Today we’d like to introduce you to Sherrie Gilbert-Ramsey.
Sherrie G. Therapist, Speaker, Educator, Entrepreneur, Coach, Author, Mom, Educator, Speaker, and Corporate Trainer Sherrie G. is a Self-Discovery Coach and Crisis Management Coach who has been a therapist, life coach, trainer, and consultant to clients of all ages and walks of life. She has worked in Public Schools, DFCS, Intensive Family Intervention, CORE agencies, Law Enforcement, Corrections, and is a United States Army Veteran.
She has over 20 years of experience in coaching, consulting, and crisis management. She is a Crisis Intervention Team Instructor, Crisis Prevention Specialist and Certified Crisis Responder and Trainer. She is also Georgia POST Certified Instructor, Certified Hostage Negotiator, Shoplifting and Theft Addiction Specialist, Nationally Certified Anger Management Specialist, Supervised Visitation Provider, Disaster Assistance and Response Specialist and a Disruptive Event Management Specialist. She is also a mother and grandmother. Sherrie owns several businesses to include the Scholar Nanny Collective, The Institute of Personal and Professional Development which specializes in providing quality education and certifications for people wanting to further their careers. She also empowers women through her coaching program that focuses on health and wellness (DiscoverHer Wellness, firearms and personal protection for women (Beauty and Her Piece Firearms and Personal Protection Training), and the CSI Coaching Experience.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Sherrie has had to face adversity from growing up in a trap house to becoming pregnant at the age of 16. Sherrie has faced trauma as a child and vowed to use her story to help others. Despite her dad getting shot by the police when she was 11 years old, she became one. She not only worked at the same department where the person who shot her dad worked, but she worked with the actual officer who shot him. She has dedicated her life to teaching law enforcement about how to de-escalate situations, how to deal with the mentally ill, and how to become more emotionally intelligent. She also started a non-profit for youth L.E.G.A.C.Y, Inc, which stands for Leadership, Education, Guidance, and Advocacy for youth. Through this non-profit, she provides therapy, advocacy, mentorship, entrepreneurial coaching, and leadership skills to youth.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Institute of Personal and Professional Development?
The Institute of Personal and Professional Development provides education, certification, and business coaching for professionals and paraprofessionals such as (counselors, consultants, practitioners, coaches, clergy, speakers, and trainers). We develop and support high standards of education and practice requirements for the attainment of certification. and provide society with a mechanism to ascertain the appropriate education, skills, knowledge and experience required by those who offer such services.
We also provide a comprehensive program of approvals for continuing education, seminars, offerings, independent study, and other related educational activities to ensure high-quality standards are met and that such programs are of value to those seeking credentialing. I would also like to highlight Beauty and Her Piece, which is an empowerment program for women to help them seek firearm ownership and to empower and teach them Personal Protection skills. I am most proud that we are an all women’s Shooting Club. Georgia Psychotherapy and Wellness specialize in individual, group, and couples counseling. We also provide premarital counseling, parenting classes, court-mandated classes such as Anger Management, Domestic Violence, Shoplifting and Theft Addiction, Supervised Visitation, Divorce Recovery, Co-Parenting and many other courts mandated classes.
Any big plans?
I am looking forward to launching a physical school one day and seek to own my own black, women-owned shooting range.
Contact Info:
- Email: info@sherriegcsi.com, gapsychotherapyandwellness@gmail.com, and info@ippdinc.com
- Website: www.sherriegcsi.com, www.gapsychotherapyandwellness.org, and www.ippdinc.com
- Instagram: @sgilbertlpc, @instituteofppd, and @beautyandherpiece
- Facebook: @instituteofppd, @beautyandherpiece, and @gapsychotherapyandwellness
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