Therapist • Author • Professor • Speaker
As an author, professor, marriage & family therapist, and sex therapist, I regularly devote myself to addressing a variety of issues which affect individuals, couples, families, and groups. I offer a broad range of experience spanning from the business world to the world of therapy. After spending 15 years working in marketing in a variety of settings, I went back to I became a marriage & family therapist because I wanted to help couples and individuals achieve their full potential in life and love. I continued my training to become an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and now am 1 of only 9 certified Black male sex therapists in the country.
Topics which I present include: Cultural Responsiveness, Interracial Couples, Religious Sexual Shame, Perinatal Parenting, and the intersections of business and mental health therapy. For speaking inquiries, please contact me here.
Publications
“Finding Your Niche: The Importance of Specialization and Branding” chapter. The Professional's Guide to Sexuality Consultation: An Exploration of Entrepreneurship, Strategic Planning, and Business Influence. ed. by Dr. James Wadley, January 2024. Routledge Publishing.
(Manuscript) African-American Men in Interracial Relationships.
Presentations and Research
“The Intersections of Race & Sexuality,” Guest lecture, Seattle Pacific University, February 2024
“Satir Growth Model,” Guest lecture, Seattle Pacific University, September 2023
“Reclaiming Our Sexual Selves: Helping Our Clients Thrive in Their Sexuality,” Co-presenter, Washington Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (WAMFT) annual conference, September 2022
“Interracial Couples Therapy: Effectively Adapting Therapeutic Interventions,” Co-presenter, Washington Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (WAMFT) annual conference, September 2021
“Sex, Solace, and Sanity: Solution Focused Brief Therapy with Postpartum Couples,” Co-presenter, Washington Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (WAMFT) annual conference, September 2020
“Is Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) Efficacious in Reducing the Occurrence of Sibling Violence?” Ginn, Q. & Sturges, A. (2020). Research Proposal.
Experience
Visiting Professor, Pacific Lutheran University (PLU), Tacoma, WA, 2022 - present
Teach graduate-level courses in Human Sexuality and Marriage & Family Therapy theories including Emotionally Focused Therapy, Satir, Solution-Focused, and Narrative Therapy
Provide clinical supervision of MFT graduate students
Advise graduate marriage & family therapy students
Assist in administrative responsibilities of the program
Small Group Facilitator, Sexual Attitudes Reassessment, Antioch University, Seattle, WA, 2024
Small Group Facilitator, Sexual Attitudes Reassessment, Antioch University, Seattle, WA, 2023
Adjunct Professor, Seattle Pacific University (SPU), Seattle, WA, 2023
Taught graduate-level course, MFTs in Private Practice, to marriage & family therapy students
AAMFT Supervisor-in-Training, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT), 2022 - present
Provide clinical supervision to intern-level therapists
AASECT Certified Sex Therapist / Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapist, Mosaic Village Counseling, PLLC dba Quantas Ginn Therapy, 2020 - present
Provide sex therapy and mental health therapy to individuals and couples
Minority Fellow, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), 2019 - 2021
Professional Memberships
Perinatal Support International (PSI), Professional Provider, 2023 - present
American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT), Clinical Member, 2020 - present
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Clinical Fellow, 2018 - present
Washington Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (WAMFT), Clinical Fellow, 2018 - present
Education
Seattle Pacific University, Marriage and Family Therapy, Master of Science, 2020
University of North Florida, Coggin College of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2005
Fachhochschule Koeln, Cologne, Germany, Master of Intercultural Communication, 2003
Universite de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France, Certificate of International Business, 2003
University of North Florida, Coggin College of Business Administration, Bachelor of Business Administration, 2001
Training
ICEEFT EFT Externship (Emotionally Focused Therapy), Southern Nevada EFT, 2023
Sexual Attitudes Reassessment (SAR), Northwest Institute on Intimacy (NWIOI), 2020
Advanced Clinical Sexology, Northwest Institute on Intimacy (NWIOI), 2020
The Gottman Method Couples Therapy, The Gottman Institute, Levels 1 & 2, 2020-2021
Theraplay, The Theraplay Institute, Modules 1 & 2, 2020
Empowered to Connect parenting methods, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University, 2017