Our Facilitators

Why the Guide Matters

The space is only as safe as the one holding it.

That’s why every SBNR University group is led by a trauma-informed facilitator with:

Masters-level education in counseling, chaplaincy, or spiritual direction
Supervised clinical training under certified supervisors
Experience guiding individuals and groups through existential pain and crisis
Professional certification or licensure ensuring recognized standards and credibility
Trauma-informed practice attuned to wounds of exclusion, grief, and transition
Presence over performance – authentic, steady, and agenda-free

Our facilitators value presence over performance. These authentic, steady, and agenda-free guides are trained to hold spaces where honesty and vulnerability can flourish.

We are not here to give you answers.

We are here to hold space for your questions.

We are not here to sell you a path.

We are here to walk with you as you reimagine your own.

Meet the Facilitators

Jeremiah Gibson, LMFT, CST

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist & Certified Sex Therapist

Jeremiah Gibson, MMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist in Massachusetts and North Carolina. He sees couples and families at Let's Heal Together, a business that helps relationships where one or both people have been harmed by religious spaces. He's also the co-host of the podcast Sexvangelicals, and writes the Substack Relationship 101. Jeremiah is the co-founder of the New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy, an organization that trains relationship and family therapists.

Heather Riley, LICSW

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker & Somatic Facilitator

Heather Riley, MSW, MA, is a licensed clinical social worker with 20+ years of experience in trauma, transition, and systemic change. Founder of Visualizing Potential, she integrates clinical and somatic practices to help people “see what’s stuck” and restore voice, choice, and healing. Known for her grounded presence, she creates spaces where pain and possibility can coexist.

Rick Capezza, BCC, CPES-E, CMSD

Chaplain Educator, Spiritual Director & Religious Trauma Coach

Dr. Rick Capezza, ThD, DWS, DMin, has served over 20 years as a trauma-informed clinician & 25 years as a professor of spiritual direction, pastoral psychotherapy, and chaplaincy. He has been leading clinical training programs for US Army National Guard chaplains since 2019. He has a passion for religious trauma work, ritual studies, mysticism, & interspirituality.

Kevin Raidy, CCHT

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist & Chaplain

Kevin Raidy, MDiv, is a best-selling author, certified clinical hypnotherapist, & hospice/palliative care chaplain. He guides men 40+ to rise above chaos, reclaim emotional mastery, and lead with presence, and purpose through The Sovereign Path(TM) Leadership and Legacy building protocol.

Jenn Childers, BCC

Board Certified Chaplain & Spiritual Director

Jenn Childers, MDiv, is a hospital chaplain at a nationally-recognized regional medical center. She is a specialist in post-traumatic stress disorder and religious deconstruction. Jenn is also a doctoral student in spiritual direction with a passion for the intersection of consciousness, neuroscience, and spirituality.

Jared Anderson, BCC

Professor & Board Certified Chaplain

Jared Anderson, MA, MDiv, is a humanist chaplain and wellness engineer building systems for human flourishing. For fifteen years he has asked, “If not religion, then what?” and “What if these powerful social systems were good?” Passionate about systems thinking and social science approaches to well-being, he focuses on the extremes of human experience. After teaching religion thirteen years, he served as a chaplain in hospice, prison, hospital, first responder, and as a US Army Chaplain in the National Guard. He designs personalized spiritual approaches through values, strengths, and interests, adding awareness, intention, rigor, and consistency.

Joshua Goulet, BCC

Spiritual Director & Behavioral Health Chaplain

Joshua Gouet, MDiv, MA, is Unitarian Universalist community minister and deacon with the Fellowship of Integral Spirituality. As a spiritual director and behavioral health chaplain, Josh walks with people through crisis, trauma, and change. He is currently pursuing a third master’s in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health, integrating clinical insight to help people explore shifting beliefs, heal wounds, and reimagine meaning.

Rob Dunbar, BCC

Chaplain & Pastor

Lieutenant Colonel Rob Dunbar, MDiv, is a chaplain in the Air National Guard and a United Methodist pastor. Rob has a heart for those who still love Jesus but feel alienated from Christian community, guiding honest conversations about faith that no longer fits old forms. He brings a focus on spirituality and self-care, helping people see that tending their own well-being is central to living with integrity, depth, and a renewed sense of connection.

Jill Wussler, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Jill Wussler, MSW, is a Los Angeles–based clinical social worker specializing in trauma treatment with training in multiple evidence-based practices. A Boston College alumna and ordained elder, she integrates psychological and spiritual insight, focusing on adverse religious experiences and trauma-informed healing.

Laura Tennenhouse, LCPC-c, NCC

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, & Chaplain

Laura Tennenhouse, MTS, MS, is an interfaith chaplain and psychotherapist in Maine. Her practice blends existential-humanistic, trauma-informed, relational, and spiritual care, specializing in grief, identity exploration, religious trauma, and neurodiversity. Her background in theology and mental health shapes a perspective that honors both the psychological and spiritual dimensions of healing.