Dedicated to promoting mental health and wellbeing in her community, Dr. Kelly is a compassionate speaker and educator.
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She facilitates training opportunities that empower community and student groups, nonprofit organizations, businesses, as well as animal and human healthcare providers. Dr. Kelly draws upon her years of training and experience as both a Doctor of Prevention Science and Licensed Professional Counselor to equip learners with the knowledge, skills, and empowerment necessary to lead mentally healthy, enriching lives.
Through her own lived experiences as well as time spent working alongside healthcare providers, survivors of trauma, individuals with mental illness, students, and athletes, Dr. Kelly has gained insight into the individual and societal-level risks that hinder our ability to thrive. She has dedicated her time and livelihood to learning and imparting knowledge about healthy ways to promote resilience and mental wellbeing. She values holistic approaches to healing and thriving, including animal-assisted interventions and pet therapy, creativity, nature activities, and intentional movement.
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Dr. Kelly educates from a health promotion and prevention-focused lens. She has extensive experience researching veterinarian suicide prevention and has additionally acquired proficiency in addressing the prevention of interpersonal and animal violence, dog bites, elder abuse, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences.
Event Speaking and Trainings
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Speaking/Training Topics:
Dr. Kelly provides evidence-based, research-informed, and scholarly trainings and speaking engagements on a variety of mental health and wellness topics. Popular sample topics include:
Prevention as a Pathway Toward Health
Veterinary Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention
Caring for the Animal Caregiver
Self-Care for the Caregiver
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Prevention
Thriving Post-Academia
Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences
Animal-Assisted Interventions
Protecting Athlete Mental Health
Workplace Wellbeing and Psychological Safety in the Workplace
Understanding Mental Illness: Signs, Symptoms, and Prevention
Healthy Coping Skills
Suicide Prevention
Service Animals, Emotional Support Animals, and Therapy Animals: What's the Difference?
Communication and Healthy Boundaries
Interpersonal Violence Prevention and Healthy Relationships
Dog Bite and Animal Violence Prevention
Creative Approaches to Healing
Training Formats:
Presentation
Dr. Kelly utilizes platforms, such as PowerPoint, to deliver training and handouts on a mental health and wellness topic of your choosing. Presentations incorporate relevant research and scholarly literature as well as evidence-based findings. Her presentations are tailorable to meet your desired training topic, duration, instructional level, as well as levels of interaction and discussion.