Founder

 Founder's Profile

     Beverly Monestier studied psychology with a biological emphasis and performed doctoral level research at the University of California, Berkeley. She was greatly influenced by her involvement with research on factors that lead to exceptional career and life achievement. She has spent the better part of three decades as an organizational consultant and human development trainer, running her own international company, and living and working in various countries. In Europe, she is certified, authorized, and subsidized by the Human Resource Development Authority (HRDA), having completed training in areas that include, among others, motivation and reward, which are also relevant in her addiction work today. Special interests have also included the principles that govern “Creativity” and unlocking human potential in the service of others. As a writer designing and delivering programs for children and young adults, and for being a young entrepreneur, popular San Antonio Woman magazine named her their Role Model for Youth in 2007.

     Beverly created the Synergy Foundation, a US 501c3 public charity with a broad umbrella and educational base, which currently focuses on the issue of trauma. Roughly a decade and a half ago, Beverly was asked to advise and help direct programs for people who have been harmed, or whose lives are currently being destroyed by pornography, related addiction, and crimes that involve illicit sexual activities. Her heart broke with the victims, whom she eventually discovered included close friends and family members. Research was performed, experts in multiple fields were consulted, relevant tools were designed, tested, and utilized in an effort to improve available resources.Today, in addition to awareness and preventative programs, she offers unique, proprietary, cutting edge training and practical tools to assist individuals, families, and organizations in managing related crises and combatting the damage caused by this epidemic. She also continues her broader scope trauma-related training and consulting based on a lifelong mission to help people build resilience against adversity.