Accepting Fall Applications until August 22nd
Synchronous learning with international cohort runs September 5 - October 24th
Help Fund the Future
of Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care Research
TSI Institute is a branch of Flamingo Trauma Recovery, a New York-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to creating access to trauma-informed spiritual counseling and sponsored clinical care through our therapy providers. We believe healing should be accessible, and we work to remove financial barriers for people seeking care, ministers and therapists seeking training, and communities seeking stronger support.
In the first half of 2026 alone, we invested $39,000 into this mission — including $2,055 in therapy sponsorships, $2,950 in training scholarship funds, and $34,000 in scholarship awards for ministers and therapists training at the Institute. We are proud of this investment, but it also means our research budget is limited.
As we continue to sponsor therapy through our therapy readiness programs and spiritual care plans, and as we keep training financially accessible, we need partners who can help us grow. Donations will help us fund research, compensate researchers, and strengthen the work that makes both care and training possible.
Why we need the help:
The TSI Institute is entering a critical season of growth. With invitations to present at the SSCAPE Conference this September and opportunities to share our work at additional conferences, we are expanding our reach and deepening the impact of trauma-informed spiritual intervention research.
To keep this momentum going, we need partners who will help fund the work behind the mission. Donations will support research projects, compensate researchers fairly, and help sustain the staff needed to develop, present, and share this important work with faith-based, academic, and professional communities.
Your gift helps us:
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Advance research that strengthens trauma-informed spiritual care.
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Pay researchers for their expertise and labor.
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Support staff who make this work possible.
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Share findings at conferences and professional gatherings.
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Expand access to practical, evidence-informed training and resources.
Give today to help fund research, support our team, and expand the impact of trauma-informed spiritual intervention.
Why does it matter?
TSI supports individuals and practitioners in exploring the intersection of faith and mental health, leveraging faith as a protective factor while addressing maladaptive thinking shaped by doctrinal influence.
Currently, few structured frameworks fully account for both the cultural relevance of spirituality or the prevalence and continued potential for religious harm within integrative care. TSI fills this gap by helping service providers establish and maintain safety when a client brings up a spiritual or religious dimension to treatment, fostering conceptual clarity and increasing sensitivity to doctrine and power dynamics.
Through its approach, TSI centers choice, mutuality, and collaboration in addressing harmful or maladaptive beliefs formed in spiritually unsafe environments, allowing individuals to reclaim and access the full resilience-building potential of faith.
Research Vision & Objectives
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Validate and refine the TSI framework
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Pilot psychoeducational and therapeutic interventions
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Measure outcomes related to trauma, hope, spiritual well-being, and reconciliation
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Scale development on TSI constructs
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Publish peer-reviewed conceptual and empirical papers
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Build culturally responsive and spiritually sensitive interventions
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Train clinicians, ministries, and wellness organizations
Purpose
The purpose of Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention® is to promote holistic health across service industries by providing a structured framework for establishing safety when navigating doctrine, religious differences, and trauma sustained in spiritually unsafe environments.
This approach supports individuals who want to explore the intersection of faith, lived experience, and mental health. It recognizes that spiritual care, when not grounded in trauma-informed, multi-level practices, can unintentionally reinforce harmful power dynamics. These dynamics often shape belief systems through judgment, coercion, or force rather than through safety, consent, and understanding.
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What is the Intervention?
The intervention is a reflective process that fosters reconciliation within the belief system and to the knowledge of God as revealed by the Gospel of Grace. It supports individuals in examining beliefs shaped by formative experiences and aligning them with their current faith perspectives in ways that are coherent, consistent, and self-directed.
This process brings awareness to spiritual bypassing within thought patterns and faith practices by intentionally slowing down belief formation. Through inquiry and guided reflection, individuals are encouraged to examine unchallenged assumptions influenced by doctrine and lived experience.
The goal is to cultivate autonomous reflection and curiosity, enabling individuals to develop coherence across all aspects of their belief system and engage in faith-integrated problem solving with greater clarity, safety, and personal agency.
