Annette Newton-Baldwin, M.A.,LPC, LMFT

Assistant Director of LION UP Recovery and Intervention

Contact

(985) 549-3233

annette.baldwin​@southeastern.edu

“Doing what you like is Freedom. Liking what you do is Happiness” – Frank Tyger

Area of Expertise

Annette Newton-Baldwin is the Assistant Director of the LION UP Recovery Program (Collegiate Recovery Program) and Intervention. She has been employed at Southeastern Louisiana University since 2003. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor as well as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

In 1997, Annette earned a Masters of Arts in Counseling from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. She has a special interested in trauma, substance misuse as well as helping with long term recovery for substance misuse and process addictions. Annette is ARISE Trained with Arise Continuing Care as an interventionist.

Annette has worked in a variety of settings including Bancroft Neurohealth Rehabilitation Center in Covington and New Orleans, Straight and Narrow Treatment Center of Baton Rouge, and Lifestreams Behavioral Center of Leesburg, Florida.

Annette has worked as grant coordinator with Transforming Youth in Recovery, National Highway Safety Commission, and Tobacco-Free Living. She completed the 2018 Leadership Tangipahoa. She has also served as TRACC Coalition Chair, Roomie’s Merry Market Chair, Terrell Conference Chair, as well as President of the Junior Auxiliary of Hammond. She currently serves as project director of the Louisiana Collegiate Recovery Expansion Grant through the Louisiana Department of Behavioral Health. She also serves on the Board for the Association for Recovery in Higher Education as the Southeast Rep and Finance Committee.

Annette is a native of Slidell, Louisiana.