Portia L. Hunt, Ph.D.
President, Eclipse Consultant Group, Inc.
Director, National Center for Family Recovery
Founder, Dr. Portia Hunt and Associates
Professor Emerita Counseling Psychology, Temple University
In 1986, compelled by her desire to support cross-cultural understanding and communication, Dr. Portia Hunt founded the Eclipse Consultant Group Inc. Since its founding, Eclipse has provided customized consultation and training solutions to organizational leaders responsible for valuing, managing and utilizing diversity. A nationally recognized expert in the fields of racial and ethnic identity, intercultural communication and organization development, Hunt is an esteemed resource for those seeking to manage cultural issues and create productive, high functioning organizations.
As Eclipse’s master facilitator, Dr. Hunt has provided training and guidance in diversity, inter-group process and team building to Fortune 500 companies, education professionals, and senior management teams in sales, manufacturing and the arts.
Hunt has received the NAACP – Philadelphia Chapter Exemplary Citizen Award for outstanding achievement and contribution to the community in diversity work, and the Delaware Valley Association of Black Psychologists Professional Scholarship Award. She served on The Congressional Black Caucus Brain Trust and the American Psychology Association Congressional Hearing Panel to help catalyze a better understanding of the short and long-term effects of Hurricanes Katrina/Rita on the mental health of African American children and families.
Her work in diversity, multi-cultural competency, and urban community stress management has contributed to improving the quality of life for those she serves.
The 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster inspired Dr. Hunt to create the National Center for Family Recovery (NCFFR), a non-profit organization supporting psycho-educational interventions and crisis counseling services to survivors of natural and man-made disasters.
Through NCFFR’s Project Thrive, Hunt worked with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) and the City of Philadelphia Office of Behavioral Health, providing crisis counseling for approximately 1200 hurricane evacuees relocating to Southeastern Pennsylvania. The project’s teams included survivors and local professionals who focused on relocation adjustment and mental health issues impacting adults and children survivors. Hunt’s experience in disaster recovery trauma was established in 1985 when she consulted the citizens of a West Philadelphia neighborhood who were traumatized by the MOVE incident; and, later when Philadelphia business employees were impacted by the 9/11 attack.
NCFFR is currently incubating Black Lemonade for All (BLFA), a parent-centered, community development, culturally based knowledge program dedicated to raising healthy children through conscious parenting.
Dr. Hunt is Professor Emerita of Counseling Psychology at Temple University, where she also served as Director of the Bradley Counseling Psychology Clinic for 20 years. Understanding how communication styles between different racial groups result in the perception of prejudice, elitism, and discrimination in therapy and the workplace is vital for successful change and collaboration to occur. The Bradley Clinic was regionally known for training culturally competent practitioners and scholars who work with high risk client populations in Philadelphia. A Pennsylvania licensed psychologist, Dr. Hunt is iconic as a clinical supervisor for psychologists and counselors in Philadelphia, where she still maintains a small private practice for individuals, couples and families.