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Build emotional muscle, create a culture of wellness. AnneMoss Rogers is a Mental Health Speaker & Suicide Prevention Speaker from Richmond, Virginia.
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“I surveyed the room. Not one of the 600 people was on their phone the entire time. You had everyone captivated, and your story was so authentic. That’s why you got a standing ovation.”
—Sylvia, Psychiatrist, Virginia CSB, Mental Health Keynote. See more mental health speaker reviews here.
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As one of the top mental health speakers & suicide prevention keynote speakers, AnneMoss Rogers transforms the tragedy of losing her son to suicide into a message of hope, resilience, and post-traumatic growth.
Anne Moss Rogers helps people build emotional muscle (also known as resilience) and helps organizations create a culture of wellness. She inspires audiences with emotionally naked storytelling, practical strategies, and small, proactive steps that foster post-traumatic growth, build resilience, save lives, and prepare people for life and leadership.
Investing upstream in mental health and addiction education pays long-term dividends for employees, employers, students, families, and faculty. AnneMoss speaks to educators, at workplaces, and conferences, delivering mental health keynotes and suicide prevention training that educates, empowers, and inspires. Book Hope Today!
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“Anne Moss Rogers is the most resilient person I know……I had the pleasure of presenting with her at the Pediatric Academic Societies conference and her part was absolutely the best. She received a standing ovation from the audience. I have been to this conference for two decades and I have never seen any speaker receive a standing ovation. She was powerful. She was moving.”
Lisa M. Horowitz, PhD, MPH, Clinical Psychologist, National Institute of Mental Health (video testimonial here)
AnneMoss is a motivational keynote speaker who captures hearts, restores hope, and helps audiences turn pain into resilience.
As one of the most relatable mental health speakers and suicide prevention keynote speakers, AnneMoss transforms the tragedy of her son Charles' addiction and death by suicide into a powerful message of resilience and post-traumatic growth. Far from a story of despair, she focuses on the human capacity to grow through what we go through.
In 2019, AnneMoss published her award-winning memoir, Diary of a Broken Mind. In 2020, she co-wrote the bestseller Emotionally Naked: A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide with Dr. Kimberly O’Brien, which has been translated into three languages.
A TEDx speaker, AnneMoss has been featured in the New York Times, Variety Magazine, and interviewed by CNN’s Erin Burnett on teen mental health at the prestigious Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference. She was the first non-clinician invited to speak on suicide at the National Institute of Mental Health and is one of the editors of the American Academy of Pediatrics Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention.
AnneMoss is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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“AnneMoss brings passion, authenticity, and credibility to every presentation. Her unique blend of vulnerability, humor, and knowledge captivates audiences, leaving them wanting to hear more. I highly recommend AnneMoss and look forward to the next opportunity to work with her.”
Leslie T. Hanson, RN, BS, MHRM, Manager-Corporate Safety & Health Services, Dominion Energy. See more speaker reviews here.
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I feel more equipped to help students. I feel more confident with these strategies, especially with the mindfulness and coping tips.
—Professor, NC State University, 2-hour suicide prevention training for educators
Mental Health Keynote Speaker & Suicide Loss Survivor
AnneMoss’s younger son, Charles, was the funniest, most popular kid in school. He was complicated, charming, eclectic, and a creative genius. As a teen, he wore the mask of a clown to hide his depression and anxiety and used drugs and alcohol to numb his thoughts of suicide. Ultimately, he became addicted to heroin and took his own life in 2015 at age 20.
The most devastating loss of her life was a turning point. While it took time to accept that purpose with grace, she has never looked back or regretted that decision.
One of the most sought-after speakers on mental health, and suicide prevention, resilience, and post-traumatic growth after tragedy, AnneMoss speaks most often at conferences, universities, schools, and workplaces.
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
As a mental health and suicide prevention keynote speaker, AnneMoss has and continues to pursue training and educational opportunities to stay up to date and keep her talks safe, hopeful, and helpful.
- Former registered safeTALK suicide prevention trainer- #n42749, 7 years
- ASIST Trained: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
- ASK Trained: Focused on identifying, assessing & helping 5-12-year-olds at risk for suicide
- Psychological First Aid Training (PFA)
- CAMS-care Training, Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality, a gold standard therapeutic model w/ Dr. Raymond Tucker
- Certified in CALM Clinical (Counseling on Access to Lethal Means), an evidence-based intervention that reduces access to lethal means during a suicide crisis.
- Preventure: Personality-targeted life skills training for youth shown to reduce drug/alcohol use in schools
- Certified in Crisis Response Planning (CRP), an evidence-based suicide prevention intervention originally developed to support military personnel and veterans during periods of crisis.
- Trauma-Informed Care Training
- Mental Health First Aid: 8-hour training, Youth and Adults, YMFA and MHFA
- Trained in Neurocognitive Empowerment for Addiction Treatment (NEAT), Hamed Ekhtiari MD, PhD, an intervention targeting attention, memory, executive functioning, & decision-making to support addiction recovery
- Bereavement Support Group Facilitator training (Facilitated a Grief Group since 2018)
- DBT Steps-A in Schools: SEL curriculum based on DBT and mindfulness
- SOP Peer Trained: Survivor Outreach Program, AFSP
- REVIVE! Training: Emergency administration of Narcan® for opioid overdose
- Military Connected Prevention & Wellness Program- Focuses on the challenges of military veterans & their families.
- Emerging drug trends training, including those sold legally in smoke shops (several times per year)
- Connect Suicide Postvention Training. Designated a National Best Practice Program.
All mental health keynote and suicide prevention speaker topics include AnneMoss’s powerful story and how she found hope after the most devastating loss of her life.
AnneMoss can help you choose which topic will most resonate with your attendees and then customize the presentation and resources to meet their needs. Click here to get in touch.
“Excellent Keynote! Touching, genuine, motivational! Clear storyline, personal experience, and application to the conference attendees. She was wonderful”
—LCSW attendee for “Critical Issues Facing Children & Adolescents,” Salt Lake City, Utah (See more speaker testimonials)
Based on her book, Emotionally Naked: A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk (Wiley Publishing) co-written with Dr. Kimberly O’Brien, AnneMoss offers in-person and online suicide prevention training for educators, including K-12 educators and university staff. She has supporting programs for students and parents. Programs have focused on school counselors, teachers, school nurses, principals, and leaders. She always shares ideas and case studies that have been remarkably effective upstream strategies. Click here to get in touch.
“Your presentations for Nebraska were the most helpful of all the suicide trainings I have ever taken, and at 65, I have participated in quite a few! I send your information to other counselors regularly.”
—Sharon Macholan, EdS, LCSW, LMHP, School Psychologist Nebraska
Emotionally healthy employees perform better, are absent less, and more likely to stay. This upstream commitment of workplace wellness is the foundation of a prevention culture that emphasizes connection and belonging. AnneMoss speaks to employees and to ERGs at corporations and businesses. She also focuses on training managers on how to respond to employees who are struggling or are in crisis. Click here to get in touch.
“I really appreciate AnneMoss’s story and the lessons that help us focus on real solutions ourselves and those around us who might be struggling with mental health issues.”
Employee, Horace Mann Insurance, (See other speaker testimonials)
What Are People Saying About AnneMoss Rogers
“Good luck dozing off or pseudo-listening to AnneMoss Rogers. Even those up all night, couldn’t avert their focus to her dynamic ability to connect. We all learned so much from her. If you want a keynote speaker or someone to connect with you on a visceral level, Mrs Ann Rogers is who you want.”
Mike Ross, Patrol Officer for Fairfax County Public Schools Safety and Security
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