Make a Donation
A gift to Trauma Research Foundation helps expand the field of trauma treatment by increasing awareness and providing access.
Mission & Vision
To support and grow a community of clinicians, researchers, educators, and people whose lives are affected by trauma
“After trauma the world is experienced with a different nervous system. This explains why it is critical for trauma treatment to engage the entire organism, body, mind and brain.”
Bessel van der Kolk
The Body Keeps the Score
Confronting the Forbidden Issues
Read Bessel van der Kolk’s powerful reflection on how recent U.S. policy changes restricting terms like “trauma” and “inequality” may threaten progress in education, healthcare, and justice – and what we can learn from countries doing better.
Integrate: Mind-Body Practice for Working with Trauma
Join us on a transformative journey to bring the wisdom of The Body Keeps the Score to life in a free online webinar series
38th Annual Trauma Conference
The 38th Annual International Trauma Conference brings together an exceptional roster of internationally recognised leaders in trauma research, clinical practice and healing.
May 19 – 22, 2027
Traumatic Stress Studies Certificate Program - Supervised Edition
Learn how trauma impacts the brain and body, and the efficacy of a wide array of clinical treatment methods to apply in your practice.
The new year-long Supervised Edition launches January 2027.
Research
Under the leadership of Bessel van der Kolk, MD, and Licia Sky, and with the success of The Body Keeps the Score, TRF continues to lead the field in research and innovation
A Developmental and Relational Framework on Traumatization
This 6-lecture series explores how we construct meaning about ourselves and the world, and how this meaning is embedded in our biology through early relationships and ongoing development.
Dialogues in Trauma Research
Connecting science to practice, practice to policy, and knowledge to meaningful change.
For clinicians, practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and researchers.
A gift to Trauma Research Foundation helps expand the field of trauma treatment by increasing awareness and providing access.
Please note we do not have a telephone number. To contact us please use the form on our general inquiry page
