Heather T. Forbes
Heather T. Forbes, LCSW, is the owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and has worked in the field of trauma and healing since 1999.[1][2][5] She is an internationally published author on topics including raising children with difficult and severe behaviors, the impact of trauma on developing children, adoptive motherhood, and self-development, drawing from her experience mothering two adopted children and mentoring a trauma-impacted young adult.[1][2][3] Forbes lectures, consults, and coaches families and schools worldwide to become trauma-informed, authoring books like 'Help for Billy' and 'Classroom 180'.[3][7]
trauma healing
child psychology
adoptive parenting
trauma-informed education