Dr. Patricia Grenelle, PsyD — Speaker & Author

Dr. Patricia Grenelle, PsyD, is a psychologist, author, and trauma-informed speaker who brings both professional expertise and lived experience to complex, often difficult topics. Her presentations are thoughtful, grounded, and deeply human — offering clarity, compassion, and insight into the realities of trauma, relationships, and recovery.

Dr. Grenelle speaks to audiences ranging from mental health professionals and educators to advocacy organizations, legal professionals, and the general public. Her talks invite understanding, challenge harmful narratives, and create space for meaningful conversation around issues that are too often misunderstood or silenced.

Speaking Topics

Dr. Grenelle speaks on a wide range of trauma-informed and relationship-centered topics, including:

Childhood Trauma and Its Lifelong Impact
Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Attachment Theory and Relationship Patterns
Narcissistic Abuse and Emotional Manipulation
Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence
Human Trafficking and Exploitation
Misogyny and Gender-Based Harm
Clinical Depression and Trauma
Boundary Issues and Self-Protection
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and Forensic Psychology
Understanding Heinous Crimes (including murder, arson, sexual crimes, and violent offenders)
Writing a Memoir After Trauma

Topics can be adapted for conferences, professional trainings, universities, book events, survivor groups, and community organizations.

Why Dr. Grenelle

Dr. Grenelle offers a rare perspective that blends:

Professional psychological training
Trauma-informed clinical insight
First-hand lived experience
Advocacy and education

Her talks are known for being honest, compassionate, and grounded in science while remaining deeply relatable and emotionally powerful.

About Me

I tip my hat with all due respect to Patricia, she was a delight to have on the show. The amount of courage and vulnerability one must own in order to share some of the sensitive and raw topics discussed during our conversation, has to be great. Patricia displayed both.

Her words and story came from a real place, in the spirit of bringing hope to others suffering from their own childhood abuse. Patricia's psychological insights, as well as her own experience with trauma, makes for one powerful testimony. And can help lend support to others still dealing with the effects from an abusive past.
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Richard R.

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My
Speaking Journey

Get to Know Dr. Grenelle

I’ve worked for over 22 years as a therapist for children, parents, adolescents and adults both inpatient and outpatient. I did some training at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta when I was in the doctoral program. I’ve worked on military bases with servicemen and their families. I was the Project Coordinator for a Youth Runaway Program (1991), which required speaking at churches and community programs to recruit families to serve as host parents. In the military, I was classified as an official trainer following a special school for it. (1990). I served as a liaison in the Army, speaking to service personnel at various times on topics such as communication and support.