Gabriella Brent

Gabriella Brent is the CEO of Amna, where she leads global efforts to expand trauma- and identity-informed approaches to mental health and psychosocial support in communities affected by conflict and displacement. Amna’s distinctive model builds a therapeutic workforce of organisations, practitioners, and master trainers who provide and cascade creative, collective healing practices with communities experiencing profound conflict, grief, loss, and trauma. Under her leadership, Amna’s programmes have grown across multiple countries, developing models of care that address intergenerational trauma while strengthening community resilience.

A trained psychotherapist, Gabriella brings extensive frontline and systems-level experience. She began her career working in prisons and community settings with children, young people, and families facing intersecting adversities and trauma. She went on to play a leading role in the UK’s Family Drug and Alcohol Court National Unit for Family Justice Reform, where she helped pioneer a healing-centred justice approach that enabled more families to stay together through successful healing from trauma substance addiction.

Drawing on both professional expertise and her personal heritage as the descendant of refugees, Gabriella champions human-centred, community-led approaches that respond to urgent needs while reshaping systems for long-term healing and justice.