Dr. Jon Connelly is a licensed clinical social worker and holds a doctorate in Clinical Pastoral Counseling. His early career experiences as a child protective service worker and clinical supervisor in a program that supported teens who had experienced emotional trauma, childhood abuse and/or sexual violence helped to shape the birth of Rapid Resolution Therapy®. Thousands of mental health professionals have attended his trainings and state that they have enabled them to become much more powerful and effective healers. Dr. Connelly also founded the Institute for Survivors of Sexual Violence, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is the research and development of cutting edge treatment for survivors of trauma.