Center for Trauma Resilient Communities

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How CTRC meets its mission

Using the current science of trauma resilience and organizational development, we move people from information to action.
We work with leaders to build a trauma-responsive and trauma resilient culture which helps to decrease burnout and turnover, increase compassion and accountability, and improve overall organizational health and effectiveness.
Workforce development begins with helping the “helpers” build resilience to chronic stress and exposure to secondary trauma while supporting leaders to implement structures for safety, self-care, and wellness.
Organizational capacity is built by developing internal trainers who help change the culture through our Train the Trainer curriculum, coaching, and certification.
Customized approaches fit your specific needs and help you move from trauma theory to creating trauma resilience.

Trauma has a powerful impact on individuals, organizations, communities, and entire systems.
Organizations are impacted by chronic stress and organizational trauma and can become toxic environments that add more adverse experiences to those they serve, rather than being healing environments.
Such a working environment may have a detrimental effect on the care providers, leading to compassion fatigue, vicarious and secondary trauma, and burnout.
Our goal is to build trauma-responsive organizations that share trauma knowledge, understanding, language, practices, values, commitments, and culture.