Dayna Gurley, LCSW-S, CCTS, ACM, is a licensed clinical social worker, educator, and trauma specialist with over 15 years of experience. She is the founder of a private practice serving emergency responders, veterans, and cancer survivors, with a focus on trauma recovery and specialized care for first responders through her Emergency Responder and Public Safety Clinician Certification (ERPSCC). Dayna is also a professor at the University of Houston-Downtown, where she teaches and mentors future social workers. She integrates advanced approaches, including ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP), EMDR, Accudetox, and neurofeedback, to support healing from complex trauma. As an LCSW supervisor, she is dedicated to developing compassionate, skilled professionals in the field. She is a certified psychedelic-assisted therapist with several years of experience working with ketamine. She is currently a doctoral student at Stephen F. Austin State University.