Joan Garrity Health Testimonials

Garrity Health Consulting & Training - Joan Garrity

Garrity Health Counsulting & Training in White Marsh, Maryland - Joan Garrity

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
Anna Quindlen

Joan Garrity exemplifies two things: excellence as a facilitator and excellence as a learning professional - someone who really understands and delivers on the most useful combinations of theory, skill development and affective understanding. Her attention to the process of learning is impeccable and her understanding of the content she presents is deep, solid, informed, sensitive and practical. Joan's ability to help the participants in her trainings find their professional strengths, practice new skills, connect their existing knowledge with new learning and make commitments to apply all this to their real life work is rare and is what makes Joan's work in such demand. She facilitates so the participants in her sessions are challenged just enough to stretch, and safe enough to dare to do so.
Maggi Ruth P. Boyer, M.Ed., Independent Consultant, Former Director of Education and Training for Planned Parenthood of Bucks County

"There aren’t enough superlatives to describe how good Joan is. During her history of almost three decades of training on sexual health issues, Joan has amassed a set of skills that few can match. She has a vast, wide-ranging intelligence coupled with an intricate, detailed knowledge of her topics. She possesses abundant personality traits that are beneficial to a trainer. She is aware and present in the moment. She is sensitive to the needs of the group. She is an excellent listener. She has an abiding faith in the group process and in the power of individuals to learn and grow. Her trainings model the belief that people learn best when they are actively involved in the learning process. She creatively blends her knowledge, the goals of the training, and the needs of the participants in a way that is unhurried, natural, and relaxed, but reflects the skill and preparation that is always the cornerstone of a quality educational experience."

Joe Fay, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Coalition to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Joan Garrity is an exceptional trainer and curriculum designer. She excels at insuring that she knows the audience she is designing for or training. Her knowledge of behavior change theory and ability to apply it to real world situations set her apart from the rest. She is an inspiration to work with. She presents material in an easy to understand and practical manner.
Patricia Abshier
Program Manager
Development Systems, Inc
Emory University School of Medicine

Joan Garrity has provided communications and values clarification training for our membership of medical students for more than ten years. Because we limit the numbers in her training sessions, there is always a substantial waiting list -- a reflection of how popular and useful her sessions are for our members. Joan relates extraordinarily well to the enthusiasm and youth of our members. Her sessions at our conferences are among the most popular and they are always rated highly in post-conference evaluations. It is a real pleasure to work with a trainer who makes that extra effort to ensure that her session.
Lois Backus
Executive Director
Medical Students for Choice

I have had the pleasure of working with Joan for the past two years on a conference for family planning service providers. Joan has always been the lead consultant/trainer on the project and l have always been impressed with her wisdom, depth of character and the insight she is able to provide to not only the participants but to all of the consultants who work with her and follow her lead. Joan is highly regarded in the field of public health, her counseling, writing and facilitation skills are above beyond reproach. She is a marvelous person to work with and always produces a polished product. She always holds people to high standards that she herself always meets or surpasses. I would recommend Joan to anyone.
Oscar López
Owner
Connected Health Solutions

Joan is an excellent trainer. She develops and delivers trainings that are experiential, outcome driven, and relevant to the participants. Joan has an exceptional way of building rapport, trust and credibility with diverse groups.
Hector Campos
Owner
Campos Training & Consulting Group

Joan knows her material and prepares carefully for training. This is uncommon. Joan puts into words and clear examples the subtlest aspects of counseling skill. This is rare. Joan models a style of human connection that is direct and respectful. This is water in the desert. Ready to stop downloading into your clients’ ears all the facts you know about sex and health? Ready to have conversations with clients that foster growth and change? You are ready for Joan Mogul Garrity training.
Felicia Guest, MPH, CHES
Director of Training
Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center (SEATEC)
Emory University School of Medicine

As the Administrator of a regional training program, I have had the opportunity and privilege to work with Joan for more than a decade. Her skills as a teacher and coach are unsurpassed. She works WITH adult learners so they truly have the experience of being part of a learning environment where their knowledge and ideas are recognized and incorporated. I learn something new every time I work with her, and highly recommend her as faculty.
M. Terry Hogan - Administrator
Region III STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Baltimore, Maryland

I’m honored to have known Joan since the early 80s, and the one word that sums her up for me is “jewel.” That she’s been honored with the highest awards in her fields makes evident that she’s revered for her outstanding professional contributions as a writer, educator, trainer, facilitator, and so much more. For me, what stands out is her incredible sensitivity to people in all walks of life, her unwavering openness to inquiry, and her passionate commitment to creating a better world.
Ann Thompson Cook
President
Thompson Cook Associates, LLC
http://annthompsoncook.com

Joan is a talented speaker, trainer, writer and consultant. What is more remarkable is that her talents are combined with creativity and with an exceptional degree of sensitivity and caring for those with whom she works. I consider it a privilege to have known and worked with her.
Terry Beresford, renowned trainer

Our agency has utilized Joan Garrity's expertise to develop training curricula and to train health care professionals and counselors for more than 20 years. Joan is the most highly skilled facilitator that I have ever observed. She has an exceptional ability to respond to trainee questions and comments in a way that promotes the training objectives. Training participants consistently rate her "outstanding.” She is extremely skilled at respectfully articulating the opinions and values of others.
Claudia Gray, Chief, Professional Education,
Maryland State AIDS Administration