Bridging The Gap Between
Healing and Exploitation
Welcome to HealEx Consulting
Slavery Ends when Trauma Heals
Slavery is happening in your community, right now.
Awareness Inspires Change
Statistics
Almost 50 million people worldwide estimated to be in modern slavery.
Over 16,000 potential victims were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline in the USA in 2021 alone.
Just take a look at this heat map from the National Human Trafficking Hotline. This shows all of the locations where exploitation is reported.
Exploitation
ex‧ploi‧ta‧tion
The improper use of something or someone for selfish purposes.
The act of depriving someone of something to which they have a natural right.
The state of slavery.
Our Work
Healing Exploitation means Helping People Understand.
If people only knew how close to home human trafficking actually hits in their own communities. HealEx doesn't believe in fear mongering, but we do want people to understand that this issue is right here in your own community.
Have a look at our online course to learn more.
What We Do
Research
First seek to understand,
then seek to be understood.
We are dedicated to better understanding what exploitation actually looks like in communities around the world. We have research interns and fellows who find every bit of information they can about this issue.
We are also connected with direct impact organizations that work directly with survivors of exploitation. This is where the real learning happens.
Teaching
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
We provide training and consulting services to groups and organizations that want to improve their understanding and response to exploitation in their own community.
We help break down all the myths and mysteriousness of "Human Trafficking" and help people understand what is really happening and how they can make a difference, right here and now.
Consulting
Healing happens through connection and relationships.
HealEx brings specialized expertise to the table to help you better serve exploited people. Our consulting models center around mobile clinics, community health programs, and protocol development.
We can help you create sustainable, healing solutions for survivors you serve.
Testimonials
HealEx did a presentation for our group at USARA. The information presented was amazing! Matt was so informative and his passion to help is inspiring!
They give the history of slavery and provide information on how to actually help people. It makes an amazing impact.
They are really healing focused and it was such a great experience for me and my team, because it gave us more knowledge on how we can be helpful in helping exploited people in our community.
-Sami Lindsay
Peer Recovery Coach
HealEx provided our Pregnancy Center with gentle guidance, instruction and support in developing our polices and procedures regarding Human Trafficking Victims. As a faith-based ministry and a primary care clinic, we have a unique dynamic in operations. We came to HealEx needing a clear path of care for our Clinic Nurses and Volunteer Advocates to follow, and Matthew helped us work through the process, gain connections and put a plan in place. We are so grateful! We wanted to be a trusted partner in our community in the area of Human Trafficking Victim Care, and HealEx has helped us reach that goal.
-Erin Rogers
Executive Director
We were pleased to have Matt and Gentry from HealEx come to Renew Wellness and train our staff. We learned important information about human trafficking, and how to support individuals who have been, or are currently being exploited.
We learned how to recognize and understand people with vulnerabilities that could lead to trafficking.
The information they presented at the training was useful and relevant to the population we work with and allowed for a good discussion.
Thank you HealEx!
MEET OUR FOUNDER
Matt Pierce
President and Founder
Matt Pierce is a public health and medical professional. He currently works as a PA-C in urgent care, family medicine, and psychiatry. Over the last 7 years, Pierce has served on, built, and managed both local and international community health programs, mobile medical clinics, and training programs centered on helping vulnerable and marginalized people access health care. Throughout his service and studies he has found that the most vulnerable and marginalized people he has worked with are those suffering from the trauma of human trafficking and exploitation. He has focused his study and work around this population, and continues to specialize at the intersection of healing and human trafficking. He has served as the Vice President of the Utah Academy of Physician Assistants, and is currently serving on the Utah Trafficking in Persons Executive Board as the Co-Chair of the Medical Subcommittee. He is the founder of HealEx, a research, training, and consulting project aimed at bridging the gap between healing and human trafficking. He is also the founder of Social Medicine International, a nonprofit organization that serves vulnerable and marginalized people through mobile clinics.
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