Become a Clinical Connector

Shift the culture around healing after ABI

Be part of our movement to bridge traditional rehabilitation with mind-body practices. Join a community of clinicians and TBI advocates who are expanding access to yoga, meditation, and community connections among people with ABI and their caregivers!

A female clinician wearing scrubs and smiling while standing in front of trees

“The LoveYourBrain program and training gives clinicians the confidence and tools they need to begin incorporating mindfulness and yoga practices into sessions. LYB provides an abundance of evidence-based resources making client buy-in easier and allowing you to highlight the benefits of wellness routines after a brain injury.”

- Ariella Kaplan, SLP, Atlanta Speech and Wellness

About the role

 

How it works

Our Clinical Connectors work with us to integrate LoveYourBrain’s programs into the continuum of care through referrals and support from clinicians, which makes a powerful difference in their patients’ and their families’ healing journey.

Through partnering with LYB they join a community of like minded individuals working in and supporting ABI rehabilitation across the US and Canada.

 

Who

Dynamic ABI rehabilitation specialists and advocates with diverse expertise who agree to voluntarily raise awareness about LoveYourBrain’s programs through their clinical services.

  • SLP, OT, PT, MD, RN, PhD, Administration, CBIS, BIA, etc.

  • Individuals from large clinical facilities or support services are prioritized

Commitment

4+ hours a year 

1-2 years

Refer >50 people who meet our eligibility criteria to our programs.

“I have seen many people go into the LYB Yoga program with curiosity and uncertain expectations, then come out six weeks later, raving about the benefits – cognitive, physical and psychological – and how they will carry it into their daily lives.”

— Wendy Waldman, BSW, CBIST, Brain Injury Continuum Outreach Manager, RHI

Responsibilities

As a Clinical Connector you may contribute to LYB’s work through one or more of the following ways to increase participation in LoveYourBrain programs among people with TBI, caregivers, and colleagues. We require that our Clinical Connectors facilitate scheduling an inservice led by LYB at a healthcare facility serving a high caseload of ABI patients. Additional ways Clinical Connectors support our work:

  • Proactively refer eligible patients to sign up for LoveYourBrain programs

  • Distribute LYB program resources with patients, colleagues, and community

  • Provide feedback and insights to the LYB team on a quarterly basis

  • Host a LYB journal club reviewing one of our published studies

  • Introduce LYB to your colleagues via email or virtual meetings

 

Benefits

  • Opportunities to engage with the Clinical Connector network through events

  • Featured on the LYB Clinical Connector webpage with name, degree, and affiliation

  • Most recent research studies and outcomes on yoga and mindfulness for ABI

  • Prioritized for volunteering at LYB Retreats on the Wellness Team (Medical Professionals or Mental Health Professionals)

  • 10% discount on LYB trainings

  • Free digital program promotional materials 

  • 20% off purchases in the LYB store

Bonus opportunities 

  • Present at conferences with LYB on the benefits of yoga for ABI

  • Collaborate with LYB on research around yoga for ABI

Become a clinical connector

Be a part of our movement to bridge traditional rehabilitation with mind-body practices.

Meet our current Clinical Connectors

 

Ariella Kaplan, SLP

Atlanta Speech and Wellness, Atlanta, GA

Kelly Krese, PT     

ShirleyRyan Ability Lab        Chicago, IL

Kara Noronha

Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC

Mary Finck Portrait

Mary Pavlantos PT, DPT, CBIS

Roots Physical Therapy & Wellness, Boulder, CO

Jackie Thomas, DPT

Life in Motion Gym, Pittsburgh, PA

Wendy Waldman

RHI-NeuroRehabilitation, Indianapolis, IN

Rachael Licker portrait

Rachael Licker, CCC-SLP

Clarity Brain Wellness, Boston, MA

Cailtin Larkins, DPT CBIS

Sheltering Arms, Richmond Virginia

Jill Ligon Davis, MS, CCC/SLP

Blossom Neuro Speech & Wellness, Louisville, KY

Meaghan Conway, MS, LRT, CTRS

Renown Regional Medical Center, Reno, NV

Charis Okada, OTR/L

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Fairfax, VA

Jacqueline Leddy, Research Coordinator

Kessler Foundation

Shailla Vaidya, MD

The Yoga MD, Ontario, Canada

Jessica Klain, PT, DPT

Physio Yoga & Wellness, Denver, Colorado

Katherine Noyes

Katherine Noyes, CCC-SLP

Lotus Speech & Wellness, Maine

Caitlin Sears, CCC-SLP

Private practice, Indiana


Mallory O’Mahoney, CCC-SLP

Denver Speech and Language, Inc., Denver, CO

Kim Schulenburg, MA CCC-SLP, CBIS
Delaware Neuro Rehab, Dover, DE

Kara Shirley, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, BCACP

Mindful Meds PLLC

Alison Letvinchuk, CCC-SLP

Clarity Brain Wellness, Boston, MA

Sara Atkinson Lum, OTR/L

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL

Ana Stotlemeyer SLP, CBIS

Lovelace Hospital, Albuquerque, NM

Karli A. Varnado, MA, OTR/L

Occupational Therapy Doctoral Resident at UCLA Health Operation Mend

Chardae Durden MS, OTR/L, CSRS
SWAN Rehab, Phoenix, AZ

Margo Lauterbach, MD

Sheppard Pratt, Baltimore, MD

Vanessa Botero M.S. CCC-SLP

AdventHealth

Karen Thorp, OT

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon,NH

alison crew, lyb clinical connector

Anna Crew, CTRS

Community Workforce Solutions, Raleigh NC

Stephanie Schlosser, OT

Cone Health, Greensboro, North Carolina

Jenny Traver, MS, CBIS

Cognitive SLP, Arlington, MA

Kasey Stepansky, CScD, OTR/L, C/NDT, CBIS
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

Ellie Birch, MA CCC-SLP

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

“LoveYourBrain’s program fills the gap and is needed everywhere. I’ve worked in healthcare almost 15 years. It isn’t designed for providing people with a continuum of care. I, like many rehab therapists, am often disheartened to send patients into the world without a plan that will continue to facilitate healing.”

— Andrea Kessler, PT, DPT, OTR/L, Gannon University