Christopher Brown, LICSW

Founder and CEO, Chris’ journey to becoming a licensed clinician and certified EMDR therapist/consultant began with three combat deployments in the USMC infantry to Iraq and Afghanistan (2004-2008), where he was awarded a Purple Heart. During his transition out of the Marines, he experienced the profound benefits of EMDR therapy firsthand and decided to dedicate his career to helping others access the same support. He founded a recognized non-profit for innovative peer-support training and spent seven years as a full-time therapist at a specialized PTSD clinic with a government agency, where he honed his expertise in EMDR.

Through his private practice and interactions with regional leadership, he recognized the challenges first responders face in finding high-quality mental healthcare. This inspired him to build a network of culturally competent EMDR providers committed to supporting the first responder community - and got him thinking about what this could mean at scale for the EMDR industry and society at large.

He’s ready for the challenge ahead and excited to turn this pilot into a gold standard support system for all EMDR therapists and the professionals they serve.

John Dolores, Ph.D., J.D.

Co-founder and COO, John has training and experience in both Psychology and Law. Having supported several behavioral health startups, he has the experience and know-how to build and support the teams that make Helicon successful. John joined Helicon in pursuit of a more ethical and innovative approach to offering behavioral health services than what currently exists in a lot of corporate behavioral health startups. He is excited to spend more time and resources supporting the providers offering life-saving services, and the agencies who employ people who need these services the most.

John is helping build our business model into a win-win for all parties involved, and exploring ways to support therapist business development.

Carol Miles, MSW, LCSW

Former President of EMDRIA and certified therapist, consultant and trainer - Carol brings a wealth of industry experience and insight to the team.

We’re so grateful for Carol and her enthusiasm to help see Helicon to success.

Christopher Ostrander, Ph.D.

Clinician, professor, and founder of SOF Network, Christopher has developed niche best practices for vetted therapist directories, specifically for the special operations community.

We’re glad to have Chris advising our directory strategy.

Jocelyn Rose, BACP

An internationally recognized EMDR practitioner and researcher specializing in psychedelic-assisted therapy, Jocelyn is a talented and thoughtful professional.

We’re grateful to have Jocelyn advising our strategy for supporting EMDR therapists beyond the US and empowering our members with education and tools for success.

Valerie Feeley, LCSW, MSS

Over her career Valerie has supported countless military veterans and first responders. While working for a government agency, she supported a national effort to provide EMDRIA-aligned EMDR consultation toward certification pathways for clinical staff.

A Certified EMDR Therapist and Approved Consultant, we’re excited to have her advising our strategy on multiple fronts, and to stay EMDRIA-aligned in our efforts as well.

Emma Trollan, LICSW

Emma started her career in addiction treatment, then supported combat veterans and military sexual trauma survivors, and now owns her own private practice.

A Certified EMDR Therapist and Approved Consultant, we’re glad to have her advising our strategy for supporting EMDR therapists toward advanced certification and training.

Michael Fulwiler

Michael is a marketing professional with over a decade of experience in mental health including roles as Director of Brand at Heard and Chief Marketing Officer of The Gottman Institute. 

We are grateful to have Michael advising our brand and marketing strategies.

Elena Rodriguez

Elena is a multi-faceted professional with experience across the social sector and tech/SaaS. They bring expertise in member enablement and community — including therapist, veteran, and first-responder focused programs.

We are excited to have Elena advising our program and experience strategy and architecture, to ensure value as we build out our Helicon therapist community ecosystem.

Gillian Wu

Gillian has dedicated her career to uplifting mental health providers by building community at scale. She brings her experience to Helicon as an advisor after years serving the mental health community as a community manager.

We are excited to have Gillian advising our therapist engagement and frontline community management strategies as we build out our Helicon therapist community.

Brian Kleindienst

A seasoned business development professional with rich experience in the mental health technology sector, Brian also has many personal connections to the first-responder community.

We’re excited to have Brian on the team advising our business development strategy.

Jack Hill, CPA

An experienced accounting and finance professional, we’re excited to have Jack advising our financial strategy and systems.

Andrea Rotondo

Andrea is an all-star financial systems builder and bookkeeper, specializing in mental health businesses.

We’re honored to have her advising and setting up our back-end financial systems.

Ryan Derousseau, CFP

Ryan is a niche financial planner specializing in support for mental health businesses in making sound financial decisions.

We’re grateful for Ryan’s support in developing strategy for financial systems and tax planning.

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