Kentuckiana Social Service Agency Initiative:

In 2018, one of our biggest initiatives is bringing training in a leading trauma treatment modality called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), which is evidence-based and recommended by the World Health Organization, American Psychiatric Association, Department of Veterans Affairs, etc., to local social service agencies.

Many agencies who treat the most traumatized people in our community are unable to afford training for their staff in this leading treatment modality and are therefore often left only able to help their clients cope as opposed to heal from trauma. With our help, healing will be available to those who need it most.

More on EMDR:
http://www.emdr.com/research-overview/
http://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/ http://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/treatments/eye-movement-reprocessing.aspx

More on this training:
https://www.instituteforcreativemindfulness.com/about-our-training-program1.html

From someone who survived childhood abuse and was helped by our Approved Care Network https://healingtreenonprofit.org/resources/approved-care-network/

"It’s hard to know where to start to paint the picture of my life before I found Healing TREE, but what I remember is the tension along my shoulder blades and the sinking hopelessness in my gut. I remember big dreams I couldn’t focus on. I remember feeling depressed, anxious and completely alone but unable to talk about it.

Without Healing TREE, I would never have found the information, resources, and care network that have been absolutely essential in my healing.

These days, I feel more calm and energized than ever before. My shoulders are softer and my body feels like my own. I’m able to build meaningful relationships and focus on my goals. Because of Healing TREE, my life is my own again." - Survivor, 2016

View all testimonials and results here: www.healingtreenonprofit.org/about/testimonials-and-results/

Healing TREE is always looking to connect with passionate and skilled individuals who want to work together to achieve our mission. As a nonprofit organization, we could not do our important work without the generosity of our volunteers.

If you are interested in getting involved, please contact us and we will do our best to match your talents, skills and interests with a need in our organization. Currently, we are especially looking for volunteers and potential Board members with accounting, fundraising and administrative experience as well as trauma expertise.

Fill out the Volunteer application on our Get involved page here: https://healingtreenonprofit.org/get-involved/ and someone from the Healing TREE Team will be in touch with you shortly. We thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you!

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Funding Needs

More than 1 in 3 women and more than 1 in 4 men in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

60% of American adults report experiencing abuse or other difficult family circumstances during childhood.

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study shows us that trauma often leads to serious mental, physical and behavioral problems, making abuse nothing less than a public health crisis.

Yet, the lack of understanding around trauma's impact on the brain among the public and professionals (outside of the trauma field) alike, makes resources for healing hard to find and keeps people unwell.

Your support helps us solve this problem by establishing and maintaining the programs that are at the core of our mission:

- Resources including our Approved Care Network
- Education including our Social Service Agency EMDR Training Initiative
- Empowerment including Arts Projects that encourage a healing movement