Strong. Positive Connections. Individualized Trauma Services:

Healing from trauma is a unique process. The effects of trauma are as individualized and as unique as the person who experiences the trauma. 

An Individualized Trauma Services (ITS) Resiliency Specialist engages and builds trusting relationships with adults and children who have experienced trauma and attachment disruptions so that the individual can increase the capacity to heal from past trauma. The Resiliency Specialist brings their empathy, self-awareness, and expertise on trauma and attachment to all interactions, validating the person's experience(s), including that current disruptive behaviors make sense given those experiences.  ITS Resiliency Specialists create a feeling of control and safety by emphasizing clients' ability to 'hire' or 'fire' them. Resiliency Specialists provide education about trauma and attachment and how these experiences affect the body and mind. Resiliency Specialists model, teach and encourage coping and relaxation skills, the identification of emotions, and emotional regulation. Resiliency Specialists encourage and support the consumer to advocate for themselves and their needs, including their need for control. 

These processes increase personal resiliency and the likelihood that clients can heal from their traumatic experiences.  Individualized Trauma Services Resiliency Specialists…

  • Meet clients in the community, in their homes, schools, and other community-based settings;
  • Meet weekly or bi-weekly, depending on their client's wishes and needs;
  • Provide a supplement to therapy.

Individualized Trauma Services can help youth or adults who have a history of trauma or disruptive attachment experiences, who exhibit challenging or disruptive behaviors or seem unable to connect in meaningful relationships. Including those who are or were…

  • Raised by a parent with mental illness
  • Affected by generational trauma
  • Are not living at home
  • Are involved in child protection
  • Are receiving services from Comprehensive Community Services
  • Are involved in corrections

ITS can help prepare clients to process trauma with a therapist, or it can be a stand-alone service. ITS is also piloting a clinical track with licensed therapists who can assist clients with processing past trauma using evidence-based treatments. 

To make a referral, call 1.877.287.2441, or complete a referral form online.