Her StoryDr. Jodee Gibson, PCC is a Developmental Trauma Researcher and the founder of Interrupted Emotional Development theory, the first empirically grounded framework explaining why most behavioral health treatment are not sustainable.
Dr. Gibson is adjunct faculty at both The University of Michigan- Flint and Oakland Community College. Dr. Gibson teaches Trauma-Informed Practices, Abnormal Psychology, and Introduction to Psychology.
There are people who study broken systems from the outside…and then there’s Jodee.
From teen mom to PhD, Dr. Jodee Gibson, PCC spent the first few decades of her life living inside the exact systems she now works to change. As a Developmental Health Researcher, Educator, and founder of Interrupted Emotional Development (IED) theory, her research emerges from an uncommon space.
After 30 years of applied practice across behavioral health, juvenile justice, foster care, and organizational systems, alongside formal doctoral research, she developed the first empirically grounded framework that highlights why most behavioral health approaches are not sustainable. That combination, lived, applied, and empirical, produced the Interrupted Emotional Development theory that the field can no longer ignore.
Interrupted Emotional Development (IED) is the first empirically grounded framework establishing that chronic emotional dysregulation is a predictable developmental consequence, connected to developmental trauma.
Dr. Gibson is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan Flint, where she teaches Trauma-Informed Practices, and a Professor of Psychology at Oakland Community College. She is the author of the award-winning book Healing Your Map, the founder of Human Behavior Architects and The Elephant & Willow Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on trauma-prevention education in underserved communities.
Her theoretical preprints are published on SSRN. Her peer-reviewed article is currently under review at Springer Nature and her work has been recognized with the 2023 Female Voice Award, Top 15 Coaches in Detroit 2021 and 2023, and the 2023 IPPY Silver Award in psychology and mental health.
Based in Oakland County, Michigan | Working globally
What Makes Jodee Rare is not any single credential, yet the accumulation of lenses.
Thirty years of hands-on experience have allowed her access inside healthcare, education, corporate, and community mental health, observing, diagnosing, and rebuilding the conditions that either support or sabotage human development.
Her doctoral journey produced original research, her theoretical framework is under peer review, her published work is an award-winning book, she has two trademarked practice frameworks, a nonprofit, a training practice, and a body of academic work entering public record at the exact moment the field needs it.
She doesn't consult from a distance. She works from the inside out.
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Her Experience Allowed Her to
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HEAVILY STUDY
HUMAN BEHAVIOR GURUS
The content of these collective geniuses including Dr. Gabor Maté, Dr. David Hawkins, Dr. Paul Hegstrom, Bessel van der Kol, MD, Dr. Stanley Greenspan, Dr. Stuart Shanker, Dr. Daniel Siegel and Abraham.
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RAISE TWO INCREDIBLE BLACK WOMEN
From teen mom to international speaker, to PhD, Jodee has done all of this while being a single mama raising her two biracial daughters, showing them that no matter what the season, even your wildest dreams are possible.
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TRAIN UNDER
DR. GABOR MATÈ
Honored to train under the outliers, disruptors and impactful change makers like Dr. Gabor Maté, Sat Dharam Kaur, Dr. Pat Ogden, and Ed Tronick.
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LEARN DIRECTLY FROM
DR. RICHARD BANDLER
The co-creator and mastermind behind neuro linguistic programming (NLP), Dr. Richard Bandler, gaining over 500 direct face-to-face hours with him.
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SHARE THE STAGE WITH
SOME AMAZING HUMANS
Rollin McCraty, founder of the HeartMath Institute
Thomas Feiner, Institute for NeuroFeedback
And so many others mental health pioneers.
This is a glimpse of her educational path
PhD in Human Development | Concentration: Developmental Psychology
Master of Arts | Human Development | Concentration: Relational Trauma
Master of Arts | Public Service Leadership
Compassionate Inquiry (relational trauma) | Dr. Gabor Maté & Sat Dharam Kaur
Certified Professional Coach (CPC) | Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) | International Coaching Federation
Licensed NLP Trainer | The Society of NLP
Licensed NLP Master Practitioner | The Society of NLP
ELI Master Practitioner | Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
Certified Executive Coach | COR.E Leadership Dynamics Specialist
Certified Trauma Practitioner | (multiple certifications)
Certified HeartMath Trauma Specialist | HeartMath Institute
verifiable at credly.com
For consulting and speaking inquiries, please reach out directly jodee@jodeegibson.com
Awards & Recognition
2023 Female Voice Award - Top 5 | Womelle International
Top 15 Coaches in Detroit 2021 & 2023 | Influence Digest
2023 IPPY Silver Award Winner | Healing Your Map (psychology and mental health)
Acclaimed Presenter | International Society for Contemplative Research - Feb 2023
International Keynote | NeuroHeart Educational Conference - Stiges, Spain - 2021, 2022 & 2023
2016 Cultural Ambassador | Keller Williams Realty
For consulting and training inquiries: jodee@jodeegibson.com
We were never broken. We were simply interrupted.