*Please note: Demorise is licensed and can accept clients in Georgia and Mississippi.*

Demorise Barnes is a native of Gulfport, Mississippi. She has always enjoyed helping people enhance their lives through her therapy and counseling methods. Demorise continually aims to reach others through understanding her clients' needs and gaining their trust. Her morals, values and passion for her craft are what drives her in helping others. She relentlessly searches for ways to enhance her skills and talents to ensure each client receives the best quality of care. She has always been passionate about ensuring clients are able to obtain a healthy life and be the best version of themselves.

Demorise has over nine years of experience in social work. She is the CEO and founder of New Mercy Behavioral Health LLC. She has extensive experience in working with trauma victims, working with individuals that have a dual diagnosis and individuals who have substance abuse addictions. Demorise infuses her natural abilities with evidence-based practice therapy to make sound decisions about the care for clients. She is intrinsically and culturally competent and adept in working in the African American community as well as individuals of varied ethnicities and cultural backgrounds.