Jeseenia Ogunade, PhD
Larimar was created from lived experience, advanced psychological training, and decades of work inside systems where trauma, power, and consequence intersect, including the real-world impacts of policy, enforcement, and institutional decision-making on individuals, families, and communities.
Dr. Ogunade is an international psychologist specializing in trauma and grief. Her work is grounded in a decolonial framework that examines how trauma is understood, shaped, and responded to within sociocultural and institutional systems. It centers on the examination of power and privilege, with a specific emphasis on policing and public safety.
Her clinical, educational, research, consulting, and speaking work spans national and international contexts.
Professional Affiliations
Speaking Engagements
There's a reason I speak on these issues-because too many clinical, community, and organizational spaces still don't know how to hold stories with care, context, or cultural integrity.
I speak on:
Global Mental health & Wellness in policing
Culturally responsive approaches in trauma-informed policing
Trauma and Grief
Building Emotional Intelligence & Cultural Intelligence in policing
As a therapist, educator, and retired law enforcement professional, I bring both lived experience. My talks are designed to challenge assumptions, deepen cultural understanding, and make space for honest, necessary conversations that often get avoided.
If you're planning a summit, conference, department training, or professional development series-and want a speaker who speaks with clarity, compassion, and cultural precision-I'd love to connect.
Let's create spaces that aren't just informed-but transformed.
Trainings
There's no onboarding for the weight you carry as a leader.
How do you...
Stay emotionally regulated under pressure?
Set boundaries without guilt?
Lead without self-abandoning?
Show up for your team and yourself?
Especially if you're a leader, or in a service role where performance and survival often blur.
Let's stop performing resilience-and start leading from it.
Contact - Where to Begin
Brief mental health consultations
Larimar Counseling Services offers a one-time 90-minute mental health consultation.
These sessions may focus on:
Understanding what you are experiencing in context
Supporting regulation and nervous system steadiness
Clarifying patterns connected to trauma or stress
Identifying appropriate next steps or referrals
Executive & leadership coaching
Coaching supports leaders navigating:
Role strain and responsibility
Ethical decision-making under pressure
Leadership transition and identity
Regulation and steadiness in high-impact roles
This work is reflective and strategic. It does not involve therapy, diagnosis, or treatment.
Organization and Systems Consulting
Consulting may include:
Organizational culture and climate analysis
Trauma-informed systems assessment
Policing and public safety consulting
Policy and leadership alignment
Gender-based violence and institutional response
Emotional and cultural intelligence at the systems level
The focus remains on structures, patterns, and outcomes rather than individual pathology.
Professional Education and Speaking
Larimar is the primary home for:
Keynote presentations
Conference plenaries
Panels and moderated discussions
Academic-practice bridge talks
Professional education and training
Speaking and education are designed to support institutional learning.