Elaine Miller-Karas

Elaine Miller-Karas

Co-founder & Director of Innovation, Vision and Creativity at Trauma Resource Institute

Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, is a trauma therapist, author, lecturer, consultant, radio show host, Psychology Today blogger, and social entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and the Director of Innovation of the Trauma Resource Institute. She is the key developer of the Trauma and Community Resiliency Models. The models have been introduced to over 75 countries.

Elaine’s book, Building Resiliency to Trauma, the Trauma and Community Resiliency Model (2023), was selected by the United Nations and Taylor and Francis curated online library as one of the innovations helping meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The 2nd edition was released in March 2023. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/sdgo.

She has presented at Ontario Disaster & Emergency Management Conference (DEMCON), Oxford University’s Skoll World Forum, the United Nations, Resiliency 2023, Medscape, Psychotherapy Networker, the Global Fund, and the Centers for Disease Control.

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