{"id":276,"date":"2026-04-25T05:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorpointcalminthestorm.com\/meet-the-founders\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:13:37","slug":"meet-the-founders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anchorpointcalminthestorm.com\/en_gb\/meet-the-founders\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:60vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background\" alt=\"Trudy Beicht paddleboarding\" src=\"https:\/\/anchorpointcalminthestorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/trudy-beicht.webp\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 15%\" style=\"object-position:50% 15%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div style=\"height:60vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:3rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:2rem;padding-right:2rem\">\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:2.5rem\">Meet the Founders<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:1.2rem\">45+ combined years of experience. One shared mission. And a whole lot of heart.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:3rem;padding-bottom:3rem;padding-left:2rem;padding-right:2rem\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e3487129 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anchorpointcalminthestorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/trudy-beicht.webp\" alt=\"Trudy Beicht \u2014 Co-Founder of Anchor Point\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trudy Beicht, M.S.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:italic\">Co-Founder | Mental Health Specialist | The Calm in the Storm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a specific feeling Trudy gets when someone is overwhelmed and she can help them find solid ground again. It is a rush \u2014 like adrenaline \u2014 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 \u2014 it is a path. That feeling has been driving her work for over two decades \u2014 first in her own life, then in the lives of the youth and families she supports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being married to Kim \u2014 AnchorPoint&#8217;s co-founder \u2014 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 &#8220;support&#8221; 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 \u2014 combined with two decades working in the mental health space alongside youth with diagnoses, families, and educators \u2014 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 \u2014 and a way to rebuild after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AnchorPoint exists because of everything she has seen, lived, and learned. If you are the calm in the storm for someone you love \u2014 if you are carrying the invisible load of supporting mental health needs at home, at school, or in your family \u2014 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Trudy&#8217;s Credentials &amp; Experience<\/summary>\n\n<p>Over two decades working in youth mental health \u2014 managing caseloads of 25+ children ages 5\u201321, 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 \u2014 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.<\/p>\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:0.95rem\">When she&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:3rem;padding-bottom:3rem;padding-left:2rem;padding-right:2rem\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e3487129 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kim Lockman, M.S., M.A.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:italic\">Co-Founder | Educator | The One Who Gets It From the Inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim Lockman was the hyper kid in the back of the classroom \u2014 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&#8217;re stupid \u2014 or \u2014 you&#8217;re smart if you&#8217;d just sit down and apply yourself. It wasn&#8217;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 \u2014 plot twist \u2014 she became a teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past 25 years, Kim has taught grades 5\u201312, 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 \u2014 not panicked. She believes, deep in her bones, that there are no problems. Just opportunities to get creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim co-founded Anchor Point because she knows what it feels like to be the kid nobody could reach \u2014 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Kim&#8217;s Credentials &amp; Experience<\/summary>\n\n<p>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 \u2014 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.<\/p>\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:0.95rem\">When she&#8217;s not working: water adventures, the gym, rock climbing, hiking, drawing, reading, writing, family time, and fur babies. And yes \u2014 she rarely sleeps. Thanks, ADHD.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/anchorpointcalminthestorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kim-lockman.webp\" alt=\"Kim Lockman \u2014 Co-Founder of Anchor Point\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f0f4f8;padding-top:3rem;padding-bottom:3rem;padding-left:2rem;padding-right:2rem\">\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Why We Built This<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:1.1rem\">Trudy and Kim are not just colleagues \u2014 they are married. 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