Trauma Resource Institute

Trauma Resource Institute TRI aims to take people from despair to hope through simple skills-based interventions based on cutting-edge research about the brain.
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The Trauma Resource Institute (TRI) is a nonprofit health organization devoted to cultivating trauma-informed and resiliency-focused individuals and communities throughout the world. By building local capacity in diverse communities both nationally and internationally, access to treatment of trauma and stress is expanded, and resolution strategies can be developed to respond in a culturally respec

tful and appropriate way. As a trauma educational organization we are committed to the following values:

Every individual, child, and adult has a natural-born resiliency. Individuals are entitled to interventions that are gentle, effective, and culturally sensitive. Education and intervention about the common reactions to traumatic and stressful experiences must be available to diverse populations and cultures. Treatment of individuals suffering from traumatic stress reactions must be accessible and affordable to all members of society. Enhancing the capacity of communities to provide for their own members rather than relying on outside "expertsโ€ creates resiliencyโ€“focused communities.

The ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ (๐‚๐‘๐Œ)ยฎ contains powerful skills for ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง that can be used anywhere a...
05/28/2026

The ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ (๐‚๐‘๐Œ)ยฎ contains powerful skills for ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง that can be used anywhere and anytime.

๐‚๐‘๐Œ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ is a strengths-based, compassionate approach that is helping school staff and students re-connect to their bodies and understand new ways to support their well-being through nervous system regulation.

๐Ÿ”Š๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐ง...

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Since 2019, the Community Resiliency Model has been shared with thousands of educators and students, world-wide.

Pro-active and preventative skills like resourcing, grounding, and the Help Now! strategies can be practiced daily as classroom routines, during class meetings and brain breaks, or at crucial moments like before a test or during conflict resolution.

๐…๐ž๐ž๐๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ suggests that the CRM skills can improve students body literacy, self-compassion and sense of empathy towards others.

๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ to manage the physical and emotional demands of their profession.

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐‘๐Œ ๐›๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, rather than burdening them with โ€œone more thingโ€ to do.

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐‘๐Œ ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ so that the climate of school becomes a place that is welcoming to the educators and students โ€œwhole selvesโ€?

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š-๐š๐ง๐-๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ by everyone from the support staff, to the principal?

This session with Lindy Settevendemie and Christa Tinari explores the use of CRM in school contexts and their insights about how CRM can support individuals and transform the learning environment.

Learn more about Christa & PeacePraxis: https://www.christatinari.com

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๐ŸซถDonโ€™t underestimate the power of tiny moments of nurturing human connection.Science has shown us that even moments of n...
05/27/2026

๐ŸซถDonโ€™t underestimate the power of tiny moments of nurturing human connection.

Science has shown us that even moments of nervous system regulation can help to mitigate the long term effects of trauma and may even help prevent symptoms.

These skills have been taken from our Disaster Relief Mobilization-Community Resiliency Model (DRM-CRM)ยฎ training.

Learn more about DRM-CRM: https://bit.ly/DRMCRM

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๐Ÿ‘‚You might want to think about listening to the audio recordings when you are stressed, anxious or feeling down.

In this episode of Resiliency Within , Elaine Miller-Karas interviews .Salser about a deceptively simple proposition: th...
05/24/2026

In this episode of Resiliency Within , Elaine Miller-Karas interviews .Salser about a deceptively simple proposition: that time and connection โ€” not paint or canvas โ€” can be one of the most powerful art supplies we have.

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Cathy is the founder of A Window Between Worlds (AWBW) , a non-profit dedicated to nurturing art-based journeys of transforming trauma. Since 1991, AWBW has grown into a national circle of co-creation reaching nearly 150,000 participants annually across 44 states and 8 countries.

She shares the orgins of how she came to this work, and what it looks like when art becomes a circle of co-creation where every person is welcomed as an innovator and a founder of their own path forward. She draws on stories from across her 35 years of practice โ€” from the personal level to the relational, organizational, and national.

She is also honest about what art is not: it doesnโ€™t replace therapists, hotlines, or economic justice. But it does something that nothing else does โ€” it can help people create quick, but lasting, tangible tools to hold onto their strength, vision, and one another across time.

Cathy shares from a very personal place. Her home burned in the Palisades fire, along with her studio and 35 years of AWBW archives. The spirit of that work is not defeated โ€” it is sprouting back up, even through this conversation.

This conversation welcomes us to rethink what art is and what it can do โ€” not as a luxury or a talent, but as an accessible scaffold for change that anyone can build a life around.

Learn more about Cathy: https://www.cathysalser.com

Learn more about AWBW: https://www.awbw.org

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Learn how to regulate your ๐Ÿง  with ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.A ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž can be anything that helps a person feel better. ๐Ÿ˜โ–ช๏ธ It can be ...
05/21/2026

Learn how to regulate your ๐Ÿง  with ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.

A ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž can be anything that helps a person feel better. ๐Ÿ˜

โ–ช๏ธ It can be a characteristic the person likes about themself, a positive memory, a person, place, animal, spiritual guide, or anything that provides joy, peace or calm.

โ–ช๏ธ The resource is simply brought to mind and at least three details about the resource are remembered and then oneโ€™s attention is directed to the sensations that are pleasant or neutral on the inside.

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It's ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก!Join host Elaine Miller-Karas Resiliency Within for a heartfelt and deeply personal h...
05/15/2026

It's ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก!

Join host Elaine Miller-Karas Resiliency Within for a heartfelt and deeply personal hour-long conversation about why mental health must be viewed as a public health issue.

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Drawing from her Psychology Today article, โ€œWhy Mental Health Is a Public Health Issue,โ€ and her decades of work developing the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) and Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), Elaine speaks directly to listeners about the biological impact of stress, trauma, disasters, loss, and uncertainty on individuals, families, and communities.

She explores how the nervous system responds to overwhelming experiences, why our reactions are rooted in biology rather than weakness, and how resilience can be strengthened through body-based wellness skills, compassion, connection, and community support.

Elaine also offers hope-filled reflections on healing, neuroplasticity, the importance of natural leaders and helpers, and practical ways to restore balance during difficult times. This special episode is an invitation to move from shame to understanding, from isolation to connection, and toward a more resilient and compassionate world.

Psychology Today article: https://bit.ly/3Wvz8se

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Youโ€™re Invited to โ€œ๐’๐ฉ๐š ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ: ๐€ ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ ๐ŸชทThis event offers a compassionate space fo...
05/11/2026

Youโ€™re Invited to โ€œ๐’๐ฉ๐š ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ: ๐€ ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€ ๐Ÿชท

This event offers a compassionate space for fire-affected individuals, families, and community members to come together, connect, and learn practical skills that support healing, self-care, and emotional balance.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Thursday May 21st | 7pm-8:30pm PT

Register for this FREE event:
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Work with us โž– we're ! TRI is currently seeking an ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ.๐Ÿ‘‰ Full description & details:https://bit....
05/11/2026

Work with us โž– we're ! TRI is currently seeking an ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Full description & details:
https://bit.ly/TRI_JobOpportunities

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The Administrative Specialist provides core administrative and operational support across TRIโ€™s training, program, and organizational functions. This role helps ensure the organization runs smoothly by maintaining organized systems, coordinating logistics, supporting financial processes, managing records, and serving as a central point of coordination for internal and external requests.

The Administrative Specialist plays an important role in supporting TRIโ€™s training operations by assisting with registration tracking, certification documentation, materials coordination, and participant communications. In addition, the role supports administrative workflows related to invoicing, document organization, and maintaining accurate internal records.

TRI maintains an active training calendar and regularly responds to emerging community needs, including disaster recovery programming. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, flexibility, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

ABOUT TRI

The Trauma Resource Institute (โ€œTRIโ€) is an international non-profit organization based in Claremont, California. TRI is committed to building trauma-informed and resiliency-informed and focused individuals and communities through the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)ยฎ and Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)ยฎ.

The two models are designed to restore balance and healing after stressful and traumatic life events. TRIโ€™s work has been brought to 50 states in the United States and 75+ countries around the world.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Resiliency Within is honored to spotlight the extraordinary work of Mel...
05/08/2026

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Resiliency Within is honored to spotlight the extraordinary work of Melissa Boley, who reflects on her remarkable career as a psychotherapist and leader in the field of trauma healing.

Melissa was recently awarded the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Idaho Counseling Association, in recognition of 36 years of dedicated service as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Idaho.

In this episode, she shares the wisdom and insights she has gained through decades of clinical work, as well as her international experiences and deep connection to the healing power of nature.

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Her journey began in social services in 1978 while still an undergraduate, followed by earningher Masterโ€™s in Counseling Psychology in 1986.

Over the years, Melissa has worked across a wide range of mental health settingsโ€”including wilderness therapy programs with incarcerated youth, domestic violence shelters, group homes, crisis residential centers, and community mental health clinics throughout the United States. Since 1990, she has maintained a private practice in Ketchum, Idaho.

Specializing in trauma, Melissa brings an integrative, body-based approach to her work. She holds advanced postgraduate certifications in Somatic Experiencing, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)ยฎ.

She also serves as a Teaching Assistant with the Somatic Experiencing Institute and as a Consultant, Facilitator, and Trainer with the Trauma Resource Institute, teaching both the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)ยฎ and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)ยฎ, sharing trauma-informed resilience skills both nationally and internationallyโ€”including in Nepal, the Philippines, and Serbia.

Join us as Melissa reflects on a lifetime of service, the evolution of trauma-informed care, and the vital role of somatic awareness in supporting healing and resilience.

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In this episode of Resiliency Within , Elaine Miller-Karas interviews Dr. Adam Barsouk about a sobering reality: cancer ...
05/01/2026

In this episode of Resiliency Within , Elaine Miller-Karas interviews Dr. Adam Barsouk about a sobering reality: cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in many developed nations.

Yet there is hopeโ€”up to half of cancer deaths may be preventable through lifestyle changes, environmental awareness, and thoughtful public policy.

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Dr. Barsouk shares important information from his recently published book, Outsmarting Cancer, which reframes one of the most pressing medical challenges of our time: how to prevent cancer.

Dr. Barsouk presents a sweeping examination of cancerโ€™s true originsโ€”biological, environmental, dietary, infectious, industrial, occupational, and behavioralโ€”and makes a compelling case for why cancer prevention must become a central priority in public and personal health.

His book explores a wide range of overlooked and misunderstood risk factors, as well as how inequities in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention disproportionately impact underserved populations.

This conversation invites us to rethink cancer not only as a medical diagnosis, but as a public health and societal challengeโ€”one that calls for evidence-based prevention strategies, informed choices, and collective responsibility.

About Our Guest:

ADAM BARSOUK, MD is a resident-physician at the University of Pennsylvania. His articles about science, medicine, and policy have been featured in Forbes, Newsweek, Fox News, and Business Insider.
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Gain the ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ you need to help your clients struggling with ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.๐Ÿ“š Register for this ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž TR...
04/28/2026

Gain the ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ you need to help your clients struggling with ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ“š Register for this ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž TRM Level 1 Training
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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Saturday May 16th - Monday, May 18th
๐Ÿ“ Location: Virtual

This 3-Day Training Consists of:

โ–ช๏ธA combination of lecture, discussion and small group practice.
โ–ช๏ธOn-going support & community
โ–ช๏ธ18.5 CEUs included in price of training

This course designed to teach skills to clinicians, and those in professions, working with children and adults with traumatic stress reactions.

TRM explores the neurobiology of fear and threat and the automatic, natural defensive responses that occur when faced with a life-threatening and/or dangerous situation.

Most importantly, this model explores the concept of resiliency and how to restore balance to the body and the mind after traumatic experiences.

When the focus is on normal biological responses to extraordinary events, there is a paradigm shift to symptoms being described as biological rather than as pathological or as mental weakness.

As traumatic stress symptoms are normalized, feelings of shame and self-blame are reduced or eliminated.

Symptoms are viewed as the bodyโ€™s attempt to re-establish balance to the nervous system.

๐ŸŽ“By the end of this training, youโ€™ll be equipped to:

โ–ช๏ธDescribe three or more key concepts of the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)ยฎ
โ–ช๏ธDescribe three or more ways traumatic experiences affect the mind and body based on current scientific research.
โ–ช๏ธDescribe the parasympathetic and sympathetic arms of the autonomic nervous system including the impact on traumatic stress symptoms.
โ–ช๏ธDescribe TRMโ€™s definition of trauma.
โ–ช๏ธDescribe and utilize the ten skills of TRM.
โ–ช๏ธDescribe the six skills of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)ยฎ.
โ–ช๏ธIdentify two or more ethical considerations with regard to implementing TRM.
.. and more!

๐Ÿ”ธThe Trauma Resource Institute is pleased to offer individual scholarships.

For more information please contact us at [email protected].

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