Cory D. Will is a Licensed Master Social Worker whose work is shaped by both professional expertise and deeply personal experience. Living in recovery with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a traumatic brain injury, Cory brings authenticity, empathy, and insight to the behavioral health field. His own journey through the behavioral health system fuels his commitment to closing critical gaps in care and building recovery-oriented systems that work.
Cory is an approved Peer Recovery Specialist Trainer in Virginia, a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Co-Facilitator, an Action Planning for Prevention and Recovery (APPR) Facilitator, and an Ethics Trainer. He specializes in QPR Suicide Intervention, Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma-Informed Care, and has been trained in the Department of Defense Zero-Suicide Initiative with a focus on systems improvement.
His career includes work with veteran homelessness, support for youth with first-episode psychosis, and public health approaches to suicide prevention. Cory has completed research fellowships with the Defense Suicide Prevention Office and the Suicide CPR Initiative, and formerly served as Director of Recovery Services at Encompass Community Supports, where he expanded peer services, developed innovative recovery programming, and opened a peer-led, barrier-free drop-in recovery center designed to make help accessible to all.
