Tess Hughes, Ph.D., LPC, LMHC, CCTP

Chief Clinical Officer

Tess currently serves as the Chief Clinical Officer for Vivant Behavioral Healthcare.  During her two decades of behavioral healthcare experience, Tess has experience in direct care, clinical operations and executive leadership across community-based and inpatient settings.  In her role overseeing Vivant’s clinical service models, Tess is driven to create trauma-informed, accountable and inclusive behavioral health services through implementation of research-supported clinical and patient safety best practices.

Tess has obtained her Doctorate of Philosophy in Education and is a licensed clinician in Iowa and Arizona.  In addition, Tess is also a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), a trained trainer for Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), and an advocate and member with the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH).