Laurie Leitch, Ph.D.

Laurie Leitch, Ph.D. is a clinical trainer, researcher and psychotherapist. She has spent over 25 years working with individuals, couples, and groups using competency-based, mind-body psychotherapy. She is the Director of Program Development and Evaluation for the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI), a non-profit trauma training center which provides training in Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM). TRM is a trauma treatment appropriate in emergency settings, with complex trauma, and with adults and children suffering from long-term and acute trauma.

Dr. Leitch has extensive experience providing clinical training and consultation in diverse settings. She has particular interest in "at risk" populations including survivors of catastrophic events and provided treatment following 9/11, treatment and clinical training in southern Thailand after the tsunami and in Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Dr. Leitch's research has included social program and clinical evaluations for national foundations, the federal government, and non-profit organizations as well as outcome studies of TRM. Most recently, Dr. Leitch provided TRM1 training to counselors working with genocide survivors in Rwanda, Africa.