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Benjamin B. Keyes, PhD, EdD, LPC (he/him/his)

Professor/Dir of Tng & Internship/Dir of Ctr for Trauma & Resiliency Studies
Divine Mercy University
Manassas, Virginia, United States

Benjamin B Keyes, PhD, EdD, NCC, CCMHC, LPC, MCT
Professor/Director of Training and Internship for Masters of Mental Health Counseling/ Program and Director of the Center of Trauma and Resiliency Studies
Divine Mercy University

Dr. Keyes received his Doctorate in Rehabilitation Counseling in 1985 from International College and his most recent in Counseling Psychology from the University of Sarasota in 2003. He also has Doctoral Degrees in Theology, Divinity and Ministry. Over the years Dr. Keyes has worked extensively with hospitalization programs, private practice, and has established himself as one of the leading program innovators for partial hospitalization programs. Dr Keyes has been in Private Practice for over forty-two years and has been a researcher in Trauma and Dissociation for the last 24 years. Dr Keyes and his colleagues have received the Richard A. Kluft Research Award for work and research in the People’s Republic of China from the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. Their work dispelled the Cultural Model of Dissociation and has resulted in Dissociative Disorders being treated throughout mental health facilities in China. Dr Keyes has also received The Hope Award from Restoration Ministries and the 2.0 Education Leadership Award for his work in establishing a Faith-Based trauma model for working with Trafficked Survivors and severe trauma. The HEART Model was published last year (2023). Over the previous nine years, Dr. Keyes has been a Professor and Director for the Center for Trauma and Resiliency Studies at Divine Mercy University in Sterling, Virginia. Dr Keyes is also the Executive Director of The Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. He is happily married to Kim, and has two adult children Shawn and Jasmin, an Adopted son Garite, three beautiful granddaughters Violet, Amber, Arella and a Grandson, Xander...

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