Jordan R. Murphy, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Center Director
Dr. Murphy is a nurse scientist and pediatric nurse practitioner specializing in behavioral health and trauma-informed care. She received her undergraduate and graduate education from Spelman College and Emory University, respectively. Dr. Murphy is the Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Interrelational Science and Pediatrics, LLC and Executive Director of its non-profit arm, Girassol Wellness, Inc. Through her work, Dr. Murphy supports individuals and families to expand resilience through the use of wellness and clinical interventions and collaborates with organizations across the state to support workforce development, training, and consultation. Dr. Murphy’s work extends to professionals working in diverse fields including early care and learning, education, healthcare, justice-related services, and community violence reduction. Her passion centers on translating science into meaningful clinical practice, working directly within communities, and supporting the next generation of health care providers. Dr. Murphy is a Senior Community Resiliency Model Trainer for the Trauma Resource Institute, has published research and teaches at Emory University School of Nursing and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Catherine Abrams, BSN, RN
Faculty & CRM Teacher
Catherine Abrams BSN, RN spent her early career supporting people living with or at high risk for contracting HIV at Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia. After taking some time away to be a stay-at-home mother with her 3 children, she started back into the workforce by volunteering with Community Advanced Practice Nurses, a nonprofit for the underserved community including homeless mothers and their children. During this time. She became interested in learning more about the effects of trauma on individuals and communities and ways to build resiliency through educating providers, community workers and individuals themselves. In 2017, she became a certified teacher of the Community Resiliency Model through the Trauma Resource Institute. Through an event at Emory University focusing on resiliency and ACE’s, she met Dr. David O’Banion and thus began a new career direction with him in early relational health research. Understanding how important creating safe, stable and nurturing relationships in children can buffer adversity and build resilience, she works with Dr. O’Banion teaching
a new generation of pediatricians how to not only assess for relational health but have a conversation with caregivers which hopefully will help facilitate emotional connection. She also works directly with mothers who have high rates of trauma, to guide them for emotional connection.
Jeala Barnett-Gentry, MD., MPH
Faculty
Dr. Barnett-Gentry is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. She received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Alabama. She attended MEDPREP, a post-baccalaureate program at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and subsequently matriculated into Southern Illinois University School of Medicine to receive her medical degree. While in her post-baccalaureate program, she also received her MPH in community health. Dr. Barnett-Gentry completed her general psychiatry residency at Morehouse School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences where she served as chief resident. She is Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry and currently works as a staff psychiatrist at Albany Area Primary Health Care, a community health center in Southwest Georgia. Additionally, she is a member of the American Psychiatric Association. Her interests within psychiatry include community psychiatry and academia/teaching. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son, traveling and Alabama football.
Deanna Barton, ATR-BC
Faculty
Deanna Barton, ATR-BC, is a Board Certified Art Therapist, educator, artist, and founder of Alluma: Art and Healing LLC. Deanna uses art-making, mark-making, and the creative process to help individuals increase their social-emotional well-being and to help communities activate social change. Deanna received a Master's in Art Therapy from The George Washington University and completed her undergraduate studies at Spelman College. She is an adjunct professor in Pennsylvania Western University's Art Therapy Department, a member of the Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education (ACATE), and a member of the American Art Therapy Association's Multicultural Committee. In her private practice, Deanna provides art therapy services for women of color healing from anxiety, depression, and experiences of complex trauma. Her consulting and community-based work focuses on curating creative spaces for social change and developing art-based, trauma-informed curriculum. Deanna has over ten years of experience working in schools, shelters for the unhoused, mental health facilities, and non-profit community outreach programs. She has led workshops, presented at conferences, and published articles on art for self-care, race-based trauma, and cultural humility. She enjoys gardening, DIY projects, and art-making outside of work.
Linda Grabbe, PhD, RN, PMHNP, FNP
Faculty & CRM Teacher
Dr. Grabbe is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Her clinical expertise is in primary care and mental health care for homeless or incarcerated women and youth, providing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills training and Community Resilience Model (CRM) training in group settings. Her interests include the neurobiology of trauma and resilience, social justice, and social determinants of mental health. Dr. Grabbe is a healthcare provider with Community Advanced Practice Nurses, a small non-profit organization that operates a network of clinics in Atlanta homeless shelters for women, children, and youth.
Dr. Grabbe’s research has been with women and youth at risk for mental illness, homelessness, and substance abuse. Her current research includes measuring the impact of Community Resiliency Model training on wellbeing and the emotional state of women in substance abuse treatment, as well as on wellbeing, resiliency, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress in clinical pharmacists, nurses, first responders, medical and nursing staff, and nursing students.
Fabricia Prado, LCSW
Faculty
Fabricia Prado is a trilingual licensed clinical social worker with seasoned experience and strong commitment to serving the needs of diverse populations. She is owner of Prado Counseling and Consulting in Marietta, Ga. She is a master trainer and speaker on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and specializes in trauma treatment with emphasis in EMDR therapy.
She has served in leadership roles at CEPTA, Inc. in their telecounseling program and works with the National Latino Behavioral Health Association (NLBHA) under their cultural and linguistic approach to expand training resources and webinars to include Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish. Fabricia has presented webinars and written articles about ACEs and Trauma-Informed Care as part of the Prevention Technology Transfer Centers efforts to prevent trauma and its consequences. Fabricia is a Board Member of Resilient Georgia, a non-profit organization committed to building a statewide coalition of trauma-informed organizations by convening child-facing providers to build a stronger, more resilient Georgia.
Fabricia earned her master of social work from Kennesaw State University and master of psychology and bachelor’s in psychology from Pontifical University Catholic of Goiás, Brazil.
Andrea S. Meyer Stinson, Ph.D. LMFT
Faculty
Dr. Meyer is an Associate Professor in the Master of Family Therapy Program at Mercer University’s School of Medicine, located on both the Macon and Atlanta campus. She has a dual role in MUSM as an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Meyer received her Ph.D. from Florida State University, M.S. from Purdue University, and B.A./B.S. from the University of Georgia. Dr. Meyer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. She has worked therapeutically with children, couples, and families since 2001. Her clinical experience has occurred in a variety of settings including residential, day treatment, and outpatient mental health as well as integrative behavioral health. She is trained in Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), and Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). She is also certified as a Connections Matter trainer through the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy and Prevent Child Abuse Georgia. Dr. Meyer is a Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Dr. Meyer is the Past President for the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (GAMFT) and former board member for Resilient Georgia.
Dr. Meyer’s current clinical focus is the integration of mental health services in primary care settings, in order to provide accessible and quality behavioral health services to underserved and rural populations. She is also interested in maternal child health interventions in order to address maternal mental health issues and improve parent child relationships. Dr. Meyer specializes in working therapeutically with families experiencing grief and loss, trauma, and adversity. Dr. Meyer is currently co-lead on the Resilient Middle Georgia initiative. Resilient Middle Georgia us a trauma-informed, community-building initiative that seeks to empower the cities and counties in Middle Georgia to face challenges with empathy and bravery and in turn to enact long-term change and build resilience. Her research investigates the intersection between child, parent, and community risk and protective factors as they impact family functioning, child behavior, and health.
Trasie Topple, LCSW, PhD
Faculty
Trasie Topple, LCSW, PhD., is the founder of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services of Georgia, endorsed as an infant mental health therapist by the New Mexico Association for Infant Mental Health, an IECMH therapist, consultant, and reflective supervisor. Dr. Topple is a part-time instructor at the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia and an early childhood mental health consultant at the Early Learning Center in Athens.
In Georgia, Trasie has been influential in organizing systems, providing professional development, and advocating for the needs of young children. She is the co-chair of the newly formed Georgia Association for Infant Mental Health (GA-AIMH). During her studies, she also completed the Infant-Parent Mental Health Postgraduate Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.
Trasie and her husband, Craig, reside in Athens, Georgia with their school-aged children along with their dog, hamster, and 2 bunnies. She enjoys traveling, gardening, biking, creative endeavors, and being outdoors with her family and friends. She is also a member of the Athens Area Pickleball Association, a new love of her life! Trasie is grateful for the attachment framework Circle of Security provides for meaningful relationships both personally and professionally.