Trauma Resolution Integration Program (TRIP)

Trauma

Living through traumatic events – ones that involve witnessing first hand or facing the threat of sudden violent death, serious physical injury, or sexual violation – can lead to serious long-term difficulties, including:

• reliving the traumatic event in the form of unwanted repeated recollections, vivid flashbacks, nightmares, or physiological reactions
• avoidance of circumstances that act as reminders of the traumatic event
• periodic or constant anxiety, anger, shame, guilt, etc.
• difficulty sleeping, difficulty concentrating, irritability
• substance abuse
• depression
• difficulty in relationships

Dissociation

The term "dissociation" refers to a range of experiences that are common among survivors of trauma, although they can be caused by factors other than trauma as well. Examples of dissociation include:

• "spacing" or blanking out, having difficulty sustaining awareness of or staying focused in the present;
• extensive forgetting and significant gaps in memory;
• not being able to account for significant periods of time in the recent past, ranging from minutes to hours to days;
• not feeling real, not feeling "like oneself," feelings as if you are watching yourself from outside your body, feelings as if our surroundings are not real;
• finding evidence of or being told by other people about having recently engaged in activities of which you have no recollection.

Sexual and Gender Minority Affirmative Care

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals encompass anyone who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, non-binary, and/or questioning. SGM individuals are at increased rates for traumatization, victimization, suicide, and other adverse experiences and outcomes.

Each of the TRIP practicum students has received specialty training in the area of trauma and trauma-related disorders, dissociation, and affirmative care principles in working with the LGBTQ+ community. This includes training in both assessment and providing flexible, and creative treatment aimed at targeting often persistent difficulties.

TRIP provides the following services:

• psychological assessment of dissociation and trauma-related difficulties
• individual therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) group
• family therapy
• couple’s therapy

Eligibility for Services
TRIP serves individuals living in Broward County, Florida. Individuals living elsewhere are eligible to make application for services.

Fees are assessed on the basis of the client's ability to pay and set on a sliding fee schedule.

Services are available to adults age 18 and above regardless of race, creed, color, national or ethnic origin, and sexual orientation.

Making an Appointment
Before being formally admitted for treatment at TRIP, each individual first receives an initial intake evaluation from which it is determined whether the services provided at TRIP are likely to be appropriate for and beneficial to her or him.

If it is determined that admission is appropriate, an initial treatment plan is formulated collaboratively between client and therapist on the basis of the intake evaluation.

In those cases where TRIP does not appear to be the most appropriate treatment facility, the staff will assist in identifying and referring to an appropriate service agency.

The coordinator is available to answer and return calls intermittently throughout the week at (954) 262-5851. For a more immediate response if interested in getting enrolled in the program, please contact the call center at (954) 262-5730.

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Simiola, V., Martino, S., Ellis, A. E., & Cook, J. M. (2021, November). Working with sexual and gender minority male sexual abuse survivors: Training peers, mental health treatment trial, and preferences for next steps. Symposium accepted to be presented that the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, virtual event.

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Gold, S. N., Quinones, M., Ellis, A. E., & Reuther, B. (2020, August). A contextual approach to trauma treatment: Correspondence with emerging research on Complex PTSD. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association, virtual event.

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Ellis, A. E. & Cook, J. M. (2020, March). Male survivors of sexual assault and abuse. [Podcast]. Retrieved from https://psychcentral.com/blog/podcast-male-survivors-of-sexual-assault-and-abuse.

Ellis. A. E. (2020, February). Engaging male-identifying affectional and gender minority sexual trauma survivors in therapy. [Webinar]. Webinar presented for the American Counseling Association Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Counseling Newsletter.

Ellis, A. E., & Cook, J. M. (2019, December). LGBTQ+ sexual trauma survivors: Motivational interviewing as an approach to clinical work. Trauma Psychology Newsletter, 14(3), 5-7. Retrieved from https://traumapsychnews.com/2019/12/lgbtq-sexual-trauma-survivors

Ellis, A. E., & Cook, J. M. (2019, November). Five things therapists can do when working with LGBTQ+ individuals. [Web article]. Retrieved from https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/five-things-therapists-can-do-when-working-with-lgbtq-individuals/

Ellis, A. E. (2019, November). Sexual and gender minorities and sexual abuse. [Podcast]. Retrieved from https://www.thedrvibeshow.com/the-dr-vibe-show-dr-amy-ellis-sexual-and-gender-minorities-and-sexual-abuse/

Cook, J. M., & Ellis, A. E. (2019, October). Helping sexual and gender minority male survivors heal from sexual trauma. [Web article]. Retrieved from http://davidsusman.com/2019/10/17/helping-sexual-and-gender-minority-male-survivors-heal-from-sexual-trauma/

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Ellis, A. E. (2019, August). Predictors of receipt of mental health services in male survivors of sexual abuse. In I. Hogge (Chair), Male Survivors of Interpersonal Violence in Treatment: Research and Recommendations. With Komlenac, N., & Smiler, A. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Gold, S. N., Ellis, A. E., & **Quinones, M. (2019, March). A shift in perspective on complex PTSD: Treatment implications and case examples. Symposium presented at the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), New York, NY.

Ellis, A. E., **Daly, N., **Soto, T., **Yeturo, S., & Gold, S. N. (2019, February). Trauma-informed Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Dissociative Identity Disorder. Symposium presented at the Healing Together Conference on D.I.D., Orlando, FL.

Ellis, A. E. (2018, August). Trauma treatment using a multicultural framework: Fostering connectedness and self-integration. In S. J. Moore & L. M. Ruglass (Chairs), Utilizing a Multicultural Framework in Trauma Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Ellis, A. E. (2018, June). The importance of the trauma consumer community driving research. [Video]. Retrieved from: https://www.apatraumadivision.org/770/male-survivors-research.html

Ellis, A. E. (2017, April). Let your voice have impact: Demystifying research. [Video]. Retrieved from: https://www.apatraumadivision.org/770/male-survivors-research.html

Greg Watson, Research Coordinator

Clinical Staff Members:

• Sabrina Dominguez
• Alejandra Haynes
• Ashley Kimbrough
• Daniel Lange
• Courtney Lemajeur
• Nicole Mantella
• Marissa Miller
• Camila Oharriz Vina
• Karla Rodriguez
• Carolina Rosado
• Samuel Savage
• Stevie Schapiro
• Greg Watson

Clinical Hours: By appointment only 

Hours: Monday & Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

For more information or an appointment, please call (954) 262-5851. Visit our website: www.nova.edu/trip