Vanella Jackson-Crawford

“So you think you can get what you say you want by doing what you always do? It won’t happen! “

So says Vanella A. Jackson-Crawford, MSW, LCSW, noted public speaker, writer, and seminar leader, who recognizes that for any meaningful change to occur in people, organizations, governments or systems, internal change work has to happen first. Ms. Jackson-Crawford is committed to supporting others by providing them tools to enhance their living. She is an effective and successful consulting certified adult, child and adolescent psychotherapist, hypno-therapist, Neuro-linguistic Programming Practitioner, life coach, and parent and human development trainer for groups and organizations.

For years, Ms. Jackson-Crawford practiced traditional psychotherapy and saw that a spiritual void was missing from the healing that her clients craved. This was the very motivation that prompted Vanella to listen to her innerl voice and develop and initiate a family and community based life changing treatment model. This well assessed (available upon request) model provides essential human development tools that not only change but reframe and upgrade the very thinking that impacts the outcomes people desire. Ms. Jackson-Crawford transformed her vast training experiences and certifications into a consultant business, THE VANELLAGROUP, which specializes in empowering individuals and organizations to create and manage change through the use of transformational strategies. This service is a highly sought after motivational training approach.

People Reclaiming Affirming Information for Spiritual Enlightenment, Self Sufficiency, Enthusiasm and Excellence, P.R.A.I.S.E,, is aproven, evaluated and highly effective training design developed and launched in Atlanta, GA,in 1989. It was used to empower State workers in better supporting their clients in becoming more effective parents, professionals and people.

Q: So, why did the State workers bring their own children to their training?

A: The results made such a big difference to the trainees, that they wanted to share the benefits with their loved ones.

Q. How has this model been used since then?

A. State governments employed this model in transforming communities during the wave of Welfare-to-Work transition; private, public and governmental organizations continue to utilize this model while people in relationships,and families rely on the acute effectiveness of our work as a relief from their conflict and confusion.