client care and wellness.  When in "relaxation mode," she loves being with family, traveling, reading, learning, crocheting, and playing tennis.  Dr. Fountain's credentials include the following:
  • Education
  • Licensure/Certifications
  • Professional Memberships
  • Publications
  • Awards
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Ph.D. Counselor Education and Supervision,  Mercer University
Post-Graduate Certificate in Working with Survivors of Violence, Torture, and Trauma, University of Maryland
M.S. Community Counseling, Mercer University
M.Div. Pastoral Care & Counseling, Mercer University
B.S. Business Administration, Alabama State University
Fountain, Y. N. (2019). Physical activity games. In J. Stone and C. E. Schaefer (Eds.), Game play: Therapeutic use of childhood games (3rd ed.). Manuscript in preparation.

Fountain, Y. and Gardener, T. (2019, March). Go PLAY! Advocating for the integration of play therapy in the school setting. Play Therapy. Manuscript in preparation.

Fountain, Y. N. (2015). Important factors that contribute to the professional quality of life for registered play therapist and supervisors (Doctoral dissertation). Available from http://search.proquest.com.

Larkin, R., Fountain, Y., Glenn, C., Crumb, L., Smith, J., and Morgan, A. (2015). A behavioral intervention team at a two-year college: Responding to a case of suicidal ideation. The Journal of Campus Behavioral Intervention [J-BIT], 3, 44-48. 

Larkin, R., Crumb, L., Fountain, Y., Glenn, C., and Smith, J. (2015, June). Managing mental health situations in the advising office. Academic Advising Today, 38(2). Retrieved from http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/resources/academic-advising-today/view-articles/managing-mental-health-situations-in-the-advising-office.aspx

Bayonne, L., Fountain, Y., and Rowland, K. (2014, Spring). Supervisee resistance: Shame in supervision. Southern Association for Counselor Educators and Supervision (SACES), 10(1). Available from http://www.saces.org/
2018 Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare, International Association of Healthcare Professionals
2016 Leadership Academy Graduate, Association for Play Therapy (APT)
2015 Outstanding Doctoral Student, Mercer University
2015 Dissertation Grant, Georgia Association for Play Therapy
2014 Behavioral Health Development Leadership Program, Project LIFT, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)