Quaquilla "Q" Walker

Quaquilla -- "Q" -- believes it is a privilege to work with individuals seeking a better quality of life. She collaborates with clients as they process life's challenges and transitions, recognizing they are experts in their own lives. She provides listening, support, and guidance for clients to achieve the healing that they want through self-empowerment.

Q utilizes not only an interpersonal psychodynamic approach with clients but also a strengths perspective in the spirit of motivational interviewing, grounded in a biopsychosocial model of healing. She keeps
in the forefront of her practice the belief that we are all human beings and the Transtheoretical Model of the stages of change -- precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and relapse - are ever present in relationships. Having worked with clients seeking asylum this past summer as an intern, Q is excited to be working at Arubah Emotional Health.

Q will graduate with a master's in social work degree from the University of Minnesota in May 2026. She is also working toward full licensure in clinical counseling. She already has a PhD in communication studies, having previously taught at the university level.

Her first name, Quaquilla, is her paternal grandmother's Cherokee name, but she is also of English and Slavic descent. She has an adult daughter and a stepson, both of whom work in clinical therapy settings. She presently lives with her kitty, Rusty, and enjoys hiking and boating. Quaquilla Walker works under the licensed supervision of Jenny Jendro, Therapist, MSW, LICSW.