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
• Health Support Team (HST)
• Psychological First Aid (https://www.nctsn.org/resources/psychological-first-aid-pfa-online)
• Suicide intervention
• Continuing education opportunities

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