Lesley Duggins Williams, M.A. is a poet, mother of two, and a nationally certified counseler with special interests in therapeutic writing and supporting women during pregnancy and childbirth. She holds a graduate degree in community counseling and a postgraduate certificate in expressive arts therapy from Appalachian State University. While at Appalachian, she served as founding editor for Headwaters: Appalachian Journal of Expressive Arts Therapy and as editor for two volumes of poetry, Breath is the First Prayer and Picking Clean the Bones, both by Sally Atkins.
Lesley Duggins Williams, M.A. is a poet, mother of two, and a nationally certified counseler with special interests in therapeutic writing and supporting women during pregnancy and childbirth. She holds a graduate degree in community counseling and a postgraduate certificate in expressive arts therapy from Appalachian State University. While at Appalachian, she served as founding editor for Headwaters: Appalachian Journal of Expressive Arts Therapy and as editor for two volumes of poetry, Breath is the First Prayer and Picking Clean the Bones, both by Sally Atkins. 