About Dr. Sapp
We're Please to Introduce Dr. Karla L. Sapp
Clinical Director
Dr. Karla L. Sapp is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), Master Addiction Counselor (MAC), Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor, Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia, Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), and Licensed Mental Health Counseling in Florida.
She earned her Doctorate of Education in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University in 2014. Dr. Sapp is also a graduate of Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus (formerly Armstrong Atlantic State University) with a BS in Criminal Justice and South University-Savannah with a MA in Professional Counseling.
Dr. Sapp has been practicing in the mental health profession for 14 years, specializing in mental health and addictions counseling, within the following settings: inpatient acute hospitalization, outpatient, drug court, and is currently a Drug Abuse Program Coordinator and previously a Drug Treatment Specialist with the Federal Bureau of Prisons where she works with incarcerated male and female offenders.
She is the former Southeast Regional Legislative Coordinator for the Council of Prison Locals-33, where she was instrumental in public policy advocacy that not only was advantageous to the staff but also to the incarcerated offender population.
Dr. Sapp has also worked with the military population, while providing services within the inpatient setting, as well as with juvenile offenders as a Juvenile Probation/Parole Specialist II with the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice for 5 years.
Dr. Sapp is the owner of Project H.O.P.E of Coastal Georgia, Inc. located in Southeast Georgia.
Dr. Sapp was previously an Adjunct Psychology Professor at Georgia Southern University-Armstrong/Liberty Campus as well as an Adjunct Faculty member at South University in the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.
She is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Master’s of Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Grand Canyon University where she teaches Substance Use/Addictions Counseling, Group Counseling, and Research Methods/Program Evaluation.
As a fierce Social Justice Advocate, Dr. Sapp was awarded the Black Mental Health Symposium 2020 Mental Health Advocate Year, honored as a member of Georgia Southern University Alumni Association Class of 2021 40 Under 40, and was the recipient of a Congressional One Minute by Representative E. Buddy Carter.
Dr. Sapp has and currently presents workshops and speaks on the Global, National, Regional, State, and Local level at several conferences and events throughout each year.