Prof. (Mrs.) Linda Naa Dzama Forde is an Associate Professor at the Department of Counselling of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). She holds a Master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling from the University of Cape Coast, and a PhD in Educational Leadership from the Florida Agric. & Mechanical University, USA. She has been working with the University of Cape Coast over the past 20 years, serving as an assistant lecturer from the year 2000-2001, a full-time lecturer and Counselor between 2001-2011, and the Director of the Counseling Centre of the University of Cape Coast. Her areas of the expertise include; Relationship and Young Adult Counseling, Crisis and Trauma Counseling, Counseling for victims of Abuse, Counseling for the Terminally ill, and Development of School Guidance Programmes. She is a member of the team that developed the PhD and B Ed programmes in Guidance and Counseling Department for the Department of Educational Foundations of the University of Cape Coast. She has about 27 solo and joint publications in several journals and books to her credit. A few of them include: **A whole chapter on “Abuse: Its manifestation and counseling” in the book, Non-disclosure of abuse in Ghana, **“Patterns of relatedness in the developmental experiences of child sexual abusers and rapists in Ghana”, **“Experiences and consequences of child labour” **”The impacts of sexual abuse on Ghanaian schoolgirls’ family relationships, among others. She has served as a keynote speaker in a lot of conferences, workshops and seminars where she has presented a lot of papers that borders on education, career choice, gender, health counseling, among others. She indeed has a great wealth of experience in these areas. She is currently on ongoing research on the Attitudes of Senior High School Students in Ghana to Lesbianism and Homosexuality. She takes special interest in establishing and maintaining interactive helping relationships with adolescent and young adults. She is a member of two major professional bodies; the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), and the Ghana Psychological council. She Serves on the Board as the Chairperson.