“You will start to heal, the moment you feel heard.”
J.R., age 16
Compassionate. Trauma-Informed. Family-Focused.
At Trauma Education & Support Services, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive support and education to individuals and families affected by trauma. We are here to support healing, nurture resilience, and help each person rediscover a sense of hope and direction.
HEALING BEGINS WITH CONNECTION
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Mental Health & Wellness Center
Our Mental Health & Wellness Center provides counseling and holistic services for anyone who has experienced trauma. Our team of professionals is committed to helping you heal and find balance through personalized care.
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Thrive Academy
Thrive Academy is the essential guide adoptive parents never received. It offers tools, insights, and support to help families confidently navigate the adoption journey. Join us and start building a stronger, more connected family.
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Lecture Series
Presented by Parent Cooperative Community, this inspiring lecture series explores trauma-informed, attachment-based, and family-centered care. Each session offers expert insights, practical tools, and meaningful conversations to support families impacted by trauma.
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Workshops for Children & Teens
Our weekend workshops offer a trauma-sensitive, inclusive space where children and teens can safely connect with peers. Through supportive, peer-based experiences, they build emotional and social skills while growing in confidence and resilience.
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Parent Workshops
Our Parent Retreats create a welcoming space for adoptive families to connect, learn, and grow together. Through engaging workshops, meaningful conversations, and trust-building activities, families strengthen bonds and build lasting community.
"Children develop certain behaviors because they’ve been through big, scary, or overwhelming experiences. These experiences can hurt their ability to stay calm, feel safe, or respond in ways that make sense to adults. So their behaviors are not their fault, and they are not bad kids.
The hard part is that, even though the behaviors come from things that weren’t their fault, children are often left to deal with the impact. That’s why healing matters — it helps them process those hard things from the past.
This means they are good kids who just need support, understanding, and healing.”
-Helene Timpone, LCSW
Founder and CEO
The next chapter of your story starts with a single step. Let us walk beside you on the path to healing.
“Helene, Your program gives hope to many people who cannot seem to overcome their inner conflicts. This has been enlightening for me because I witnessed my daughter, for the first time in many years, receive a method of healing that has relaxed her and helped her to overcome the stress and hopelessness she was feeling. This is sort of a miracle to me that in a few days, with the proper guidance from you, she is on the road to recovery, and I know you will guide her to full recovery! Thank you so very much!”
– J. P.
“Helene is awesome! My husband and I have worked with Helene for about nine months. In that time, our relationships with each other and with our two adopted daughters have changed dramatically for the better. Helene has a remarkable and gifted way of sensing exactly the issues that need work and where they reside in a person's body. Her sensitive and intuitive nature, coupled with her incredible sense of humor, has cracked our family’s emotional shell wide open. Fears and resentments have given way to much more emotionally honest, loving, and supportive relationships. We have a way of seeing now that empowers our growth and the transformation of all of our relationships. Thanks for being there for us, Helene!”
– T.M.
“My family was in crisis. My 8-year-old daughter was defiant, aggressive, and refusing to go to school. I was overwhelmed, hopeless, and unsure how I would make it through another day. Helene Timpone transformed my life. Through phone coaching and in-home intensives, she set my family on a path of relationship that I no longer believed was possible. Within a few weeks, the stress level in my home significantly dropped. My daughter’s behaviors were no longer constant daily issues. She still has episodes of aggression and defiance, but I can now see that she is actually communicating feelings of fear and stress. I can now (usually!) respond in ways that promote attachment and healing. In addition, with Helene’s assistance, my daughter has returned to school, with accommodations that have made all the difference. My family continues to have challenges, but one of Helene’s mantras has become my own: “Everything will be OK!”
– G. W.