Travis Atkinson, MS, LPC, has worked in behavioral health services for the past 20 years as a clinician, trainer, supervisor, advocate, and consultant. He has presented on SAMHSA panels around crisis systems and crisis bed registries, researched best practices in emergency behavioral health care, and spoken at national behavioral health conferences on functional crisis systems and behavioral health workforce challenges. Since 2015 he has worked at TBD Solutions, and he was instrumental in authoring the Crisis Residential Best Practices Handbook in 2018. He is the past president of the Crisis Residential Association. He received his BA from the University of Michigan and his Master’s degree in Community Counseling from National-Louis University. Travis lives in Grand Rapids, MI, with his wife and three daughters. He is also a performing songwriter with six albums to his name. Travis is also the host of The Crisis Podcast.