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WE ADVOCATE HEALING FROM ABUSE AND TRAUMA RATHER THAN COPING WITH SYMPTOMS, IN ORDER TO TRANSFORM LIVES, AND ULTIMATELY, SOCIETY. WE ACHIEVE THIS BY PROVIDING TRAUMA-FOCUSED RESOURCES AND EDUCATION AND BY PRODUCING AND PARTNERING WITH RELEVANT FILM, TELEVISION, AND THEATRE, EMPOWERING THE SOCIAL CHANGE NECESSARY TO CREATE A HEALING MOVEMENT.

EMDR THERAPY TRAINING: EMDR (EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING) THERAPY IS AN EVIDENCE BASED, TREATMENT MODALITY FOR TRAUMA. HEALING TREE FACILITATES EMDRIA APPROVED 52 HOUR TRAININGS (INCLUDING POST-TRAINING SUPERVISION) DONE BY AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING TEAM IN THIS MODALITY WHICH IS HIGHLY EECTIVE BUT OFTEN COST-PROHIBITIVE. HEALING TREE CURRENTLY PROVIDES THESE TRAININGS FOR THERAPISTS WORKING AT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES SERVING CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER CARE, CHILD WELFARE, AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS, 95% OF WHOM ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. THE EMDR THERAPY TRAININGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CLINICIANS SERVING ANY COMMUNITY, ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, WITH GROUPS AS SMALL AS 12. AS OF THE END OF 2022, HEALING TREE HAS TRAINED THERAPISTS WHO HAVE TREATED AN ESTIMATED 14,500 CHILDREN WITH EMDR THERAPY.

APPROVED CARE NETWORK: HEALING TREE PROVIDES A FREE, NATIONWIDE DIRECTORY OF TRAUMA-FOCUSED MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. THIS PROGRAM WORKS TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS WITH PROVIDERS WHO ARE NOT ONLY BRAIN-BODY BASED TRAUMA EXPERTS BUT WHO ALSO FIT THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS, LIKE BEING A THERAPIST OF COLOR, A QUEER THERAPIST OR FAITH BASED, WHO TAKE THEIR INSURANCE OR OER SLIDING SCALE. THE APPROVED CARE NETWORK INCLUDES PROVIDERS TRAINED IN VARIOUS, LEADING BRAIN-BODY BASED MODALITIES (E.G. EMDR, SOMATIC EXPERIENCING, SENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRAINSPOTTING) WHO HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY VETTED WITH PHONE INTERVIEWS BY THE HEALING TREE TEAM, AND WHOSE CERTICATES IN THESE MODALITIES ARE ON FILE. THIS PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES TREATMENT FACILITIES, CREATIVE ARTS THERAPISTS AND MORE. HEALING TREE CURRENTLY HAS APPROVED PROVIDERS IN OVER 41 OF THE UNITED STATES. PARTNERSHIP: WHETHER IT'S COLLABORATING WITH ALIGNED ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES, OFFERING FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS FOR RELATED PROJECTS, OR PARTNERING WITH RELEVANT FILM, THEATRE AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, HEALING TREE REGULARLY SEEKS TO COMBINE EORTS WITH THOSE WHO HAVE A SIMILAR VISION TO EXPAND ITS REACH AND ABILITY TO FULFILL ITS MISSION. SOCIAL MEDIA: IN TODAY'S DIGITAL AGE, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A SIGNICANT AVENUE FOR HEALING TREE TO CONNECT WITH THE LARGER COMMUNITY. PLATFORMS SUCH AS (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TIKTOK ARE UTILIZED AS A MEANS TO PROMOTE THE ORGANIZATION'S OTHER PROGRAMS, SHARE TRAUMA-INFORMED MESSAGES AND ARTICLES, AND INTERACT WITH THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HEALING TREE AS AN ORGANIZATION. WEBSITE: IN AN EORT TO REMAIN A GREEN ORGANIZATION, IN LIEU OF PAMPHLETS OR FLIERS, HEALING TREE USES ITS WEBSITE AS A KEY SOURCE OF DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION AND NEWS. ON THE WEBSITE, VISITORS WILL FIND DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR PROGRAMMING, WAYS TO PARTICIPATE AND/OR BENET FROM OUR PROGRAMS, INFORMATION ON FILM PROJECTS, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND MUCH MORE. ANTI-RACIST / BIPOC PROGRAMMING: HEALING TREE RECOGNIZES THE UNIQUE SETBACKS AND SYSTEMIC TRAUMA THAT MEMBERS OF THE BIPOC COMMUNITY, OR PEOPLE OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY, FACE. IT IS ONE OF THEIR CORE PRIORITIES AS AN ORGANIZATION TO WORK TO DISMANTLE INEQUITIES THAT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ARE FACED WITH IN AN EORT TO DECREASE TRAUMA. SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE: SPONSORING TRAININGS FOR BIPOC THERAPISTS WITHIN A PARTICULAR TREATMENT MODALITY TO INCREASE EQUITY IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD, HOLDING FUNDRAISERS FOR BIPOC THERAPISTS TO SPONSOR BIPOC CLIENTS TO INCREASE EQUITY AMONG TRAUMA SURVIVORS, ACTIVELY SEEKING BIPOC THERAPISTS FOR THE APPROVED CARE NETWORK TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF BIPOC CLIENTS AND PROVIDE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE CARE, ACTIVELY SEEKING THERAPISTS FOR THE APPROVED CARE NETWORK WHO PROVIDE DISCOUNTS FOR BIPOC CLIENTS TO INCREASE EQUITY AMONG TRAUMA SURVIVORS, ACTIVELY SEEKING BIPOC TEAM MEMBERS, ACTIVELY SEEKING BIPOC ARTISTS TO HIRE IN ARTS PROJECTS AND EVENTS IN AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS HISTORICALLY LACKED DIVERSITY, AND FACILITATING BOARD AND STAFF PARTICIPATION IN ANTI-RACISM AND RACE EQUITY TRAININGS TO CONTINUALLY GROW IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION INTERNALLY AND FURTHER INFORM ITS PROGRAMMING.

PRODUCTION: AS PART OF ITS MISSION, HEALING TREE PRODUCES FILMS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER HEALING THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT. THE FILM SILK (USED IN THE SILK SCREENING + WORKSHOP PROGRAM) IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS. THEIR CURRENT PROJECT (WORKING TITLE: ACES SHORT), FILMED AND WENT INTO POST PRODUCTION IN 2022, AND IS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE RECOGNIZE WHAT IS KNOWN IN THE CLINICAL WORLD AS ACES: "ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, AND EDUCATE VIEWERS ON HOW THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED THROUGH ONE OR MORE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES MIGHT BE AECTED LATER IN LIFE.

SILK SCREENING + WORKSHOP: HEALING TREE'S SHORT FILM SILK, AND ACCOMPANYING WORKSHOP WITH GUIDED DISCUSSION, ILLUSTRATE, EDUCATE ON AND EXPLORE THE MOST INSIDIOUS FORMS OF ABUSE AND TRAUMA. SILK STARS MAINSTREAM TALENT AND ENGAGES HIGH SCHOOLERS, COLLEGE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT THESE IMPORTANT BUT OFTEN UNDISCUSSED TOPICS. THE WORKSHOP'S PRE AND POST ENGAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS ENSURE THAT FOLKS WALK AWAY FAR BETTER EQUIPPED TO HEAL FROM THE AFTERMATH OF WHAT TOO MANY MAY HAVE FACED AND TO PREVENT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS FROM BEING VICTIMIZED BY, OR PERPETRATING, ABUSIVE SITUATIONS IN THE FUTURE. THESE SCREENINGS AND WORKSHOPS HAVE HAD INCREDIBLY POSITIVE RESULTS AS EVIDENCED BY THE PRE AND POST SURVEYS, SHOWING A HIGHLY SIGNICANT INCREASE IN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOPIC AND A VIRTUAL EQUAL NUMBER OF SURVIVOR AND PERPETRATOR SELF-IDENTICATION.