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Interview 515 Ben Keys: The HEART Model: An integrated Faith-Based & Psychological Approach to Heal Trauma

Discover the transformative HEART Model with Dr. Ben Keys, a pioneer in trauma healing. Learn how faith and psychology integrate to address complex trauma, dissociative disorders, and personal growth. Find hope, hear God’s voice, and uncover actionable steps for your own healing journey. Don’t miss this powerful conversation on recovery and resilience!

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The HEART Model: An Integrated Faith-Based & Psychological Approach to Heal from Trauma

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

Dr. Benjamin Keyes’ specialties include dissociative disorders, domestic violence, child abuse, addictions, mood and anxiety disorders, human trafficking, and work with refugees. 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, and 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 years and has been a researcher in Trauma and Dissociation for the last 26 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. His 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 for his work in establishing, the HEART Model, a faith-based trauma model for working with Trafficked Survivors and complex trauma. Over the last six years, Dr. Keyes has been a Professor and Director for the Center for Trauma and Resiliency Studies at Divine Mercy University in Sterling, Virginia. As head of the Center for Trauma and Resiliency Studies, Dr. Keyes supervised the development and training of graduate students in First Response and Chronic Trauma. Dr. Keyes also serves the University as a Clinical Mental Health Program Professor. The Center’s Trauma Team will deploy to traumatic events worldwide as needed, train professionals and paraprofessionals, and research the HEART Model and its ethics with trafficking survivors. The book The HEART Model is a 20-year project coming to fruition, following a 7-year study showing its efficacy. Dr. Keyes is also the Executive Director of The Green Cross Academy for Traumatology. He is happily married to Kim, has two adult children Shawn and Jasmin, and an adopted 10-year-old Garite, three beautiful granddaughters Violet, Amber, and Arella, and a Grandson, Xander.

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Folks will understand that DID formerly MPD is something that people can heal from but takes work and time.

Listeners will learn of a way to Hear God’s Voice and be able to find a Real Living God without the need of Theology, Polity, or Denominationalism.

Listeners will be able to apply what is said of healing to themselves

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