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Speakers: Trauma Resource Institute Speakers: Elaine Miller-Karas & Laurie Leitch
Recorded: June 2010
 Patriot Hills convened its first major public event this week, at the Trudeau Institute. On hand were top military brass, experts on post traumatic stress disorder, and Garry Trudeau, who has explored veterans issues in his Doonesbury cartoon. Chris Knight was there. This event was covered by North Country Public Radio. Click on radio to hear event.
Speakers: Elaine Miller-Karas & Laurie Leitch
Recorded: Wednesday Mar 31, 2010
Laurie Leitch and Elaine Miller-Karas begin by telling their respective stories of how they were each led to their work of helping trauma survivors across the globe.
 They move on to speak about the dialectic nature of life, elaborating on how there is a resilience that can emerge when someone experiences trauma. Laurie and Elaine also speak about the ’state of grace’ of ‘being present’ in the midst of uncertainty, and how they apply this principle to their lives. They conclude with a detailed discussion of the nature of their work, sharing stories about their recent experiences working in Haiti with survivors of the earthquake.
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Trauma-Recovery Group Continues Work in Haiti
Thursday, March 25, 2010 |
Laurie Leitch from Trauma Resource Institute leads COZPAM staff through an exercise designed to illustrate how bodies respond to trauma. In turn, COZPAM staff will use the exercise to address trauma issues they confront as first responders to crises. read more. . . |
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Topic: The treatment of trauma and post traumatic stress.Guest; Dr. Laurie Leitch, Co-Founder and Director of the Trauma Resource Institute, a non-profit center which provides training in the Trauma Resiliency Model
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Elaine Miller-Karas' story of her experience in China after the earthquake is included in "To the Rescue, Stories from Healthcare Workers at the Scene of Disasters" Click on book cover for more. . |
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Healing the Mind and Body -
Team Members from China Earthquake Relief Project give a training session to local relief workers in Sichuan. (Elaine Miller-Karas seated on floor working with relief worker)
Frightening images of the devastating Haitian earthquake have been flashing across TV screens in recent days. Experts have been cautioning against its traumatizing effects on survivors of the May 2008 quake in Sichuan province. read more. . . |
Dr. Laurie Leitch, "Just Like Bodies, Psyches Can Drown in Disasters"
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Pairao, a 38-year-old Thai woman with vacant eyes, sits on the dusty floor of her temporary house in a refugee camp for tsunami survivors. Her face is dotted with cuts from debris that struck her as she clung to four family members, all of whom died in the waves. She has been having recurrent nightmares and flashbacks. read more. . . |
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Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM)
SANTA FE TRAUMA EXPERTS TO HELP EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
SUE VORENBERG
Published: August 9, 2008
It's been nearly three months since a massive earthquake devastated cities in China's Sichuan Province, but for the people of those towns, the trauma goes on. The events killed about half of the health care workers in the affected towns, and left millions of people suffering from nervous problems like post traumatic stress disorder. Now, a Santa Fe group is coming to help with the recovery efforts. Four Santa Feans from the non-profit Trauma Resource Institute plan to take a series of trips over the coming year to train a new crop of Chinese medical workers to deal with PTSD and other trauma problems. "Traumatic events can throw the nervous system out of balance, and people get stuck there," said Laurie Leitch, co-founder of the nonprofit and research director for the Foundation for Human Enrichment in Colorado. read more. . . |
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TRAUMA RESOURCE INSTITUTE
A Non-Profit Organization
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