People carry more than their job descriptions.
Are they supported to stay well?
"Trauma-informed" isn’t a checkbox — it’s a culture shift.
When it becomes using the knowledge and skills daily?
That's trauma-responsive.
Yes, you can build a workplace
where adversity doesn’t derail the mission.
What if you could buffer your stress--instead of adding to it?
Buffering stress is important. Everyone brings the impact of their past with them wherever they go, and when you add today's stressors to that? It can be overwhelming. Buffering isn't about tolerating more stress, it's about practical skills to reduce its impact and get more "breathing room."
More room for you and for success.
Our Founder, Elizabeth Power, M.Ed., conducted literature surveys and cross-walked two sets of skills, one for Emotional Intelligence and other for trauma mastery. The skills align very closely.
They help buffer stress.
Based on the strength of the connection, she created TR-EQ, a model for fostering Emotional Intelligence through a Trauma-Responsive lens. Revisions are ongoing to the content in The Trauma Informed Academy across all versions to reflect TR-EQ.
TR-EQ, our proprietary model, is powerful, playful, and pleasant to use.
Higher EQ = Better relationships and work life.
Mental Health
Medicine
Educators
The Rest of Us
Fewer client crises.
Better clinical outcomes.
Extended capacity.
Improved communication.
Happier staff & patients.
Better medical care.
More classroom control.
Better student behavior.
Less teacher stress.
Less emotional pain.
Improved relationships.
More success at work.
Mental Health
Fewer client crises.
Better clinical outcomes.
Extended capacity.
.
Medicine
Improved communication.
Happier staff & patients.
Better medical care.
.
EDUCATORS
More classroom control.
Better student behavior.
Less teacher stress.
THE REST OF US.
Less emotional pain.
Improved relationships.
More success at work.
“We’re surrounded by overwhelming experiences at every turn.
The impact on health, learning, earning,
and our future is profound.
Whether it’s trauma with a ‘big T’ or a ‘little t’, threat or anything overwhelming,
increasing Trauma-Responsive Emotional Intelligence is the
most important task of our time.”
Elizabeth Power, M.Ed. Founder, The Trauma-Informed Academy ™
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