Elizabeth Mangum, LCSW, CD(DONA) Director   Elizabeth Mangum, LCSW, CD(DONA), LCCE has been working as a labor support doula since 2004. She is the Director of BirthFocus and the former Director of Maternal Health and Parenting Services at Inwood House, a non-profit that offers services to pregnant and parenting teens. She has worked in private practice providing individual and couples counseling, related to issues of pregnancy and birth, and is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator. Through connections she made with many of the teen moms, with whom she worked, she developed an interest in becoming a doula. As a doula, she hopes to empower mothers of all ages to use their voices to create the birth they desire! Her warmth, calm demeanor, and sense of humor will also add to the birth experience. She is currently in training to become a DONA certified Birth Doula Trainer in the hopes of bringing many more women into this wonderful profession.