Melissa Elliott-Brogan, DSW candidate, LCSW-R

Melissa Elliott-Brogan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-R) in private practice and a Doctor of Social Work (DSW) candidate at the University at Buffalo. With over 20 years of clinical and supervisory experience, she specializes in trauma-informed practice, resilience-building, and the occupational impacts of trauma-exposed work. Melissa developed the Holistic Resilience Recharge (HRR), an evidence-informed intervention designed to address secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, empathy fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout among social workers and allied professionals. Her work integrates cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based strategies through a trauma-informed human rights lens.