Growth-Oriented Trauma Responsiveness

Trauma-Informed Care

Trauma-informed care is a service delivery approach focused on an understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma. It promotes positive outcomes by  emphasizing physical, psychological, and emotional safety and enhances wellbeing by empowering individuals to define their needs and goals and make choices about their care and services.

Trauma-informed care is a universal framework that any organization can implement to build a culture that acknowledges and anticipates that many people we serve or interact with have histories of trauma and that the environment and interpersonal interactions within an organization can exacerbate the physical, mental, and behavioral manifestations of trauma. Trauma-informed care requires that all staff are trained to be aware of trauma and avoid processes and practices that may re-traumatize survivors.

Growth-Oriented Trauma Responsiveness

Growth-Oriented Trauma Responsiveness (GOTR) is a comprehensive framework that builds on trauma understanding and trauma-informed care principles with positive psychology, positive organizational scholarship, and posttraumatic growth research to empower professionals to foster healing, resilience, and growth, both for themselves and those they serve. 

By offering tools to change narratives, cultivate mindful attention, and create relationships grounded in strengths, trust, and mutual appreciation, GOTR emphasizes the cultivation of wellbeing, growth, connection, and meaning in the face of adversity.