Trauma Resource Institute

02/24/2026

Gain the 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐭 you need to help your clients struggling with 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

📚Register for this 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 TRM Level 1 Training
👉 https://bit.ly/TRM1-3-16-26

Dates: Friday March 13th - Sunday, March 15th
Location: Claremont, CA

This 3-Day Training Consists of:

▪️A combination of lecture, discussion and small group practice.
▪️On-going support & community
▪️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 body’s attempt to re-establish balance to the nervous system.

🎓By the end of this training, you’ll be equipped to:

▪️Describe three or more key concepts of the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)®
▪️Describe three or more ways traumatic experiences affect the mind and body based on current scientific research.
▪️Describe the parasympathetic and sympathetic arms of the autonomic nervous system including the impact on traumatic stress symptoms.
▪️Describe TRM’s definition of trauma.
▪️Describe and utilize the nine skills of TRM.
▪️Describe the six skills of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)®.
▪️Identify two or more ethical considerations with regard to implementing TRM.
.. and more!

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🔸The Trauma Resource Institute is pleased to offer individual scholarships. For more information please contact us at hello@communitytri.com.

02/20/2026

Light can be found even in the darkest times...

Tune in to this encore episode of Resiliency Within as Elaine uncovers pathways to healing, unity, and action.

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In a time of deep division, uncertainty, and crisis, Finding Light in the Darkness will explore how we can maintain our well-being, integrity, and hope.

Hosted by Elaine Miller-Karas, an internationally recognized trauma expert and resiliency advocate, she will illuminate practical strategies for navigating today’s complex social and political landscape.

Elaine hopes this episode will provide a beacon of light—insights on staying grounded, fostering compassion, and building resilience in the face of adversity.

Elaine is dedicated to empowering listeners to cultivate inner strength and create ripples of change for themselves, their families and their communities.

02/18/2026

🫶These FREE, virtual support gatherings are designed to bring together 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞-𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, and those who support them.

We invite you to join us as we share, reflect, and practice skills that cultivate wellbeing, connection, and recovery.

💛 Join us Thursday February 18th @ 6pm-7pm Pacific on Zoom.

👉 Register here: https://bit.ly/CCWinter2026

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02/14/2026

Kevin McLeod returns to Resiliency Within for an encore presentation about the Trauma Resource Institute's new initiative called the Youth Ambassador Program (YAP) which will be launched in March of 2026. (Linked below)

🔊Tune in to this powerful conversation about teens, healing, and hope.

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In this episode, Kevin addresses the Trauma Resource Institute’s inspiring work bringing the Youth Ambassador Program (YAP) to teens in Georgia’s Juvenile Justice System—and how this innovative program can be brought to schools, teen centers, and community clubs everywhere. YAP has recently been applied to the Disaster Relief Mobilization-Community Resiliency Model Program.

Learn more about our first CRM-YAP Training for CRM Teachers:
https://bit.ly/CRMYAP-3-27-26

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YAP empowers teens with simple, science-based wellness skills from the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)—tools that help calm the nervous system and restore well-being after stress or trauma. Through hands-on, experiential training, youth become CRM Teen Ambassadors (CRM-TAs) and learn six easy-to-use skills they can apply for self-care and peer support.

What’s more, these young leaders go on to share the skills with their friends and classmates through short, engaging “share-backs” that bring the skills to life in everyday settings—from classrooms to living rooms.

YAP is more than a program—it’s a movement to build resilience, foster connection, and inspire hope—one teen at a time.

02/13/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬: Looking for an affordable training that teaches you how to help your clients who are experiencing traumatic stress reactions?

The Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® is for you!

🗓️ Join us March 13th-15th, in Los Angeles County, CA for our first *in-person* TRM Level 1 training of 2026.

👉Learn More: https://bit.ly/TRM1-3-16-26

*Early bird pricing ends TODAY February 13th.

📚CEs: 18.5 hours

TRM takes a mind-body approach to dealing with trauma — at an affordable price point.

is both a model for trauma reprocessing as well as a model promoting client self-care.

This model focuses on the 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 and the 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 that the human body uses when faced with perceived threat.

The clinician learns the basic concepts of TRM and how to introduce the concepts and the skills to clients.

Survivors often report 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 as the activities of daily living become easier to manage as 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 as a wellness practice.

🔸Share this post with colleagues who are looking to enhance their practice and the wellbeing of their patients/clients.

🔸The Trauma Resource Institute is pleased to offer individual scholarships. For more information please contact us at hello@communitytri.com.

02/07/2026

02/05/2026

In this episode of Resiliency Within , Elaine Miller-Karas sits down with Edith Boyle, LCSW — President & CEO of LifeBridge Community Services — for a meaningful conversation about the power of balancing the narrative and why the stories we tell about our communities shape their future.

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Bridgeport, Connecticut is often described through statistics of hardship—high poverty rates, community violence, limited access to mental health care, and chronic school absenteeism. These realities are significant and deserve attention. But when a place is defined only by its struggles, something vital is lost. Research calls this deficit framing or spatial stigma—a lens that can lower expectations, reinforce bias, and quietly erode hope, dignity, and well-being.

So the question becomes: What else is true?

Bridgeport is also home to deep cultural pride, resilient families, committed faith and neighborhood leaders, strong nonprofit partnerships, and generations of community strength. Edith shares how LifeBridge embraces both truths—acknowledging adversity while actively cultivating possibility.

Through trauma-informed school and community mental health services, integrated pediatric behavioral health, community resiliency training, and arts-based healing initiatives, LifeBridge helps individuals and neighborhoods expand their narrative beyond survival toward empowerment.

This conversation explores how a balanced narrative doesn’t deny pain—it widens the lens. It reduces shame, restores dignity, supports nervous system regulation, and strengthens resilience not just in individuals, but across entire communities.

Join us for an inspiring dialogue about reframing stories, reclaiming identity, and rediscovering what is possible.

About our Guest: Edith Boyle, LCSW

Edith Boyle, LCSW is President & CEO of LifeBridge Community Services in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and a licensed clinical social worker committed to advancing healing and resilience in communities impacted by stress and adversity. A first-generation college graduate, she holds an MSW from Western New Mexico University and a BA in Psychology from Arizona State University.

Since 2022, Edith has led LifeBridge’s expansion of accessible, trauma-informed outpatient mental health care for children, adults, and families—integrating talk therapy and clinical art therapy to support both mind and body. She also champions practical, neuroscience-informed resiliency skills in everyday settings through Community Resiliency Model (CRM) trainings for frontline professionals and community members, helping people feel calmer, more focused, and more connected during challenging times.

Edith is advancing community-based models that bring care closer to where families live and learn, including embedding clinicians in schools and pediatric practices across Fairfield County. Under her leadership, LifeBridge joined the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, strengthening the organization’s capacity to serve children and families impacted by trauma. She also founded Connecticut’s first Trauma-Informed Community of Practice (TI-CoP), convening cross-sector providers to deepen shared learning and strengthen trauma-responsive care throughout the region.

02/04/2026

🫶These FREE, virtual support gatherings are designed to bring together 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞-𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, and those who support them.

We invite you to join us as we share, reflect, and practice skills that cultivate wellbeing, connection, and recovery.

💛 Join us Wednesday February 11th @ 12:00pm PT

👉 Register here: https://bit.ly/CCWinter2026

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02/01/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬: Looking for an affordable training that teaches you how to help your clients who are experiencing traumatic stress reactions?

The Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® is for you!

🗓️ Join us March 13th-15th, in Los Angeles County, CA for our first *in-person* TRM Level 1 training of 2026.

👉Learn More: https://bit.ly/TRM1-3-16-26

*Early bird pricing ends February 13th.

📚CEs: 18.5 hours

01/31/2026

Join a growing community of practitioners transforming trauma care—learn TRM and start helping clients thrive, not just survive.

The 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 (𝐓𝐑𝐌)® Training is designed to teach skills to clinicians and professionals helping children and adults with traumatic stress reactions.

🗓️ Join us March 13th-15th, in Los Angeles County, CA for our first *in-person* TRM Level 1 training of 2026.

*Early bird pricing ends February 13th.

📚CEs: 18.5 hours

👉Learn More: https://bit.ly/TRM1-3-16-26

Training Overview:

TRM focuses on the biological basis of trauma and the automatic survival responses that the human body uses when faced with perceived threat.

Survivors often report a renewed sense of hope as the activities of daily living become easier to manage as skills are incorporated into life as a wellness practice.

🙏Special thank you to Michelle Sargent for sharing her experience using TRM in her practice.

01/30/2026

NEW EPISODE 🎙️ In this conversation, Maryam Zar reflects on resilience as an act of continuity—how individuals and communities carry memory, identity, and care forward after profound disruption.

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