Hope Roots

The Hope Roots' mission is to increase access to trauma-informed mental health services through training, partnerships, and trauma therapy. In the U.S., we operate a trauma therapy practice based on our guiding principles that serves trauma survivors by ensuring that the individuals most in need of trauma therapy are not left waiting for care due to financial limitations, cultural bias, or stigma. Vision Statement To end cycles of violence and injustice through trauma healing. Rigorous and hopeful, we build practical strategies for access to mental health training and services, break cycles of trauma and violence, and advocate for survivors and community service providers. Internationally, we partner with like-minded organizations working to transform mental health systems through trauma-informed care and access to training. Our Guiding Principles Equitable Access - The best trauma-informed care and therapy should be available to those who need it the most, not just those who can pay the most. We strive to make effective trauma therapy interventions available to all who are seeking services. Nonviolence - We work to end cycles of violence through trauma healing and nonviolent social action. We believe trauma therapy prevents violence from being passed on to the next generation. Relational-Cultural Therapy Modalities - We recognize power dynamics, relational-cultural issues, and bias in health systems and strive for feminist, strengths-based, egalitarian therapy and therapeutic relationships including client empowerment and social justice advocacy. Trauma & Neuroscience-Informed - We seek, promote, and create access to the latest trauma treatment modalities. Collaborative Care - We desire a transformative therapy-team based approach where mental health providers with different skills and training regularly consult and collaborate for the best client care outcomes.