Trauma Informed Academy

What Trauma Informed Academy does

The Trauma Informed Academy (TIA) is a Nashville, Tennessee-based nonprofit organization founded in 2016 by Elizabeth Power, M.Ed., that provides education, coaching, and consulting services built around trauma-informed care (TIC) and the proprietary Trauma Responsive Emotional Intelligence (TR-EQ) framework. TIA serves four primary customer segments — behavioral and mental health agencies, healthcare organizations, schools and special education programs, and individual learners — with sector-specific curricula that map to regulatory requirements including QRTP certification support for residential treatment programs and LTC F699 training for long-term care facilities. The product portfolio includes The Core Course (11 modules, 50+ lessons) for mental health staff, TI-MED (Trauma-Informed Medical Care) developed at Georgetown University Medical Center for healthcare providers, a Trauma-Responsive Teaching curriculum for educators, and executive/staff TR-EQ Coaching, all anchored on the Trauma Responsive System model covering 9 elements aligned with applied emotional intelligence. A HOPE (Healthy Outcomes of Positive Experiences) framework programming developed in partnership with Tufts Medical Center is scheduled to launch in May 2026.

TIA delivers its content through a hybrid model combining a 24/7 self-serve online learning management system (built on the Xperiencify platform) with live training calls, in-person workshops, customized consulting engagements, and LMS licensing for organizations that want to embed the content inside their own learning environments. Individual subscriptions are priced at $57 per month per person with group and annual billing options available for teams. The organization markets through its website (the-tia.org), founder Elizabeth Power's personal site (elizabethpower.com), and an event-driven GTM motion centered on Power's keynote speaking and virtual presentations at international conferences. Named clientele includes the National Center for PTSD, GM's Saturn Corporation, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Ku Aloha Ola Mau, with documented reach across the USA, Canada, Japan, South Africa, and Mexico and a stated global footprint spanning every continent except Antarctica.

Operationally, TIA is a lean 1-10 employee nonprofit, with EPower & Associates, Inc. (founded 1982) providing administrative and management services. Revenue is generated through individual and group subscriptions, professional services consulting, LMS licensing, and live training delivery, with no disclosed funding, institutional investment, or revenue figures. The organization is differentiated by founder-led credibility (Fulbright Specialist, Georgetown adjunct, peer-reviewed publications), compliance-anchored curriculum (QRTP and F699), and a content library exceeding 40 hours of online programming integrated with multiple proprietary frameworks (TR-EQ, Trauma Responsive System, Seven Cs, and forthcoming HOPE).

Name

Trauma Informed Academy

Legal name

The Trauma Informed Academy

Website

https://the-tia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Trauma Informed Academy is a Nashville-based nonprofit that delivers online courses, coaching, and consulting built on its Trauma Responsive Emotional Intelligence (TR-EQ) framework, serving behavioral/mental health agencies, healthcare organizations, schools, and individual learners globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Training and Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Trauma-Informed Care & Crisis Response (School-Based) (EDAKAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Development, Behavior Guidance & Trauma-Informed Practice Training (EDACAIAG), Trauma-Informed Mindfulness & Somatic Mind-Body Practices (HSADAJAI)

Keywords

• Trauma informed care
• Mental health training
• Emotional intelligence training
• Healthcare staff education
• Resilience training

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Online Course Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to online training programs with over 40 hours of content. Individual subscriptions at $57/month per person with group pricing available. Provides 24x7 online micro-lessons, reusable downloads, and community access.
2. Consulting Services: Customized consulting engagements for organizations including coaching, staff development, and organizational change programs filtered through the TR-EQ model.
3. LMS Licensing: License agreements for organizations to use training content within their own Learning Management Systems.
4. Live Training Calls and Workshops: Regular training calls and coaching support bundled with online programs, plus webinar and in-person training sessions for healthcare staff.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Trauma Informed Academy provides education, coaching, and consulting services built on its proprietary TR-EQ (Trauma Responsive Emotional Intelligence) Framework and broader Trauma Responsive System. Offerings include self-paced online courses for mental health, healthcare, and education audiences, one-on-one and group coaching, and organizational licensing or consulting engagements. The academy operates as a nonprofit serving both individual professionals and agencies seeking to embed trauma-informed practice into their workforce.

Product overview

The Trauma Informed Academy offers a multi-product portfolio centered on trauma-responsive emotional intelligence (TR-EQ) training and Trauma Informed Care education. The core framework is the TR-EQ Framework, which serves as the lens for applied Trauma Informed Care across all offerings. The product line includes online courses delivered through The Core Course (11 modules, 50+ lessons), specialized sector-specific training programs (NextGen TIC for Mental Health, TIC for Healthcare including TI-MED, and Trauma-Responsive Teaching for Education), and TR-EQ Coaching services. All programs combine 24/7 self-paced online content with live training calls and consulting support. TIA also offers HOPE (Healthy Outcomes of Positive Experiences) Programming integrated with its existing offerings. The organization serves behavioral/mental health agencies, healthcare organizations, schools/educators, and individuals, with a mission to reduce the time, trauma, and costs of healing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Facilities using TR-EQ report fewer outbursts, reduced need for serious interventions, and overall decline in problematic behaviors
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Tufts Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTufts Medical Center developed the HOPE (Healthy Outcomes of Positive Experiences) framework. The Trauma Informed Academy announced expansion of services with HOPE Framework Programming led by board member Ann E. Ellison, a certified HOPE Facilitator. Programming will be integrated into TIA's existing trauma-responsive offerings across healthcare, congregational, and civic settings beginning May 2026.
• EPower & Associates, Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEPower & Associates, Inc. is the administrative and management services company founded by Elizabeth Power in 1982. It provides administrative services for The Trauma Informed Academy and is the parent organization that nurtured TIA's journey.
• Sidran InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProcess and operations consultant from 2007-12 in the expansion of Sidran's flagship relationally based trauma informed care model, Risking Connection® for replication, evaluation and measurement across multiple contexts. This included design and development of infrastructure, processes, and materials.
• Georgetown University Medical CentermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElizabeth Power serves as Adjunct Instructor in Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center. TI-MED (Trauma-Informed Medical Care) was developed at Georgetown and grounded in Risking Connection, representing a collaborative academic partnership.
• National Center for PTSDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsulted as Subject Matter Expert in implementation manual for portions of Federal Disaster Mental Health services and initial strategic planning for implementation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• PESI: Large continuing-education provider for mental health, healthcare, and education professionals offering on-demand trauma-informed care courses; competes for the same self-serve individual and team subscription dollars.
• National Center for PTSD: U.S. federal authority on trauma that TIA has consulted as a Subject Matter Expert; provides evidence-based PTSD training and resources that overlap with TIA's mental-health practitioner training market.

Emerging players

• The Trauma Stewardship Institute: Training and resource organization founded by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky focused on trauma exposure response and resilience for helpers; overlaps with TIA's organizational resilience and self-care offerings.
• PsychHub: Digital mental-health training platform offering certification and micro-learning for mental health, healthcare, and education workforces; directly comparable self-serve, subscription-based GTM to TIA's online courses.
• ACEs Aware (UCSF): UCSF-led initiative providing ACEs and trauma-informed care training and certification for Medi-Cal providers; competes for the same healthcare workforce training budget as TIA's TI-MED track.

Others

• Tufts Medical Center (HOPE): Developer of the HOPE Framework that TIA is integrating into its offering in May 2026; comparable as an adjacent evidence-based framework provider and research partner in the positive-experiences/resilience space.
• Georgetown University Medical Center (Psychiatry): Academic partner where Elizabeth Power is Adjunct Instructor and where TI-MED was developed; comparable as an institutional source of trauma-informed medical training and research collaborations.

Direct peers

• Risking Connection (Sidran): The relationally based trauma-informed care curriculum that TIA's TI-MED offering is explicitly grounded in; represents both a content lineage and a direct alternative for agencies seeking TIC training.
• Sidran Institute: Trauma-informed care education and resource organization that developed the Risking Connection® model, which directly underpins TIA's TI-MED curriculum and with whom Elizabeth Power previously consulted on model replication.

Regional players

• Trauma-Informed Oregon: State-level initiative providing trauma-informed care training and organizational change resources for health, education, and social-service sectors, serving a comparable buyer profile to TIA in a defined geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ElizabethPoweronTrauma

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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