Cultivating Hope and Healing Through Community-Focused Somatic Resiliency Training With Elaine Miller-Karas
Transforming Trauma
Brad Kammer
4.4 • 131 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
What if we could dispatch somatic resiliency skills to under-resourced neighborhoods, disaster areas, and conflict zones via the same community-focused networks that deliver food, medicine, and other essential supplies?
Emily Ruth has the privilege of speaking with Elaine Miller-Karas, co-founder and executive director emeriti at the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI), a nonprofit organization cultivating trauma-informed and resiliency-focused individuals and communities worldwide.
The pair discuss Elaine’s incomparable career as an advocate for culturally accessible trauma care, her roles as an author, educator, and host of Resiliency Within, and TRI’s efforts in current strife zones.
About Elaine Miller-Karas:
Elaine Miller-Karas MSW, LCSW, holds the role of Co-Founder and Executive Director Emeriti at the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI), a nonprofit dedicated to promoting resilience and trauma-informed care. Under her guidance, TRI has pioneered groundbreaking initiatives such as the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), both widely acknowledged interventions for addressing and preventing traumatic stress. She established the Family Resiliency Project, equipping caregivers, educators, and community workers dealing with children.
She is a Senior Consultant for Emory University's SEE Learning Program, a curriculum that imparts schools’ body literacy, compassion, and ethics. Miller-Karas is the author of "Building Resilience to Trauma: The Trauma and Community Resiliency Models, Second Edition," a work commended by the United Nations and Taylor and Francis for its alignment with the U.N.'s sustainable development goals. Her contributions extend to regular insights in Psychology Today on trauma-related subjects and hosting the weekly radio show "Resiliency Within" on VoiceAmerica.
Notably, she spearheads the Ukraine Humanitarian Resiliency Program, supporting teachers and children amidst the country's conflict. Miller-Karas's expertise and dedication in trauma and resilience have garnered international recognition, showcased through her speaking engagements at prestigious institutions, including the Centers for Disease Control, the United Nations, the Global Fund, Catalyst 2030, and the Skoll World Forum.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Transforming Trauma podcast. |
| 0:07.8 | Transforming Trauma is presented by the NARM Training Institute. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm your host, Emily Ruth, and I'm so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:15.9 | Hi, Transforming Trauma listeners. |
| 0:17.9 | Do you want to join the international NARM community in support of trauma-informed |
| 0:21.8 | care? If so, please consider joining us to become trained in the neuro-affective relational model. |
| 0:27.4 | We are excited to offer two starting levels of professional trainings designed to support those of you |
| 0:33.2 | working with clients or populations dealing with the effects of adverse childhood experiences and |
| 0:38.3 | complex trauma. The Level 1 online NARM Basics training is a psychoeducational training designed for |
| 0:44.7 | helping professionals in a variety of fields, such as mental health professionals, substance |
| 0:49.2 | abuse counselors, educators, doctors, nurses, other health healthcare providers, coaches, and more. |
| 0:55.0 | The Level 2 NARM Therapist Training is a comprehensive clinical training designed for licensed |
| 1:00.0 | mental health professionals, as well as current mental health graduate students and clinical interns and trainees. |
| 1:06.0 | For more information on these NARM trainings and to apply, please visit www.narmtraining.com |
| 1:13.3 | forward slash schedule. |
| 1:18.9 | And now for our interview. |
| 1:21.6 | Elaine Miller-Karris holds the role of co-founder and executive director of Maritai at the Trauma Resource Institute, pioneering groundbreaking |
| 1:28.7 | initiatives such as the community resiliency model and the trauma resiliency model, both widely |
| 1:33.8 | acknowledged interventions for addressing and preventing traumatic stress. She also established |
| 1:38.5 | the Family Resiliency Project, equipping caregivers, educators, and community workers dealing |
| 1:43.7 | with children. Elaine is the author of |
| 1:45.9 | building resilience to trauma, the trauma and community resiliency models, a work commended by the |
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