International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience
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Benjamin Keyes

Program Director/ Associate Professor, School of Psychology and Counseling, Regent University, VA

Biography

Dr Keyes is a board member of Restoration Ministries ,working with Human Trafficking and Prostitution; and Earth Charter U.S., working with Human Rights, Democracy and Peace, and the Environment. He is a Licensed Psychotherapist and Clinical Consultant in the States of Virginia (LPC) Florida (LMHC) and Texas (LPC & LMFT) and holds 4 National Board Certifications. His earlier work has focused on churches, agencies, hospitals, and partial programs. His private practice work includes individual and group therapy with adults, adolescents, children, couples, and families. His specialties include Dissociative Disorders, Domestic Violence, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma.

Publications

The Mother Teresa Effect: The Modulation of Spirituality in using The CISM Model with Mental Health Service Providers

Mental health service providers are at risk of experiencing compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious traumatization as a result of working in difficult contexts or when working with individuals who have experienced trauma. Numerous studies have examined the mitigating factors in professional caregivers’ stress and related prevention strateg... Read More»

Mark Newmeyer, Benjamin Keyes, Sonji Gregory, Kamala Palmer, Daniel Buford, Priscilla Mondt and Benjamin Okai

Review Article: Int J Emerg Ment Health 2014,16: 104

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