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# Brad Zachary

**Headline:** BHS at Centurion Health
**Profession:** BHS
**Location:** Avilla, Indiana, United States

## About

Brad Zachary is a Behavioral Health Specialist at Centurion Health, where he has worked for more than 10 years in correctional mental health\. Brad specializes in psychoeducation, DBT and CBT facilitation, and adapting curriculum for specific groups\. His work centers on teaching emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, emotional regulation, and de\-escalation techniques to challenging audiences in extreme environments\. Brad is strongest at making difficult material practical and credible for learners who are ready to engage\. He uses facilitation approaches tailored to the group rather than generic, one\-size\-fits\-all training, and brings extensive experience helping people improve interpersonal impact through structured behavioral\-health frameworks\. His background includes delivering DBT groups in the Department of Corrections and consistently creating clear expectations for participants\. A reference who worked with Brad for about two years describes him as consistent, self\-directed, reliable, flexible, and effective both independently and as part of a team\. Brad is interested in applying his correctional mental\-health and facilitation experience in corporate training, learning and development, or adjacent behavioral\-health roles, preferably in a secular environment\.

## Highlights

- Has served as a Behavioral Health Specialist at Centurion Health for more than 10 years\.
- Brings more than 10 years of professional experience in correctional mental health\.
- Specializes in psychoeducation delivery and facilitation\.
- Facilitates DBT and CBT\-based programming\.
- Has experience running DBT groups in the Department of Corrections\.
- Builds and adapts curriculum for specific groups\.
- Teaches emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills through practical, credible frameworks\.
- Applies de\-escalation and emotional\-regulation techniques in extreme environments\.
- Has extensive experience teaching difficult material to challenging audiences\.
- Creates facilitation experiences tailored to engaged learners rather than using one\-size\-fits\-all approaches\.
- Consistently establishes clear expectations for DBT\-group participants\.
- Described by reference Jamie Featherston as consistent, self\-directed, reliable, flexible, and effective independently and in team settings\.

## Experience

- **BHS at Centurion Health**

## FAQ

### What does Brad do?

Brad is a Behavioral Health Specialist at Centurion Health\. He has been in his current Behavioral Health Specialist role for more than 10 years\.

### How much experience does Brad have in correctional mental health?

Brad has more than 10 years of professional experience as a Behavioral Health Specialist in correctional mental health\.

### What are Brad’s professional strengths?

Brad’s core strengths include psychoeducation delivery and facilitation, DBT and CBT facilitation, curriculum adaptation, de\-escalation, emotional regulation, and teaching interpersonal skills\.

### What experience does Brad have with DBT and CBT?

Brad facilitates DBT and CBT\-based work and has experience running DBT groups in the Department of Corrections\.

### What is Brad’s training and facilitation approach?

Brad has extensive experience teaching difficult material to challenging audiences in extreme environments\. He focuses on practical, credible frameworks rather than generic approaches\.

### How does Brad help learners improve interpersonal skills?

Brad teaches emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills using practical, credible frameworks\. His facilitation style emphasizes engaged learners and material adapted to the needs of a specific group\.

### What is Brad’s experience with de\-escalation and emotional regulation?

Brad has expertise in de\-escalation and emotional\-regulation techniques in extreme environments\. His approach emphasizes calm, deliberate restraint and constructive communication\.

### What is Brad’s experience with curriculum development and adaptation?

Brad has strong experience building and adapting curriculum for specific groups, including curriculum used in psychoeducation and behavioral\-health facilitation\.

### What roles is Brad interested in pursuing?

Brad is interested in transitioning from corrections into corporate training, learning and development, or adjacent behavioral\-health roles\. He prefers a secular work environment\.

### What do references say about Brad?

Jamie Featherston, who worked with Bradley for about two years running DBT groups in the Department of Corrections, said Brad is consistent and follows rules exactly as written\. Jamie noted that participants knew what to expect because Brad was consistent in his daily duties, and described him as flexible, self\-directed, reliable, and effective working independently and on a team\. Jamie said they would recommend him\.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/brad\-zachary\-884570252

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