About Bobbi
The desire to help others heal is rooted in personal pain and recovery.
My Big Trauma
I don’t know how my life would have unfolded if my world had not been smashed into millions of tiny shards by a fusillade of gunfire that I didn’t even hear.
My major life trauma, or what I call Big Trauma, started with a late-night phone call, one of those calls you never want to receive.
When I put the receiver to my ear, it was my mother’s voice, quivering like I never heard it before. And then, without warning, she unleashed a torrent of words that stunned me to the point that I suddenly needed to swivel the kitchen chair around and sit down.
“Dad’s been shot. He’s lying on the sidewalk.”To this day, the memories of that night remain crystal clear. They roll through my mind like the familiar scenes of a movie on an endless loop that I can’t stop. I see myself standing up, rising from the kitchen chair where I sat to stabilize myself during Mom’s call.
My major life trauma, or what I call Big Trauma, started with a late-night phone call, one of those calls you never want to receive.
When I put the receiver to my ear, it was my mother’s voice, quivering like I never heard it before. And then, without warning, she unleashed a torrent of words that stunned me to the point that I suddenly needed to swivel the kitchen chair around and sit down.
“Dad’s been shot. He’s lying on the sidewalk.”To this day, the memories of that night remain crystal clear. They roll through my mind like the familiar scenes of a movie on an endless loop that I can’t stop. I see myself standing up, rising from the kitchen chair where I sat to stabilize myself during Mom’s call.
Excerpts taken from From Trauma to Healing: Seeking Solace and Safe Places to Fall.
Watch Interview
Listen to Bobbi's interview with Modern Wisdom Press.
Additional Interviews
Navigating Traumas from the Boardroom & Beyond with The Pacific Institute
It's Your Community Podcast E159 with Vanessa Denha Garmo of WJR
It's Your Community Podcast E159 with Vanessa Denha Garmo of WJR
Biography
Barbara “Bobbi” Lambert, Ph.D. is a co-founder of Confidante, Inc., a San Francisco Bay Area human resources consulting company that specializes in creating workplace harmony and preventing and managing disruptive workplace behavior. She has a doctorate in Human Behavior/Psychology and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. She has successfully facilitated, mediated, and resolved complex interpersonal and business conflicts to avoid critical incidents and costly litigation.
Dr. Lambert has conducted research and developed Best Practice Programs in the areas of hiring, performance management, retention and workplace threats and violence. She spent seven years as the National Director of Training, Education and Consultation at U.S. Behavioral Health, a national firm specializing in Employee Assistance, Substance Abuse, and Managed Mental Health Programs and fifteen years consulting to Wegmans Food Markets’ Executive team, Human Resources and Asset Protection Divisions.
As the primary intervention expert, Dr. Lambert led a team of crisis management specialists in response to the July 1, 1993, shooting incident at the law firm of Pettit & Martin, in San Francisco where nine people were killed by a disgruntled client.
As a respected lecturer and author, she has been a presenter at conferences on topics including:
Dr. Lambert has conducted research and developed Best Practice Programs in the areas of hiring, performance management, retention and workplace threats and violence. She spent seven years as the National Director of Training, Education and Consultation at U.S. Behavioral Health, a national firm specializing in Employee Assistance, Substance Abuse, and Managed Mental Health Programs and fifteen years consulting to Wegmans Food Markets’ Executive team, Human Resources and Asset Protection Divisions.
As the primary intervention expert, Dr. Lambert led a team of crisis management specialists in response to the July 1, 1993, shooting incident at the law firm of Pettit & Martin, in San Francisco where nine people were killed by a disgruntled client.
As a respected lecturer and author, she has been a presenter at conferences on topics including:
• Workplace Violence-Lessons from the Trenches
• Navigating the Tricky Waters of Workplace Investigations
• Prevention & Resolution of "Hostile Workplace" Situations
• Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
• Workplace Stress and Trauma
• Navigating the Tricky Waters of Workplace Investigations
• Prevention & Resolution of "Hostile Workplace" Situations
• Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
• Workplace Stress and Trauma
Her articles and interviews have been published in Inc. Magazine, Business Week, The Associated Press, California Association of Workplace Investigators Journal, and The Workplace Violence and Behavior Newsletter.
There is no time like the present to appreciate where you are and what and who in your surroundings gives you solace and feelings of safety.
Bobbi is available for coaching, group discussions, & public speaking.
Dr. Lambert is able to provide insight and guidance on a range of topics and situations, including the following:
Stress, Trauma and Healing
Workplace Violence Prevention and Management
Threat Assessment
Workplace Investigations
Critical Incident Response and Management
Executive Coaching
Workplace Violence Prevention and Management
Threat Assessment
Workplace Investigations
Critical Incident Response and Management
Executive Coaching
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From Trauma to Healing: Seeking Solace and Safe Places to Fall is listed in the transformative non-fiction, seeking to help readers through the author's own personal experience, insight, and tools. The book is also found in Amazon's dissociative disorders, inner child self-help, and dysfunctional families categories.