Sam D. Bernard, is President of Bernard & Associates, P.C., his private practice focusing on trauma-based clients both civilian and military. He is Ex. Dir. and Lead Clinician of the PAR Foundation a Chattanooga based firm specializing in Disaster Psychology and Crisis Response. He holds a Ph.D. in counseling psychology with a focus on disaster psychology and crisis intervention. He completed a one-year internship with Crisis Management International in Atlanta, GA and a one-year residency in Disaster Psychology at Erlanger Healthcare’s Level One Trauma Center in Chattanooga, TN.
He provides individual and group therapy, employee assistance program (EAP) services, psychological autopsies, organizational consultations, trainings and public speaking concerning various psychological crisis, disaster mental health and suicide locally, nationally and internationally.