Trauma Resource Institute

What Trauma Resource Institute does

The Trauma Resource Institute (TRI), founded in 2006 and headquartered in Claremont, California, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that develops and disseminates two proprietary, neuroscience-grounded wellness-skills models: the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® for mental health professionals and the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® for community members and natural leaders. Both models teach six biologically based skills to regulate nervous-system responses to traumatic stress and are delivered through a certified-trainer network spanning 75+ countries, supported by an authored curriculum (Routledge), free digital access via the iChill mobile app (English, Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew, Ukrainian), and disaster-response deployments coordinated through partners such as the United Nations Population Fund, Loma Linda University, EdCamp Ukraine, and Emory's SEE Learning program. Revenue is generated across four streams: training and certification fees for CRM/TRM credentials, merchandise and training materials (books, workbooks, share cards, posters), annual conference registrations, and donations/philanthropy channeled through a dedicated Director of Philanthropy. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on certified teachers, humanitarian response programming, earned media (PBS documentaries, Skoll World Forum, United Nations presentations), and content marketing through Psychology Today and the Resiliency Within podcast to drive awareness and trainer recruitment.

Name

Trauma Resource Institute

Legal name

Trauma Resource Institute

Website

https://traumaresourceinstitute.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trauma Resource Institute is a nonprofit that develops the proprietary Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® and Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® wellness-skills curricula, training certified practitioners in 75+ countries and serving mental health professionals, educators, humanitarian organizations, and disaster-affected communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trauma Resiliency Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Safety, Wellbeing & SEL Technology (Monitoring, Reporting) (EDAJAMAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) & Digital Rehabilitation Platforms (HLALABAK), Group Fitness, Personal Training & Wellness Coaching (EDALAIAE)

Keywords

• Trauma resiliency training
• Mental health training
• Psychosocial support programs
• Wellness skills education
• Disaster response training

Headquarters

HQ city

Claremont

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Training and Certification Fees: TRI offers certifications in both CRM and TRM. Training programs are provided to professionals and community members for a fee. Revenue is generated through registration fees for training courses and certification programs.
2. Merchandise and Materials Sales: TRI sells training materials and merchandise including books (Building Resilience to Trauma, Second Edition at $34.95), CRM-YAP Workbooks ($35 each), CRM-YAP Share Cards ($12 each), Help Now! Posters, and TRI Resiliency Wristbands. Bulk discounts are available for orders of 10 or more.
3. Conference Revenue: TRI hosts an annual conference (TRI 2026 Conference) which generates revenue through attendee registration fees.
4. Donations and Philanthropy: TRI is a nonprofit organization that relies on donations to fund humanitarian response efforts worldwide. The organization has a Director of Philanthropy and maintains an active donation program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

TRI develops and delivers two proprietary, biologically-based training models — the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® for mental health professionals and the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® for community members — that teach six wellness skills to help individuals regulate the nervous system and recover from traumatic stress. The organization sells certification programs, training materials (books, workbooks, share cards, posters), and offers the free multilingual iChill mobile app to extend its wellness skills digitally.

Product overview

The Trauma Resource Institute (TRI) offers a portfolio of trauma-informed and resiliency-focused products and services centered around two core training models: the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® and the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)®. TRM is designed for mental health professionals to help clients reprocess traumatic experiences, while CRM takes a public health approach, training community members and natural leaders to share wellness skills. The iChill mobile app provides digital access to the six wellness skills from both models. TRI also publishes the book 'Building Resilience to Trauma' and offers physical training materials including workbooks, share cards, and educational posters. Supporting offerings include certification programs, webinars, and the Resiliency Within podcast. The organization operates as a nonprofit with international reach across 75+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)®: A model designed for mental health professionals to help individuals understand the biology of traumatic stress reactions and learn specific skills to return the body, mind, and spirit back to balance after experiencing traumatic events.
• Community Resiliency Model (CRM)®
• iChill App
• Resiliency Within Podcast

Products and services

• Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® Training A biologically-based training model designed to teach skills to mental health professionals (clinicians, therapists, social workers) for helping children and adults with traumatic stress reactions. Focuses on returning the body, mind, and spirit back to balance after traumatic events.
• Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® Training A public health-focused model that trains community members, natural leaders, educators, and professionals to help themselves and others within their wider social network. Teaches six wellness skills for cultivating well-being and restoring balance after traumatic experiences.
• iChill App Free mobile wellness app that guides users in the six wellness skills of TRM and CRM to help manage sensations associated with trauma and stress. Available in five languages on Apple App Store and Google Play.
• TRI Certification Programs
• Building Resilience to Trauma, Second Edition (paperback book) Paperback book by Elaine Miller-Karas published by Routledge explaining common trauma responses from a biological perspective and outlining the CRM and TRM models for fostering short- and long-term healing. Priced at $34.95 per copy. Selected by the United Nations for its online learning portal addressing Sustainable Development Goals.
• CRM-YAP Workbook (physical copy)
• CRM-YAP Share Cards (physical copy) Physical share cards supporting the CRM Youth and Prevention (YAP) program. Priced at $12 per unit, discounted to $10 per unit for bulk orders of 10 or more.
• CRM-YAP Bundle: Workbook & Share Cards Bundle containing both the CRM-YAP Workbook and Share Cards together. Priced at $42.50 per bundle, discounted to $37.50 per bundle for bulk orders of 10 or more.
• Help Now! Poster Two-sided educational poster (English/Spanish) summarizing TRI's wellness skills, available in 24x30 inch ($13.00) and 11x14 inch ($6.00) sizes. Sold in bulk (minimum quantity 2).

Quantifiable outcome

• Significant reductions in depression and anxiety demonstrated in published studies; increases in well-being measured across CRM and TRM implementations
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• United Nations Population FundcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Dr. Michael Sapp collaborated with the United Nations Population Fund to establish a CRM Teacher Training program for Angola in 2023. The program trained 180 Young Adult Social Mobilizers (YASM) with the goal of impacting up to 6,000 Angolan youth through CRM skills dissemination.
• EdCamp UkrainecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022EdCamp Ukraine, in partnership with TRI, is helping build and strengthen the resilience of adults, children, and families being directly impacted by the Russian invasion. TRI provides CRM training, support calls, and Resiliency Tolokas sessions with global experts. Two cohorts of up to 60 persons have been trained as CRM teachers as of November 2023.
• Christopher Wolf CrusademinorOthers · 1 January 2022Elaine Miller-Karas serves as a member of the advisory board of the Christopher Wolf Crusade, an innovative program addressing the opioid epidemic launched in memory of Christopher Wolf Rice who died from an opioid overdose.
• Emory University SEE Learning ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Elaine Miller-Karas serves as a Consultant to Emory University's SEE Learning program, initiated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India in April 2019. She contributed Chapter 2 on trauma-informed and resiliency-informed approaches rooted in the Community Resiliency Model. TRI has partnered with SEE Learning to introduce CRM skills in Ukraine and internationally.
• Loma Linda University School of Behavioral HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010TRI and Loma Linda University's School of Behavioral Health have been partners and collaborators since 2010. The partnership began with a large-scale research project funded by the California Mental Health Services Act. Loma Linda researchers helped develop early research on CRM. The Loma Linda International Behavioral Health Trauma Team has used CRM in over 40 international services and trainings since 2010.
• International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElaine Miller-Karas is a founding member of the International Transformational Resilience Coalition, which advocates for understanding the impact of climate change on the human condition and promotes transformational resilience approaches.
• Rwanda Resilience and Grounding Organization (RRGO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Samuel Habimana in Rwanda in 2015 following his CRM training, RRGO has partnered with TRI to propagate CRM for individual self-healing and community well-being. TRI has supported capacity building and secured funding for RRGO's work in trauma healing, resilience development, and social cohesion in Rwanda.
• Myrlie and Medgar Evers InstituteminorOthersElaine Miller-Karas serves as an advisory board member to the Myrlie and Medgar Evers Institute in Jackson, Mississippi.
• PBS / Life on the Line ProductionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTRI collaborated with Loma Linda University Health on the PBS 'San Bernardino Strong' documentary (aired December 2016) and CRM was featured in PBS 'Aftermath' documentary narrated by Lisa Ling (aired January 2016) about Typhoon Haiyan recovery.
• Skoll World ForumminorGTM or Marketing PartnerElaine Miller-Karas presented the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® at the Skoll World Forum in April 2017 in Oxford, England, alongside Chris Underhill of Basic Needs.
• World Concern InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn July 2019, Samuel Habimana formalized a contract with World Concern International to conduct CRM training for personnel in Niamey, Niger, targeting survivors of wars and conflicts in Western Africa.
• Basic Needs (UK-based NGO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElaine Miller-Karas presented alongside Chris Underhill of Basic Needs at the Skoll World Forum. Basic Needs is a UK-based NGO focused on mental health in developing countries.
• ReCity (Durham, NC)minorOthersKevin McLeod, TRI's Director of Business and Community Development, serves as a board member at ReCity, a non-profit incubator in Durham, NC focused on solving systemic issues related to discrimination, economic disparity, and opportunity.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Headspace: A leading consumer mental wellness app offering meditation, stress management, and resilience content. Comparable to the iChill app in providing free/low-cost digital wellness skills, but with a vastly larger user base, B2B enterprise sales, and monetization infrastructure.
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN): Funded by SAMHSA, NCTSN is a federally supported network advancing evidence-based trauma treatment for children and families. Comparable to TRI's K-12 SEL and educator-training work, but with substantially larger public funding and institutional scale.
• Calm: Major consumer mental health and wellness app with subscription-driven revenue. Overlaps with TRI's iChill app in the digital wellness skills space, but operates at scale with paid B2B and DTC channels.

Direct peers

• The Trauma Center at JRI: Founded by Bessel van der Kolk, the Trauma Center provides trauma treatment, professional training, and research on PTSD and complex trauma. Directly comparable to TRI in offering biologically-informed trauma training and certification programs for mental health professionals and the public.
• EMDR Institute: Provides standardized EMDR therapy training and certification to mental health professionals worldwide. Comparable to TRI's TRM in targeting clinical practitioners with proprietary trauma reprocessing models and globally recognized credentials.
• ARC (Attachment, Regulation, and Competency) Framework: ARC is a trauma-informed intervention framework for working with children and adolescents, with parallel training and certification programs. Directly comparable to TRI's TRM and CRM in offering a structured, evidence-informed model with practitioner training pathways.

Emerging players

• Crisis Text Line: Nonprofit crisis intervention service providing text-based mental health support. Comparable to TRI in nonprofit structure and mission, but focused on acute crisis response rather than upstream prevention and training.
• International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC): Coalition co-founded by Elaine Miller-Karas that advocates for resilience-based approaches to climate-related mental health. Comparable to TRI's mission and overlapping leadership, focused on policy and systemic adoption rather than direct training.
• Streetlight Ventures / Street Smart SEL: Emerging K-12 SEL technology platforms offering digital SEL curricula and educator training. Adjacent to TRI's school-based CRM programs (e.g., Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy, EdCamp Ukraine) but delivered as scalable software rather than facilitator-led training.

Others

• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS): Professional membership organization advancing research and clinical practice in traumatic stress. Comparable to TRI's clinical training and research efforts, but operates as an academic/professional association rather than a training provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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