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Edrick H. Dorian, PsyD, ABPP, is the Chief Police Psychologist of the Los Angeles Police Department and commanding officer of its Behavioral Science Services, home to one of the world’s first and most comprehensive law enforcement wellness and behavioral science programs. For more than two decades, he has provided clinical, operational, training, and executive consultation services within law enforcement and public safety environments.

Dr. Dorian advises executive leaders on organizational wellness, morale, leadership, behavioral science integration, communication, resilience, and high-risk decision-making and human performance issues within large public safety organizations. His work focuses on bridging operational realities with modern behavioral science approaches to leadership, organizational trust, wellness, and performance optimization.

He is double board certified in Clinical Psychology and Police & Public Safety Psychology, co-editor of the text Police Psychology and Its Growing Impact on Modern Law Enforcement, and a frequent presenter and writer on leadership, organizational culture, morale, wellness, and behavioral science consultation within policing. He has received numerous professional honors, including the LAPD Command Officers Excellence in Leadership Award, the IACP Leadership in Police Psychology Award, and Pepperdine University’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

At the age of 17 Scott Casey signed his first Will & Testament as an infantryman with the Royal Canadian Regiment. The next 10 years would provide him with some interesting adventures; some scenic, others harrowing, dangerous and tragic. In 1992, he served as a peacekeeper in Croatia and Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina. He was awarded the Commander in Chief’s Unit Commendation for actions while in Sarajevo.

Those times etched a pathway to a life after service which include, becoming the President of Military Minds Inc., dissolved in 2021, it was the worlds largest PTSD peer support organization for combat veterans and first responders of it’s time. Casey is also the founder of The Rolling Barrage. An annual cross Canada motorcycle rally also in support of veterans and first responders living with the effects of trauma.

A published author, Casey penned the biography, Ghostkeeper’s which enjoyed two #1 awards in Canadian Military History and Historical Biography in Canada. With his knowledge of PTSD, his work as a veteran’s advocate, and author, he is often called upon for public speaking engagements.

Natalie Castonguay is a Registered Nurse, Psychotherapist, and the Founder of Dimensions Centre in Kanata, Ontario. She brings over 20 years of clinical experience across pediatrics, mental health, and critical care to her practice. She specializes in building holistic, neuro-affirming health services, leading an interdisciplinary team that integrates creative, evidence-based care with Animal Assisted Interventions.

Natalie holds graduate degrees in Psychotherapy and Animal Assisted Wellness, dual national certifications in Psychiatric/Mental Health and Pediatric Nursing and is completing her Master of Nursing Science (Nurse Practitioner) at Athabasca University. She is also a co-author of The Nurse’s Guide to Psychotherapy (2024).

Her work is deeply informed by a unique, three-fold perspective on first responder and veteran communities including from a professional perspective, Natalie is an active fulltime RCMP member (Specialized Police Services, International Peace Operations) and former Ottawa Paramedic.

She has lived experience! Natalie is a late-diagnosed neurodivergent individual who successfully navigated systemic barriers during a return to work after an operational stress injury. Natalie is also the wife of a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and mother to five neurodivergent, medically complex children.

Operating from her rural Ottawa farm, Natalie is currently developing a neuro-affirming residential and outpatient recovery centre tailored specifically to public safety personnel, veterans, and their families.

Speaker information will be posted here as it becomes available.