Dr. Liza Franklin is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Illinois and Michigan who has been dedicated to first responders for both of her careers. As a psychologist resident, Dr. Franklin has focused on trauma-informed care for depression, anxiety, moral injury, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Her approach to therapy is integrative. She uses aspects of cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, psychodynamic therapy, dialectal behavioral therapy, and mindfulness to help clients improve their lives and relationships. She is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, an evidence-based treatment for symptoms that result from trauma and has been trained in Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy. For the 21 years prior to starting her doctoral studies at Rutgers, Dr. Franklin was a lawyer in the City of Chicago Department of Law’s Federal Civil Rights Division (FCRL). She represented the City and Chicago Police Officers in intentional misconduct lawsuits. From 2010 to 2018, Dr. Franklin led FRCL and reviewed every intentional misconduct lawsuit filed against Chicago Police Officers. It was that experience that led her to explore the ways poor officer mental health impacts injuries on duty, disability claims, and negative conduct that results in lawsuits and citizen complaints. At 911 Wellness Group, Dr. Franklin leads a team of mental health professionals who are dedicating their careers to the first responder and military communities. She is combining her legal risk management experience with her experience in psychology to offer a service that is not offered elsewhere – helping first responder agencies pay for services by applying for and using grants. As part of her dissertation, a survey of Chicago Police Officers related to traumatic experiences and the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, Dr. Franklin created a survey instrument that first responder agencies could use to collect data that could be used to obtain federal and state grants. She would use that expertise to help agencies better understand the challenges their members face, craft services that respond to those needs, and pay for those services without negatively impacting their budgets. Dr. Franklin earned her doctorate at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She has worked with adults, including veterans and first responders, at the Chicago Police Department’s Employee Assistance Program, the World Trade Center Health Program in New Jersey, the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Rutgers, the VA Western New York Health Care in Buffalo, NY, and the First Responders Wellness Center. Prior to starting her doctorate, she earned her master’s in counseling, specializing in forensic psychology at Adler University. She earned her JD at the University of Chicago Law School.