Healing TREE (Trauma Resources, Education & Entertainment)

OUR MISSION: Healing TREE (Trauma Resources, Education & Entertainment) advocates healing from abuse & trauma rather than coping with the symptoms, in order to transform lives &, ultimately, society. We achieve this by providing trauma-focused resources & education & by producing & partnering with relevant film, television, & theatre, empowering the social change necessary to create a healing movement.

THE ISSUE: Leading studies show that trauma (both interpersonal and systemic) is a public health crisis & the root cause of many of society's toughest problems: mental & physical illness, addiction, crime, domestic violence, homelessness & suicide. Effective treatments are available but there is a lack of integration between the trauma, mental health & med. fields & of general awareness on the issue. We exist to change that so that healing from trauma becomes the new normal.

LOCATION: National organization - team members serve virtually!

WEBSITE: healingtreenonprofit.org

ABOUT US VIDEO (4.5 min): bit.ly/htaboutus

PROGRAMMING VIDEO (4 min): bit.ly/htprogramming

ANNUAL REPORT: bit.ly/htannualreport22

PROGRAMS:

- We support individuals suffering from trauma to get the help that they need to heal rather than cope through our Approved Care Network. (healingtreenonprofit.org/acn/)

- We facilitate and sponsor trainings in the evidence-based, trauma-focused treatment modality EMDR to spread healing to underserved populations. (healingtreenonprofit.org/emdr/)

- We host workshops for high schoolers, college students and community members on the most insidious red flags of abuse and trauma built around our short film Silk. (healingtreenonprofit.org/silk/)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

- We partnered with Aetna, under the CVS (#4 on the Fortune 500) umbrella, in a groundbreaking collaboration whereby they donated $380K to us to fund training in the brain-body based, trauma treatment modality EMDR. Press release: bit.ly/cvsaetnaht

- We have collaborated with some of the biggest names in the trauma field: Dr. Bessel van der Kolk’s team at the Trauma Center at JRI, NCTSN, Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. David Grand & Dr. Jamie Marich.

- We have actors from hit Broadway, Film & TV shows as Artist Advocates (healingtreenonprofit.org/about/our-team/)