Hiring someone with a criminal record may open the door. Creating an environment where that employee can succeed determines what happens after they walk through it.
Understanding the reentry experience
Post-Incarceration Syndrome
Trauma-responsive supervision
Hiring and retaining justice-impacted employees
Reducing stigma and bias
Employee retention
Workplace culture and belonging
Psychological safety
Communication and conflict
Sustainable second-chance employment practices
“When we invest in people, we change not just individual lives, but entire communities.”Dr. Felisa Bryant
For Reentry, Behavioral Health & Community Organizations
Move Beyond Services to Transformation.
Providing a referral is not the same as understanding reentry. DFB equips professionals with the knowledge and practical tools needed to recognize how incarceration, trauma, institutionalization, identity disruption, relationships, and community conditions affect a person's ability to reintegrate.
Lived Experience Became Expertise.Expertise Became Leadership.
Dr. Felisa Bryant is the Founder and Principal Consultant of DFB Coaching & Consulting. A formerly incarcerated woman who went on to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology, she studied women's transition from incarceration back into the community. She understands reentry from the inside out and from the research up.
Today she helps employers, providers, and systems see what traditional conversations about reentry often overlook.
Program design, second-chance employment strategy, trauma-responsive practices, and organizational assessment.
PICS Training
Post-Incarceration Syndrome: how the adaptations people build to survive incarceration show up after release, and how to respond with understanding and accountability.
Employer Training
Beyond the Background Check™. Hiring, onboarding, and retaining justice-impacted employees without lowering standards.
Keynote Speaking
Conferences, panels, retreats, and universities. Storytelling, lived experience, and research in one talk.
