How We Help

The Center for Trauma & Resilience provides a response to a client’s call for help.

All services are confidential and provided by counselors and supervised student interns.

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Helpline – Emotional support and resource assistance (M – F 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ; Sat 9:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m.)

Information and Referral – Link clients with community resources and provide crime prevention education

Assistance with Emergency Services – Food, clothing, shelter, financial aid, crime scene cleanup and other emergency needs.

Advocacy – Communication of needs to employers, landlords, service providers, the criminal justice system and others.

Brief Therapy and Case Management – Brief counseling (12 weeks to 6 months, and in some cases, longer) individual and group sessions to explore recovery options.

Advocate/Intern Program – Advocates and interns receive 40 hours of training to assist clients.

Community Outreach and Education – Speakers available for presentations on crime prevention and compassion fatigue.

Specialized Services

Befriending the Body™ Trauma Sensitive Yoga– Trauma-sensitive yoga program promoting health and wellness for clients and community.

Elder Program – customized services for persons 65 and older.

–          Words of Wisdom senior support groups.
–          Personalized crime prevention plans.

AVAIL: Legal Solutions for VAWA – Legal assistance for immigrant survivors of domestic/sexual violence to remain in the U.S. under the Violence Against Women Act.

Auricular Acupuncture – Our protocol encourages wellness through the use of a standardized auricular acupuncture/acupressure protocol for behavioral health concerns, including addictions, mental health, and disaster and emotional trauma

Community Programs

The Translation & Interpreting Center – Professional services offered in more than 40 languages.

Compassion Fatigue Workshop – Full-day workshops for professional to address compassion fatigue and burnout.

Our Values

CTR is in alignment with the Trauma-informed standards of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:

  1. Safety – Throughout the organization, staff and the people they serve feel physically and psychologically safe.
  2. Trustworthiness and transparency – Organizational operations and decisions are conducted with transparency and the goal of building and maintaining trust among staff, clients, and family members of those receiving services.
  3. Peer support and mutual self-help – These are integral to the organizational and service delivery approach and are understood as a key vehicle for building trust, establishing safety, and empowerment.
  4. Collaboration and mutuality – There is true partnering and leveling of power differences between staff and clients and among organizational staff from direct care staff to administrators. There is recognition that healing happens in relationships and in the meaningful sharing of power and decision-making. The organization recognizes that everyone has a role to play in a trauma-informed approach. One does not have to be a therapist to be therapeutic.
  5. Empowerment, voice, and choice – Throughout the organization and among the clients served, individuals’ strengths are recognized, built on, and validated and new skills developed as necessary. The organization aims to strengthen the staff’s, clients’, and family members’ experience of choice and recognize that every person’s experience is unique and requires an individualized approach. This includes a belief in resilience and in the ability of individuals, organizations, and communities to heal and promote recovery from trauma. This builds on what clients, staff, and communities have to offer, rather than responding to perceived deficits.
  6. Cultural, historical, and gender issues – The organization actively moves past cultural stereotypes and biases (e.g., based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, geography), offers gender responsive services, leverages the healing value of traditional cultural connections, and recognizes and addresses historical trauma