Jenny Brackman and Emily Hedrick are coaches, survivors, passionate communicators and absolute nerds.
They’re designing this course, the Post-Traumatic Growth Specialist, to equip people with the skills to serve as expert companions to those who have experienced trauma.
Best of all, their non-clinical approach makes this course approachable for anyone!
*replays of this webinar will not be available
Jenny Brackman has served Arizona children and families impacted by ACEs for over 20 years. Her formal education comes from ASU where she studied closely under Bob and Barb Weigand, pioneers in the field of infant and toddler mental health.
In 2010 she and her husband chose to be foster parents and adopted a sibling group of three from foster care. Eight years later, she believes her best education has come from parenting five children and her marriage of almost 18 years.
Motivated by her own family’s experience with compassion fatigue, Jenny founded Rezilia to bring Dr. Eric Gentry’s research on resilience to lay-people.
Jenny is currently the Vice President of the Forward-Facing® Institute creating resources to equip a new generation of leaders with resilience.
In her free time you can find Jenny spending time with her family, making kombucha, or fighting with the guys at her local Muay Thai gym.
Emily is a former pastor who specializes in religious trauma. As a person who has survived by trying to disappear – whether through charm, compliance or simply blending into the wall – Forward Facing has helped Emily regain her sense of self and willingly share that self with others.
Emily brings her background as a pastor, writer, and ICF-credentialed coach to promote the mission of FFI. Emily is currently the Director of Operations and Innovation of the Forward-Facing® Institute. In her new role, Emily will be responsible for day-to-day operations, the development and implementation of strategies to best serve our customers, and a member of our faculty.