TheraTribe Consulting and Training
Trauma-Informed Solutions for Real-World Impact.
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Sandra is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Mental Health Service Provider designation in Tennessee and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in New Hampshire, USA. With certifications as a Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Sandra brings a holistic and evidence-based approach to her work, helping individuals, organizations, and communities navigate the complexities of trauma and healing.
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Sandra’s career spans many years of working with diverse clients and providers, from infants to older adults, addressing trauma, family conflicts, substance use disorders, and abuse. She also has extensive experience training professionals, staff, and volunteers in treatment modalities, reflective supervision, trauma-informed culture, and quality assurance practices.
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As a former Chief Quality Officer for a large multi-state foster care and behavioral health company, Sandra led the development and implementation of a trauma-informed organizational model, ensuring that trauma-sensitive practices became part of the company's core culture. She has also provided trauma-informed training to staff from a multi-state child and adolescent mentoring organization, helping them integrate best practices into their work with vulnerable youth.
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Sandra’s passion for trauma-informed care extends internationally. Recently, she traveled to Ukraine to train humanitarian aid center workers on trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and trauma-informed care and practices. Her work in this war-torn country is a reflection of her deep commitment to global community care.
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Sandra is known for her warm, engaging, and authentic approach to counseling and training. People often describe her as compassionate, approachable, and humorous. She has a unique ability to create safe spaces where individuals and groups feel empowered to learn, grow, and implement meaningful change.
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Sandra’s Mission
Sandra is passionate about improving lives, fostering resilience, and empowering individuals and organizations to make lasting, positive changes. She believes that helping people help others is a powerful way to make an enduring impact on communities, both locally and globally.
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Ready to collaborate?
Contact Sandra today to explore how her expertise can help you, your team, or your organization build trauma-informed, resilient practices that truly make a difference.
Sandra’s Approach to Training and Consulting
At the heart of my work as a trainer and consultant is a deep belief in the power of human connection, safety, and shared knowledge to create meaningful, lasting change. I approach every interaction—whether with an individual, a team, or a large organization—with the understanding that people don’t learn or grow in environments that feel unsafe or judgmental. True transformation happens when people feel respected, seen, and empowered to take actionable steps toward improvement.
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I believe that trauma-informed practices are not just policies or checklists—they are ways of being. They are grounded in empathy, curiosity, and a commitment to recognizing the whole person behind every behavior or challenge. This belief guides everything I do, from training frontline staff to working with leadership teams to build resilient, trauma-informed cultures.
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My training and consulting style is practical, interactive, and grounded in real-world experience. I prioritize creating an environment where participants feel safe to explore complex topics, ask hard questions, and make mistakes. I aim to take concepts like trauma, ACEs, resilience, and reflective supervision and make them accessible, actionable, and relevant to the people doing the hard work every day.
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Most importantly, I approach my work with genuine compassion and a sense of hope. I firmly believe that no system, community, or individual is beyond repair. With the right tools, support, and mindset, we can all contribute to creating environments where people feel safe, valued, and empowered to heal and grow.
Whether I’m working with a small group of providers or consulting on large-scale organizational change, my goal is always the same: to help people help people—by building capacity, strengthening resilience, and fostering meaningful change that leaves lasting impacts on individuals and communities.
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In this work, we are all learners and leaders. And I’m here to walk alongside you as we build a more compassionate, trauma-informed world together.