Genie Joseph
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Genie Joseph

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Genie Joseph, Ph.D. is the founder and Executive Director of The Human-Animal Connection, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating joy, health, and healing through helping people find peace, purpose, and a profound connection with animals. About Genie Joseph, PhD Genie Joseph, Ph.D., is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, creator of The Act Resilient Method, and author of a book by the same name. Her Act Resilient program facilitates PTSD recovery for U.S. military service members through guided interactions with therapy animals, improvisational comedy, and expressive arts. Act Resilient has been successfully utilized by over 4,000 service members and their families. In recognition of this life-changing work, President Barack Obama honored Ms. Joseph with the Red Cross Volunteer Service Award. In addition, her Act Resilient team at Tripler Army Medical Center received a National Award for Workplace Resilience from the American Psychological Association. As the founder and Executive Director of The Human-Animal Connection (HAC), a nonprofit organization, Ms. Joseph serves the greater community through the HAC’s dedication to creating joy, health, and healing through profoundly enhanced connections between people and animals. The HAC staff conducts therapy dog and resilience training for high school students, healthcare providers, and the general public. Ms. Joseph is an innovative dog trainer and a Certified Trust Technique Practitioner who works with scared and traumatized shelter animals to help them get adopted, and train those whose purpose is become therapy dogs. The HAC provides free live and online classes for veterans and active-duty military to train their dogs to become Morale Dogs for their unit. Ms. Joseph also volunteers her time at animal shelters and shares her life with Sophia, her rescue therapy dog, who brings smiles and healing to many humans.
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