Chaplain Fran Graham
Fran Graham
The CEO of The Academy has extensive crisis management experience in her home country of England, the United States, and internationally in crisis deployments and crisis management instruction. With an extensive background in Law Enforcement, Peer Support, Community Emergency Response Training, International Disaster Relief, Fire and Police Chaplaincy, Critical Incident Stress Management, and the medical field, she provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise that she uses to support those in crisis and psychological trauma.
Fran has worked in several nations as an interventionist, educator, and consultant for governmental and non-government agencies to establish emotional health intervention support systems during war, refugee crises, and following natural disasters. She serves individuals, groups, crisis response teams, and communities. She has trained and deployed with multi-jurisdictional Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and Peer Support teams, fire & law enforcement agencies, and faith-based chaplaincy programs, for whom she was a critical author of written policies and operations guidelines that have been used nationally. She also works with multiple fire and police agencies, hospitals, and corporations in the United States as a consultant, instructor, and team member to implement strategies of resilience to trauma for first responders actively working in the field.
As a published author and well-respected instructor in her field, she trains others to provide critical incident stress management support and emotional and spiritual care to anyone in need. She has led emotional trauma specialist and disaster response teams through large- and small-scale crisis deployments globally. More recently, she's been responding to the war crisis in Ukraine. She also serves key government leaders in Europe actively seeking ways to rebuild their mental and emotional health following the massive influx of refugees. Her unyielding faith and passion have and will continue to guide our fellow human beings to acknowledge, manage, and process the severe and unforeseen impacts of crisis and trauma.
Fran’s command presence is eloquent and profoundly personal, which resembles a soulful conversation with a wise friend, even when speaking to communities and governments or teaching international courses. Her unending strength and faith in guiding those in crisis are nothing short of inspiring. Fran's passion is to bring comfort amid deep pain and to equip others with the necessary skills to recognize the signs and symptoms of their acute stress or trauma. She empowers them to take responsibility for themselves by implementing excellent, holistic, proven personal self-care habits to aid healing. Her extensive experience provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise that she uses to support those in crisis and psychological trauma on a path of resilience to ensure living and thriving, not just existing.
Fran Graham
Global Disaster Relief & Emotional Trauma Specialist