About
Dr. Guan Q. Ellerbe
PsyD, LMHC, LADC I, LSW · Organizational Leadership Psychologist · Also known as Dr. Gee
Dr. Guan Q. Ellerbe works at the intersection of two things that rarely sit at the same table: clinical mental health treatment and organizational leadership.
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and Licensed Social Worker, trained in marriage and family therapy, and a MaMHCA Advanced Certified Clinical Supervisor. She founded and leads Leading Light Behavioral Health, where she still carries clinical responsibility and supervises the clinicians who do the work.
She has taught at the graduate level in Curry College's MSMFT program and at Lesley University, which is where the translation skill comes from — the ability to take a dense clinical concept and make a room of non-clinicians actually use it.
She is the author of nine books spanning clinical practice, workplace trauma, leadership, career design, and relationships. She hosts The Rey Royale Experience on Urban Heat 98.1 FM through iHeartRadio.
Her position is simple and not especially popular: most workplace mental health problems are organizational design problems. Resilience training aimed at individuals is a way of asking the people absorbing the damage to absorb a little more. She would rather help you fix the conditions.
She is based in Brockton, Massachusetts, and travels for engagements.
Credentials
Licensed, certified, and still practicing.
Areas of expertise
Skills
Four domains, one throughline: understanding why people and systems behave the way they do under pressure.
Clinical
- Trauma & PTSD treatment
- High-functioning trauma
- Attachment-based therapy
- Somatic & body-based intervention
- Substance use & co-occurring disorders
- Couples & family systems
Organizational
- Psychological safety assessment
- Culture & climate diagnostics
- Burnout systems auditing
- Change management
- Conflict resolution & repair
- Team performance
Leadership
- Executive coaching
- Clinical supervision (MaMHCA Advanced Certified)
- Manager & cohort training
- Succession & talent development
- Crisis leadership
- Board & executive advising
Education
- Graduate-level instruction
- Curriculum design
- Continuing education facilitation
- Keynote & mainstage speaking
- Published author (9 titles)
- Podcast & broadcast media
Dr. Gee on high-functioning trauma.
Media & press
For producers, program chairs, and event teams
The speaker one-sheet is ready to download and circulate — bio, topics, formats, fees, and references on two pages. Headshots and the full published-works list are available on request, usually the same day.
Let's talk
Let's build the session your room actually needs.
Keynote, workshop, cohort, or a longer engagement — start with the problem and we will work backward.