Meet Lauren N. Jenkins

A sought out trainer, Lauren’s expertise include curriculum development and the facilitation of various trainings in the areas of community and organizational wellness, leadership, trauma-informed care, and mental health. She is a Certified Mental Health First Aid Trainer (Youth & Adult), through the National Council for Wellbeing; a Master Trainer in Adverse Childhood Experiences, Trauma Informed Care, and a certified facilitator of the various Cognitive Behavioral Programming.

In August of 2021, Lauren launched The Journey2Well, LLC, with the purpose to help people [re]discover the power that lies in their courage to become self-aware, to reclaim their narratives, and find power in telling their stories in order to live well, feel well, be well, and if in the helping profession, help well.

Lauren N. Jenkins is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), and a certified therapist in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (C-DBT). Lauren is also a mental health Advocate, empowerment speaker, and trainer with over 19 years of experience providing therapeutic support and interventions to youth and adults involved in the correctional/mental health systems. In addition, Lauren holds extensive experience facilitating professional development and training for government organizations, as well as community outreach organizations throughout Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia, as well as across the United States. Lauren is a Certified Mental Health First Aid Trainer (Youth and Adult), through the National Council for Wellbeing, a Master Trainer in Adverse Childhood Experiences, through the ACE Interface cohort; and a certified facilitator of other various Trauma Informed and Cognitive Behavioral programming and trainings. In her advocacy work, Lauren is passionate about raising awareness on the impact of suicide on African American Communities. She is a committee member for the non-profit organization Black People Die By Suicide Too, Board Member for the Life of Joy Foundation, as well as a Suicide Prevention advocate and Trainer of various suicide prevention programs, including L.E.T.S. Save Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention for Black and African American Communities through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and is a Trainer and Co-Director for Soul Shop™ for Black Churches, a faith-based suicide prevention workshops, to support leaders and congregations minister to those impacted by suicidal desperation and suffering.

Personally, Lauren is also a person with a personal connection to this work, including her own journey with mental health challenges as well as lived experience with suicide loss and her own personal struggles with suicidality. It was after experiencing great loss and then a suicide attempt in 2012 that was the catalyst to her healing and then pursuit of professional and advocacy work in the mental health and suicide prevention spaces.

In August of 2021, Lauren launched The Journey2Well, LLC,(https://thejourney2well.com), a mental health and organizational wellness company to empower and equip organizations, through training, coaching and consulting to promote emotionally healthier staff, leaders, and work environments. The Journey2Well, LLC also provides psychotherapy and processing groups for individuals, primarily those called to the helping profession, in order to help improve their overall quality of life and so they can help others they have been entrusted to serve and support effectively and well.

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