

MEET THE THERAPISTS
BIO

DARRYL W. BRUNO, LCSW, ACSW C-SSWS
Darryl W. Bruno, LCSW, ACSW C-SSWS
Darryl received his Master’s in Social Work from Tulane School of Social Work in 1987. He Founded the Kids In Crisis Project, Inc. in 1989 which served the Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany and surrounding Parishes for over 20 years. Darryl served as Clinical Field Instructor for many graduate Social Work Interns for over 17 years including The University of Southern Mississippi School of Social Work (SSW), Tulane-SSW, LSU-SSW, SUNO-SSW, as well as several undergraduate schools. He served as Regional Chair for both the Greater New Orleans Region and Florida Parishes Region for over 9 years before being elected as President for the Louisiana National Association of Social Work from 2007-2010. Darryl was appointed as an Advisory Board Member to the Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Board / Louisiana Juvenile Justice Planning and Coordination Board which helped create the bill that later became ACT 1225. He served on a local level as the President of the 22nd Judicial District’s Children and Youth Services Planning Board (ACT 555) for St. Tammany and Washington Parish, Louisiana. He worked 12 years for the St. Tammany Parish Public Schools as the Crisis/Mental Health Coordinator. He worked tirelessly with Mercy Corps in creating the “My Hurricane Story – A Guided Workbook for Children” to assist children coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Darryl has served on numerous Panels throughout his professional career such as ECSS, FINS, and ISC. Darryl has presented numerous trainings throughout the State of Louisiana on trauma, bullying, suicide, mental health and substance abuse related topics. Darryl worked with the Florida Parishes Human Services Authority as their Children and Adolescent Program Service Coordinator (Mental Health Program Director B) servicing 5 parishes - Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington Parishes. Recently, Darryl served as Executive Director for Bridgeway, a residential apartment community serving 12 male and 12 female adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities, in Picayune, Mississippi. Responding to the need, Darryl has opened a private practice, Bruno Counseling and Consulting Services, LLC located in Poplarville, Mississippi. Darryl’s clients can range in ages from 5 – 70 years old providing individual, couples, group and family therapy services covering a wide range of behavioral health issues.
DAVID SOUTHERN, LMSW
BIO

David Southern, LMSW
David graduated with his Master's in Social Work from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg in May 2020. David is the Office Administrator for Bruno Counseling and Consulting Services, LLC. since it’s inception in Poplarville, MS. in 2015. David manages the daily operation including conducting telephone behavioral health triage, schedules appointments and verifying all outpatient insurance benefits. David is also in charge of the Electronic Health Records (EHR) and facilitates learning and implementation to the Therapist with the Software. David oversees and manages the EHR charts making sure all chart records, documentation, charges and payments received are current and up to date. David interfaces with the various schools, courts and medical / psychiatric / behavioral health facilities in order to provide continuity of care for our clients. For those with no insurance, David will provide counseling services to clients on a sliding fee scale in order to help those in need. David also is involved in supervising interns at the various colleges and universities who are seeking their social work degree.