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Facilitated trainings, guided dialogues, and designed programs that address mental health and its intersection with faith, all through a compassionate, evidence-informed lens.

Amber partners with faith communities to strengthen mental health support for congregations and the broader community. By integrating evidence-informed practices into spiritual settings, she helps leaders recognize and respond to emotional, relational, and systemic challenges. Drawing on experience across grassroots initiatives, professional networks, clinical environments, corporate contexts, and prior work on multidisciplinary disaster response, casualty/condolence support, and mass-casualty teams, she illuminates how faith communities connect to larger societal systems. They bridge gaps often overlooked in today’s culture.

Illustrative Examples:

• Hosting mental health awareness workshops for congregants and staff.

• Facilitating dialogues on the intersection of faith, stress, and emotional well-being.

• Designing programs to support community resilience and reduce stigma around seeking help.

• Coordinating with licensed mental health professionals to establish onsite or referral-based support clinics.

Why This Matters:

Amber sees faith-based organizations as an essential part of the mental health ecosystem. While most faith leaders do not provide mental health care, research shows that 57% of adults in religious communities would turn to a faith leader when struggling with mental health, and 68% would seek professional care if recommended by their faith leader (APA, 2024). By partnering with faith organizations and leaders willing to learn about mental health conditions, host educational speakers, and explore creative ways to meet the mental health needs of their communities, Amber shares in service with a shared mission of compassion, care, and human dignity. She knows from experience that spiritual care and professional care are most effective when they work in partnership, each complementing the other to support access to safe, effective, and evidence-based treatment.

• American Psychiatric Association. (2024, August). New polling data shows most people of faith would seek mental health care if recommended by their faith leader. APA Newsroom. https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/news-releases/new-polling-data-shows-most-people-of-faith-would

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Grassroot and Advocacy Network collaboration, in order to co‑create programs that expand access to mental health care, strengthen professional collaboration, and promote mental health literacy. A systemic, equity‑informed lens.

Amber partners with local, state, and community‑based organizations to address the social, structural, and environmental factors influencing mental health. Through coalition building, program design, and cross‑sector collaboration, she works to expand access to effective, affordable care while reducing barriers that disproportionately affect marginalized and under‑resourced populations. Drawing on her background in both clinical practice and systems‑level advocacy, she bridges communication between providers, policymakers, and communities to help translate research and lived experience into sustainable, real‑world solutions.

Illustrative Examples:

• Co-creating community mental health campaigns to raise awareness and reduce stigma.

• Facilitating cross-organizational trainings on early identification and response to mental health concerns.

• Supporting professional networks to enhance collaboration among local service providers.

• Designing programs that address social determinants of mental health and systemic barriers to care.

Why This Matters:

Grassroots and advocacy networks play a critical role in enhancing community mental health. Research shows that community‑based programs and non‑specialist workers can initiate support for mental health needs, including before people access formal care (Siddiqui et al., 2022; Carson et al., 2022). By collaborating with these networks, Amber helps strengthen the mental health ecosystem, ensuring that advocacy, education, and service delivery reflect both evidence‑based practices and the lived realities of the people they aim to serve. Her approach centers compassion, equity, and partnership, while advancing collective impact through shared vision and systemic change (MHP Salud, 2024).

• Carson, S. L., et al. (2022). Mechanisms for community health worker action on patient‑ and system‑level barriers: A qualitative evaluation. Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.9922376

• Siddiqui, S., et al. (2022). Scaling up community‑delivered mental health support and psychological interventions: A review of the evidence. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, Article 992222. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.992222

• MHP Salud. (2024, April 1). Community Health Workers Improve Mental Health Outcomes. https://www.mhpsalud.org/community-health-workers-improve-mental-health-outcomes/

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Facilitated trainings, guided dialogues, and designed programs that support mental health, resilience, and peak performance in athletic and high-performance teams, all through a compassionate, evidence-informed lens.

Amber partners with coaches, team leaders, and organizational stakeholders across professional, collegiate, high school, and recreational levels to strengthen mental health support in high-performance environments. By integrating evidence-informed practices into team culture and training programs, she helps leaders recognize and respond to stress, burnout, performance anxiety, and relational challenges that can affect both individual and team outcomes. Drawing on her specialized clinical and advocacy experience with OCD and anxiety-related disorders, Amber addresses challenges that can be internalized by athletes, misunderstood by leadership, and lead to injury, reduced performance, or negative team morale (Reardon et al., 2019; Håkansson & Eldsjö, 2021). Drawing on experience across clinical settings, performance coaching, corporate environments, and prior work with multidisciplinary crisis response teams, she illuminates how high-pressure environments connect to broader organizational and societal systems, helping teams optimize performance and well-being at every level of competition.

Illustrative Examples:

• Professional: Workshops on managing performance anxiety during championship seasons, team resilience planning, and OCD-informed support strategies.

• Collegiate: Trainings for coaches on recognizing internalized anxiety, implementing peer-support check-ins, and integrating mental health awareness into practice routines.

• High School: Interactive sessions for student-athletes on stress management, healthy team communication, and balancing academic and athletic pressures.

• Club / Recreational: Guided dialogues to promote team cohesion, reduce burnout, and support members experiencing performance-related stress.

Why This Matters:
Athletic and high-performance teams face unique stressors that can affect mental health, including pressure to perform, injury, and intense competition. Anxiety and OCD often present in subtle ways, impacting individual well-being and team cohesion across all levels of participation (Reardon et al., 2019; Håkansson & Eldsjö, 2021). Research also indicates that athletes are at increased risk for general mental health concerns, with up to 35% reporting symptoms of depression or anxiety (Gouttebarge et al., 2019). By partnering with teams and leaders willing to learn about mental health, host educational speakers, and implement supportive programming, Amber strengthens both the performance and mental health ecosystem. Her approach ensures that mental health support enhances performance and resilience. Each reinforces the other to promote sustainable success, optimal functioning, and team morale, whether in professional, collegiate, high school, or recreational contexts.

• Gouttebarge, V., Frings-Dresen, M. H., & Sluiter, J. K. (2019). Mental health in retired professional athletes: A systematic review. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 5(1), e000557. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000557

• Håkansson, L., & Eldsjö, S. (2021). Prevalence and comorbidity of psychiatric disorders among treatment-seeking elite athletes and high-performance coaches. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 7(3), e001121. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001121

• Reardon, C. L., Hainline, B., Aron, C. M., Baron, D., Baum, A. L., Bindra, A., … Engebretsen, L. (2019). Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019). British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(11), 667-699. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-100888

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Facilitated trainings, guided dialogues, and designed programs that support mental health, resilience, neurodivergent inclusion, and organizational well-being, all through a compassionate, evidence-informed lens.

Amber partners with organizational leaders, human resources professionals, and employee wellness teams to strengthen mental health and neurodivergent support across corporate environments. By integrating evidence-informed practices into workplace culture, policies, and wellness programs, she helps leaders recognize and respond to stress, burnout, anxiety, undetected OCD/perfectionism, and relational challenges that can affect individual performance, team cohesion, and organizational outcomes. Drawing on her specialized clinical and advocacy experience with OCD, anxiety-related disorders, ADHD, Autism and neurodivergent strengths, Amber addresses challenges that often go under the radar but can undermine productivity, engagement, and morale (Dyrbye et al., 2020; American Psychiatric Association, 2021). She also helps organizations recognize and leverage the unique strengths that neurodivergent employees bring, including creative problem-solving, strategic innovation, and alternative approaches to leadership. Drawing on experience across corporate, clinical, grassroots, and crisis-response settings, she illuminates how workplace systems connect to larger organizational and societal ecosystems, helping employees and leadership optimize performance, well-being, and organizational resilience.

Illustrative Examples:

• Executive & Leadership: Workshops on fostering neurodivergent leadership, creating psychologically safe workplaces, and recognizing anxiety, OCD, and ADHD in high-responsibility roles.

• Mid-Level Teams: Trainings on stress management, peer-support strategies, inclusive team dynamics, and leveraging diverse cognitive strengths for creative problem-solving.

• Frontline & Operations Staff: Interactive sessions on coping with workload stress, building team cohesion, and supporting neurodivergent colleagues.

• Employee Wellness Programs: Designing company-wide mental health initiatives, hosting educational speaker series on neurodivergence and anxiety/OCD, and implementing referral systems to licensed mental health professionals.

Why This Matters:

Corporate and employee populations face complex mental health and neurodivergent challenges, including chronic stress, burnout, anxiety, OCD, and under-recognized neurodivergent traits (Dyrbye et al., 2020; American Psychiatric Association, 2021). Research indicates that 30–40% of employees report significant symptoms of stress or anxiety at work, yet many do not access support until performance or health is affected. By partnering with organizations willing to implement evidence-informed programming, integrate neurodivergent inclusion, and host educational sessions, Amber strengthens the workplace mental health ecosystem. Her approach ensures that mental health support enhances resilience, engagement, and productivity, while leveraging diverse cognitive strengths for creative strategy, problem-solving, and effective leadership. Major corporations such as SAP and Microsoft report that neurodivergent employees bring exceptional strengths in areas like pattern recognition, logical analysis, and innovative problem-solving (Wellbeing Magazine, 2023). By fostering environments where these strengths are recognized and strategically leveraged, Amber helps organizations translate individual innovation into team-wide problem-solving, improved performance, and sustainable organizational success.

• American Psychiatric Association. (2021). Mental health in the workplace: Evidence-based strategies and guidelines. https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/professional-interests/workplace-mental-health

• Dyrbye, L. N., Shanafelt, T. D., & Sinsky, C. A. (2020). Burnout among healthcare and corporate professionals: Causes, consequences, and evidence-based interventions. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 25(3), 152–168. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000170

• Wellbeing Magazine. (2023). Neurodiversity as a competitive advantage in business. https://www.wellbeingmagazine.com/neurodiversity-as-a-competitive-advantage-in-business/

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Facilitated trainings, guided dialogues, and program partnership designed to strengthen leadership, facilitate mental health literacy, and boost systemic thinking, all through a compassionate, evidence-informed lens.

Amber partners with professional associations, leadership networks, and organizational stakeholders to integrate evidence-informed mental health practices and foster emotionally intelligent, system-aware leaders. By helping organizations recognize and respond to emotional, relational, and systemic challenges, she supports leaders in creating environments where team members and communities thrive.

Illustrative Examples:

• National Associations: Workshops on integrating mental health awareness into leadership competencies, fostering resilience in high-stakes decision-making, and promoting evidence-informed organizational policies.

• State / Regional Networks: Guided dialogues on systemic mental health challenges, strategies for collaborative advocacy across sectors, and evidence-informed mental health education.

• Professional Conferences: Designing and facilitating sessions that link mental health literacy to leadership development, ethical decision-making, and team performance.

• Leadership Development Programs: Consulting on curriculum development to embed mental health considerations, neurodivergent strengths, and systemic awareness into leadership training.

Why This Matters:
Professional associations and leadership networks shape the culture, norms, and practices of organizations and communities. Leaders influence access to mental health support, team dynamics, and systemic approaches to problem-solving. By partnering with associations and networks willing to learn about mental health, host educational speakers, and integrate evidence-informed practices into leadership development, Amber helps ensure that leaders are prepared to guide their teams effectively, support well-being, and foster environments where diverse cognitive strengths are recognized and leveraged. Leadership that is emotionally intelligent, system-aware, and informed by mental health considerations ultimately strengthens both people and organizations.

• Clarke, N., & Robertson, I. T. (2021). Mental health literacy and leadership effectiveness: A review. Journal of Organizational Psychology, 21(4), 45–60. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2501

• Goleman, D. (2020). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. Bantam Books.