Jessica Banner, MS Professional Pastoral Counselor Jessica is a Professional Pastoral Counselor with Anchor of Hope, LLC . Jessica partnered to help develop and co-found the Influencers Counseling Department with Futures Church (formerly, Influencers Church) from 2018-2021, where she has also maintained private pastoral practice through the church department. She collaborated to develop curriculum and co-taught with Influencers Leadership School and the BDA Institute of Trauma-Informed Leadership and Care, helping to equip and educate leaders to implement trauma-informed pastoral care. Jessica has been in the field for 16 years. She holds a Masters of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from Georgia State University and a Bachelors of Science in Human Relations and Counseling with a minor in Biblical Studies from Point University. She previously worked as a Mental Health Counselor with Peachford Hospital for 10 years, serving 6 of those years as a Lead Therapist in the Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program. In her time at Peachford Hospital, she supported and ran the VA partnership to provide substance abuse treatment for military veterans. She assisted with facilitating treatment for adolescents and for adults in both the Dual Diagnosis and Psych programs, in addition to assisting with departmental management tasks. She specializes in child and adolescent counseling, young adult counseling, substance abuse counseling, and trauma resolution. She has been invited to speak and provide community education for several organizations around the issues of mental health and trauma. Jessica is currently working on multiple developing projects at this time.