Janine D’Anniballe, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and a nationally recognized expert in sexual assault, traumatic stress, and treatment for survivors. A native of Ohio, she received her undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton and her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Dr. D’Anniballe currently serves as the Director of Trauma Services at Mental Health Partners in Lafayette, Colorado where she oversees trauma-informed services for infant, children, and adult clients. She also has been the Director of Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA), the rape crisis center serving Boulder County Colorado since 1999. 

 Through her private consulting and training practice, Dr. D’Anniballe has provided guidance on trauma issues in over 30 states to prosecutors, law enforcement officers, military personnel, child welfare workers, university staff, and victim advocates. As a faculty member of the National Judicial Education Program, she has educated judges on ways of minimizing re-traumatization of sexual assault victims while still ensuring defendants’ rights.  Dr. D’Anniballe has provided expert forensic court testimony in over 70 civil and criminal sexual assault trials across Colorado. 

From the beginning MHP leadership has invested and supported peer support long before a state certification existed, providing opportunities for clients to become mental health professionals. Recovery is a unique path that one chooses to travel upon, I am grateful that journey began here as a client and now I am able to support my community and the state of Colorado and do much more than “give back”. It is an honor to work beside such passionate and dedicated people and clients, who inspire me daily.   

Prior to joining MHP’s training team, I served as a clinician on MHP’s crisis team for 8 years. At this point in my career, I feel training is a way to help more people than I could help as a clinician working with one individual at a time. For me, it’s also an avenue of personal growth. Any experienced teacher or trainer knows your students can teach you as much or more than you teach them. If you go in to each class being open to a dialogue with the participants, you’ll learn! I especially presenting ASIST because of its emphasis on storytelling and deep listening. I think a lot of people instinctively understand the power of engaged, compassionate listening, and they understand how transformative and healing it can be when we get to tell our story to someone who really hears us and doesn’t feel compelled to jump in and try to “fix” our problem right away or tell us what to do. In my free time, you can find me meditating, reading, travel, hanging out with friends, playing with my dog, cooking, and playing against the chess app on my phone (kind of addictive even though I lose most of the time!)