Extreme Weather Events Resources
Here are some resources to contact before & after an extreme weather event:
https://findyourtornadoshelter.com/
Hotline number for disability assistance: 1800-626-4959
https://www.fema.gov/assistance/individual
https://www.handsonneworleans.org/how-to-prepare
https://ready.nola.gov/plan/heat/
https://ready.nola.gov/plan/wildfire/
https://ready.nola.gov/plan/hurricane/
Email us for on-site community disaster support groups and services.
List of Independent therapists in our collective.
If you are a climate-aware therapist and interested in listing with us please contact us at info@tngcollective.com
Judy Chugg, ATR
email: jchugg@smcvt.edu
Vermont
Mark Broussard, L.C.S.W, EMDR, TCTSY-F
email: mrb@tngcollective.com
Louisiana
Kathleen Benedetto, L..M.S.W, PhD
email: kmb@tngcollective.com
Louisiana
Dixie (dix) Moore-Broussard, ATR, TCTSY-F
email: info@tngcollective.com
Louisiana
For the Schools
We provide professional development for schools, staff/faculty and administration. Some example of topics:
ADHD & Trauma
How to create a Trauma-Sensitive School for a supportive learning environment
How to recognize developmental trauma in children and intervention tools
Crisis intervention techniques
Disaster Mental Health Support
What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and how it affects health and learning
How to utilize the arts for behavioral intervention
Self-Care for school, staff/faculty regarding secondary trauma
For the Helpers
We provide trauma training workshops for mental health professionals, first responders, medical professionals and educators:
Understanding Secondary Trauma and how to care for yourself while caring for others
Introduction to different trauma therapeutic theories
Basic crisis intervention tools
Multicultural humility training regarding multigenerational trauma (Ancestral & Systemic racism)
Understanding trauma from a three point perspective; Ancestral, Individual and the Collective
For the Community
We can help guide you to other healers and helpers that are trained and certified in trauma. Some of the resources include:
Community Art Therapy Groups:
*Trauma
*Disaster Mental Health
*Grief & Loss
Referrals to healers/helpers:
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Somatic Body Workers -Trained massage therapists
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Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Therapists
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Music Therapists
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EMDR Therapists
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SEP Therapists
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IFC Therapists
"Neuroscience has really helped us understand that you can’t talk yourself out of being in love, or being angry, or hating particular people because these are not rational processes, and reason has only very limited capacities to override these more primitive survival issues. And so, you need to not rely on reason, you need rely on mastery of your body, safety of your body, finding peace in your body."
– Bessel van der Kolk, MD aired wbur radio, Here and Now, January 12, 2015