Kimberly Key, Ph.D., is the creator of SoulResilience, a science-backed approach that helps individuals and systems reconnect to meaning in a rapidly changing world. She is also the author of The Remembered Soul: Sacred Healing in a Forgetful World and Ten Keys to Staying Empowered in a Power Struggle. A former division president of the American Counseling Association, Key is the Founder and Chief Empathy Officer of Encompass Work and Family and the developer of interdisciplinary assessments, including The Key Essentials Balance Assessment. She has also researched family systems and organizational adaptation.

Key holds a Ph.D. in health psychology, along with graduate degrees in marriage and family therapy and counseling & educational psychology. Her post-graduate work has focused on the global effects of shifting family and business systems. She is a board-certified counselor and trauma-certified psychotherapist, with additional certifications in systems healing, physician wellness, and leadership resilience.