Trauma Aid AotearoaEMDR for AllTrauma Aid responds after disasters, mass-casualty events, and collective trauma by partnering with local services and delivering structured, EMDR-informed group support.
We can help communities plan and deliver early stabilisation, psychoeducation, resourcing, and group EMDR-informed support. The model is designed for settings where many people have been affected and where the usual one-to-one therapy workforce cannot meet every need quickly.
Response is shaped around local leadership. We work with community organisations, health services, marae, schools, and trusted local connectors so the support offered fits the place, the people, and the moment.
Group protocols can provide a contained structure for processing distress without asking participants to describe traumatic events to the group. That makes the approach more scalable and often less exposing for participants.
Trauma Aid supported friends and whanau in the Bay of Plenty following recent tragedies, offering free psychological therapy through local providers.
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Trauma Aid prepared support for people in the Tasman region following flooding, working with local providers and communities to plan group sessions.
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Trauma Aid supported the crew of HMNZS Manawanui following the loss of the ship, working alongside Defence Force colleagues.
Read archive entryTrauma Aid and NZ CAST partnered to provide psychological support during and after the government's apology for abuse in state care.
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Trauma Aid volunteers responded to a Central Hawke's Bay village and delivered large group EMDR sessions for school children.
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The community on Aotea Great Barrier Island had been through significant collective trauma, and Trauma Aid volunteers responded alongside Aotea Health, the island's only health centre.
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Trauma Aid continued to offer free online therapy to people needing support following Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Trauma Aid deployed clinical psychologists to Napier to increase local mental-health capacity after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Read archive entryTrauma Aid and Napier Family Centre coordinated large-scale outreach six months after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Read archive entryTrauma Aid provided online group EMDR after intense Auckland Anniversary Day flooding.
Read archive entryTrauma Aid supported people impacted by a tragic Wellington hostel fire with free in-person group EMDR.
Read archive entryFour large-scale online EMDR sessions supported Kiwis affected by Cyclone Gabrielle from March to May 2023.
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