Meet the Founders
45+ combined years of experience. One shared mission. And a whole lot of heart.
Trudy Beicht, M.S.
Co-Founder | Mental Health Specialist | The Calm in the Storm
There is a specific feeling Trudy gets when someone is overwhelmed and she can help them find solid ground again. It is a rush — like adrenaline — and at the same time a deep exhale, like everything snaps into focus. Not because she has all the answers, but because she is good at helping people find theirs. A few grounded questions. A new angle. One honest reframe. And suddenly the problem is not a wall — it is a path. That feeling has been driving her work for over two decades — first in her own life, then in the lives of the youth and families she supports.
Being married to Kim — AnchorPoint’s co-founder — gave her the most honest education of her life. When you love someone whose brain moves fast, feels everything deeply, and reacts strongly, you learn quickly that “support” is not a sweet little word. It is a daily practice. It is learning how to be the calm in the storm without losing yourself in the weather. That experience — combined with two decades working in the mental health space alongside youth with diagnoses, families, and educators — is where Trudy learned what most adults already know in their bones: love is not enough by itself. You need tools. You need language. You need a plan for the hardest moments — and a way to rebuild after.
AnchorPoint exists because of everything she has seen, lived, and learned. If you are the calm in the storm for someone you love — if you are carrying the invisible load of supporting mental health needs at home, at school, or in your family — you deserve support too. You deserve tools that actually work in the hardest moments. Not theory. Not judgment. Just something solid to reach for when everything feels loud. That is what Trudy builds. That is why she is here.
Trudy’s Credentials & Experience
Over two decades working in youth mental health — managing caseloads of 25+ children ages 5–21, coordinating with school districts on behavioral intervention plans, and serving on crisis management teams through Columbia County Mental Health. Youth Bureau Director for the City of Hudson — overseeing daily operations across a Youth Center, Senior Programs, Summer Camp, Waterfront, and a wide range of educational and recreational programs. Vice President of the Capital Region Association of NYS Youth Bureaus. Grant researcher, writer, and evaluator for schools, summer camps, and nonprofits through T.I.M.E. Consulting LLC. Published author of multiple evaluation and technical reports, including co-author with Dr. Dean Spaulding. Certified American Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor, Water Safety Instructor, CPR and First Aid Instructor. B.S., Sage College of Albany. M.S. in Educational Psychology and Program Evaluation, College of St. Rose.
When she’s not working: paddleboarding, surfing, scuba diving, farming, chasing any body of water she can find. If it involves water and open air, she is already there.
Kim Lockman, M.S., M.A.
Co-Founder | Educator | The One Who Gets It From the Inside
Kim Lockman was the hyper kid in the back of the classroom — the one who could make a whole class laugh, derail a lesson in under 12 seconds, and still be the one everyone remembered at the end of the year. She heard the same two things on repeat growing up: you’re stupid — or — you’re smart if you’d just sit down and apply yourself. It wasn’t until college that the real answer came: she had AuDHD, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Auditory Processing Disorder, and Learning Disabilities in ELA and Math. Once she learned how to learn, everything changed. Then — plot twist — she became a teacher.
For the past 25 years, Kim has taught grades 5–12, served as an administrator and department chair, and built her entire career on one promise: she would never become the kind of teacher or administrator she hated when she was a kid. She brought restorative justice into school systems, became the person people call when behavior gets too big and the room gets shaky, and developed a reputation for getting grounded when things escalate — not panicked. She believes, deep in her bones, that there are no problems. Just opportunities to get creative.
Kim co-founded Anchor Point because she knows what it feels like to be the kid nobody could reach — and the adult who had to figure out how to reach them anyway. The books, the app, and everything Anchor Point builds exists because the tools she needed growing up did not exist yet. Now they do.
Kim’s Credentials & Experience
25 years in education as teacher, administrator, department chair, behavior specialist, and crisis intervention/de-escalation trainer. EMT and safety instructor through T.I.M.E Consulting LLC and FearlessEducation — teaches CPR, First Aid, Waterfront Lifeguarding, Wilderness First Aid, and Responding to Emergencies. Author of the e-book How to Have an Epic First Day of School. B.A. in Exercise Physiology/Psychology from Rutgers University. M.S. in Educational Administration from The College of St. Rose. Two M.S. degrees in Special Education and Special Education Leadership from Grand Canyon University. NYS and MAS certified in Biology, General Science, Earth Science, Chemistry, Physics, Special Education, and Administration. Proud member of the New York State Master Teacher Program.
When she’s not working: water adventures, the gym, rock climbing, hiking, drawing, reading, writing, family time, and fur babies. And yes — she rarely sleeps. Thanks, ADHD.
Why We Built This
Trudy and Kim are not just colleagues — they are married. One of them is neurodivergent. One of them learned what it means to be the calm in the storm. Together, they bring 45+ years of lived experience, professional expertise, and real love for the young people and families they serve.
Anchor Point was not built in a boardroom. It was built in the hard moments — the 7pm meltdowns, the IEP meetings, the classrooms where nobody had the right tools, and the quiet nights when one of them needed the other to just hold the line. Everything here exists because they needed it first.
We are not talking at you. We are in this with you.
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