Trauma-Informed Care

As a trauma-informed behavioral health provider, Therapeutic Health Services realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands the potential paths for recovery. We recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in patients, families, and staff. As an organization, we respond by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices and we seek to actively resist re-traumatization.

Our Principles of Trauma-Informed Care

  • Safety
  • Trustworthiness & Transparency
  • Peer Support
  • Collaboration & Mutuality
  • Empowerment, Voice & Choice
  • Cultural, Historical & Gender Issues
  • Training
  • Continued Growth
Hand of young African American psychoanalyst with pen giving advice to male patient sitting on couch in front of her during session

Our Trauma-Specific Interventions Recognize:

  • Survivors need to be respected, informed, connected, and hopeful regarding their own recovery.
  • There is an interrelation between trauma and symptoms of trauma, such as substance use, depression, and anxiety.
  • We must work collaboratively with survivors, their families and friends, and other human services agencies in ways that empower both survivors and our providers.

A key strategy in providing trauma-informed care in our organization is Seeking Safety. Seeking Safety is an evidence-based therapy that can improve an individual’s coping skills and strengthen stabilization, especially for those dealing with co-occurring trauma and substance use issues.