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Felicia Johnson is a child abuse survivor who turned into an amazing life thriver! Best selling author, international speaker, mental health and youth advocate.

"“Seeing Ms. Johnson speak is truly inspiring and insightful.""

Candace A. Osborn, MS, LPC

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Felicia Johnson is a best-selling author, international speaking and mental health and youth advocate. As a survivor of child abuse and teen homelessness and one who deals with mental illness in her personal and work life, Felicia is very involved in efforts to end the stigma of mental illness. She has worked for nearly 10 years in the mental health field. She works in Atlanta with the Highlands Institute and volunteers with Youth Villages Inner Harbour as a youth mentor and Personality Disorders Awareness Network. Johnson was an honoree at the Gutsy Gals Inspire Me Awards of 2014 for her work in mental health advocacy. Felicia's novel, "Her", was nominated for Georgia Writer's Association Author of the Year Award 2014. In addition, Felicia was honored and awarded for speaking and organizing the Women's Empowerment Event 2015 for National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI) in Augusta, GA. Felicia was honored with the National Alliance On Mental Illness Educational Speaker's Award for her speech during NAMI Rome's Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Event.

Felicia readily engages her audiences with the moving story of her survival from child abuse, homelessness as a teenager, and past self harm and depression. She uses her knowledge, educational background in Psychology, and over ten years of work in the mental health field to empower, encourage, educate and enlighten her audiences.

Felicia Johnson discusses her own experience in dealing with a loved one suffering from child abuse, depression and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Inspired by her own life story and the journey of her childhood friend, Felicia has authored the novel, Her, which is the story of a young girl dealing with BPD. Through her book, Felicia helps to bring understanding of BPD within reach of many young people and families afflicted by it and continues to help many come to terms with mental health issues they face. Johnson brings remarkable insight and understanding to an illness that affects 1 -2 % of the population and wreaks havoc on the lives and relationships of young men and women.

Speeches

Presents keynote address, speaking engagements, trainings and presentation on:
Advocacy
Suicide (education and prevention)
Personality Disorders (BPD)
Childhood Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Trauma (emotional and psychological)
Mental health awareness
Survivors and Recovery
Self harm and abuse (cutting, etc.)
Teenage homelessness
Depression
Writing & Journaling (therapeutic and for publishing)

Testimonials

"Dr. Jenny Felder of Roots & Branches Atlanta, GA: "Having practiced psychotherapy for over 35 years I find Felicia's work to be inspiring. Her presentation and her book gives a brilliant window into the mind of one who struggles with mental health issues...Her book is well written and the information in her presentation is accurate. Felicia's novel, “HER”, will take you into the heart and mind of Kristen, a teenage girl who finds herself hospitalized following a suicide attempt and is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. Felicia's presentation is enlightening and educational.""

"“I went to South Beach Psychiatric Center last night for Felicia Johnson's presentation about her book, "Her," which is about a young woman with borderline personality disorder. This lady rocked our socks off! She is such an excellent speaker! She is everything a speaker should be: she is engaging, she has an interesting story to tell, she is well-organized and has a neat, professional and put-together appearance. Everyone in the audience, myself included, could relate to the story she told. I felt like she was my twin sister from another mother, I was am moved by her story. I see many similarities with my own life history. I would also like to add that I received a great deal of positive feedback from audience members, and also from Pete Shiffman, NAMI NYC Staten Island's President, and Linda Wilson, our Executive Director. They were both very pleased with Felicia's presentation and we all consider the whole event to be a great success thanks to Felicia Johnson. The audience related well to the story she had to tell and many members identified with the people in her story. Thank you, Felicia, once again for coming to Staten Island, New York and sharing your knowledge and gifts with us! I hope we can do this again.”"

NAMI NYC Staten Island Program Director