Four ways to bring prevention expertise to your organization
WORK WITH DR. GIBSON
Whether you need a keynote that moves a room, training that changes how your teams respond, confidential consulting on a live concern, or expert testimony in a courtroom, Dr. Gibson meets you where the risk is.
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Talks that make behavioral science vivid and useful.
Dr. Gibson is a sought-after keynote speaker who turns complex behavioral science into insight audiences can use the next day. Drawing on real, de-identified cases and current research, she shows how targeted violence develops — and how ordinary people and organizations can interrupt it. Her talks balance urgency with hope, leaving audiences informed, engaged, and equipped to act.
Audiences: corporate & security leadership, healthcare systems, K-12 and higher education, law enforcement and government, professional sports and entertainment, and national and international conferences
SIGNATURE TALKS
Pathway to Violence versus Pathway to Hope: You Pick
Active Shooters Don't Snap: The Behaviors That Come Before
Publicly Humiliating Events: A Precursor to Targeted Violence
The Worse the Better: Understanding Extreme Violence Fixation
Prevent Mass Violence: The Importance of Behavior Detection
The Importance of Attachment & Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management
Threat-scape, Billboards, and Exits
Radicalization & Juveniles
A Security Perspective on How to Navigate Risk and Prevent Mass Violence
The Thin Line Between Suicidality and Homicidality
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Training that builds real capability not just awareness.
Beyond the keynote stage, Dr. Gibson designs and delivers practical training that changes how teams work. She has personally trained more than 50,000 professionals worldwide (in 14 countries and on 4 continents) — from frontline staff to the C-suite — to recognize warning behaviors, report concerns, and respond consistently and defensibly.
Delivered as half-day, full-day, or multi-day sessions; in person or virtual; tailored to your sector and program maturity.
POPULAR PROGRAMS
Behavioral Threat Assessment & Management (BTAM) foundations
Building and maturing a BTAM team
Workplace violence prevention & response
Recognizing and responding to warning behaviors (HR, security & leadership)
Mental health considerations in threat management
Mental wellness and resiliency
Significance of attachment in behavior threat assessment management
Addressing Problematic Behavior
Completing High-Risk Interviews to Get Accurate Answers
Active shooter / active assailant preparedness
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Confidential, case-level support.
For confidential, case-level work, Dr. Gibson helps organizations reduce risk from high-concern individuals and situations by combining behavioral threat expertise, clinical psychology, and digital risk analysis, supporting safer workplaces, better decisions, and practical risk reduction.
How engagements work: discrete advisory projects, ongoing case consultation, or targeted training. Deliverables may include a written risk summary, prioritized mitigation options, and implementation guidance calibrated to your operating model and risk tolerance.
WHEN TO REACH OUT
Concerning employee behavior, threats, fixation, or escalating conflict
High-risk terminations or "safe separation" planning
Threats or unwanted contact involving executives or high-profile personnel
Post-incident review after a workplace safety event
Online harassment, doxxing, impersonation, or targeted digital exposure
Training leaders, HR, and security teams on warning behaviors and consistent response
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Behavioral analysis and expert testimony.
Dr. Gibson provides expert consultation and testimony grounded in decades of operational casework and peer-reviewed research. A certified profiler, licensed psychologist, and retired law enforcement officer, she has offered testimony in state and federal proceedings and briefed the U.S. Congress on threat assessment and the prevention of targeted violence.
AREAS OF CONSULTATION & TESTIMONY
Behavioral threat assessment and risk of targeted or mass violence
Workplace violence and insider threat
Behavioral analysis of persons of concern
Pathway to violence expert
Motivational drivers of targeted violence
Anonymous threatening communications
Private sector • Corporate security • State and federal government • Law enforcement • Military • K-12 schools • Institutions of Higher Education • Healthcare • Academia • International partners
ORGANIZATIONS SERVED
“Waiting to act until someone makes a threat is not ideal, as some people who pose the most concern may never make one.”
Dr. Karie Gibson