Trauma Resilience Team
Trauma Resilience Team (TRT):
This team is comprised of a group of Pierce County MRC volunteers with nationally recognized trauma and mental health training.
Mission:
The TRT mission is to help build trauma resilience in the community and respond with trained volunteers in the event of a traumatic event, such as a death by suicide, mass casualty or disaster.
Services:
- Short term mental health support for stress management or following traumatic events (either in person or online)
- Educational activities to promote trauma resilience
- The TRT can deploy in a variety of settings and incidents with flexible scheduling and customizable services.
Service Area:
Generally, all of Pierce County, WA. However, team members may potentially be deployed across the state or even nationally.
Credentialing:
- All TRT members are volunteers within the Pierce County Medical Reserve Corps.
- All TRT members have had background checks and are credentialed as Washington State emergency workers.
- All TRT members receive nationally recognized crisis and mental health training
Please Note – This is community-level mental health support, not licensed mental health therapy. TRT members do not diagnose or treat.
Training:
- Group and Individual Crisis Training
- Psychological First Aid (https://www.nctsn.org/resources/psychological-first-aid-pfa-online)
- Suicide intervention (https://kaiserpermanente.care.ronline.com/)
- Continuing education opportunities
