BRAVE Providers, LLC Launches The BRAVE Method, an Organizational Training Program Addressing Vicarious Trauma and Resilience in Trauma-Exposed Organizations
Developed by trauma psychologist Jenny Hughes, PhD, the evidence-informed training gives groups, agencies, and organizations a shared framework for building vicarious resilience and retaining trauma clinicians.
Houston, TX, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BRAVE Providers, LLC today announced the launch of The BRAVE Method, an organizational training program for trauma-exposed teams and the leaders responsible for them. Developed by founder Jenny Hughes, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in academic medicine, the training addresses a workforce challenge that spans industries. Organizations everywhere are working to retain skilled professionals whose jobs bring them into regular contact with trauma.
Jenny Hughes, PhD leads a BRAVE Method training session
Trauma exposure is a daily occupational reality for teams in mental and behavioral health, child welfare, victim services, healthcare, education, veterinary medicine, first response, crisis work, and the legal system. Organizations in these fields are contending with turnover and staffing shortages, and the cost of replacing a single experienced professional is estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars.
The BRAVE Method approaches the problem at the organizational level rather than the individual one, a direction supported by a 2022 systematic review in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology, which found that supervision quality, peer support, and workplace culture play a central role in how vicarious trauma affects professionals and concluded that organizations have a responsibility to protect their staff. The framework treats vicarious trauma as a normal, expected part of trauma-exposed work, one that also opens the door to vicarious resilience, the growth and renewed sense of meaning professionals can experience through witnessing recovery, justice, and change in the people they serve.
The training is built on a three-part framework. Teams learn to Name It, identifying vicarious trauma and how it shows up across individuals and systems; Tame It, applying practical strategies to respond to its effects in real time; and Reframe It, actively strengthening vicarious resilience through supervision, peer support, and day-to-day workflow.
"People who do trauma-exposed work aren't meant to do it in isolation, and their organizations can't solve retention with wellness perks alone," said Dr. Hughes. "Vicarious trauma comes with being human in this work, and so does vicarious resilience. When an entire team shares a language for both, support stops depending on which supervisor you happen to have."
Dr. Hughes developed The BRAVE Method through her work with trauma therapists, the professionals with some of the most concentrated exposure to trauma of any field, and the framework is customized to each organization's roles and context. It is delivered virtually and onsite nationwide and is offered in two tiers. The Core Training is a half-day, skills-based session where leadership and staff learn the framework side by side and leave with shared language and practices they can put to use immediately. That foundation prepares organizations for the Leadership Enhancement, a full-day training that adds trauma-informed leadership development, equipping leaders to carry the framework into supervision, feedback, and the systems that shape how their teams experience the work. Pre- and post-training assessment is available with both tiers, and capacity is limited to a small number of organizations per month.
The launch builds on Dr. Hughes' training and speaking work with organizations across sectors, including child-serving agencies, healthcare teams, and professional associations. "We are so grateful to Jenny for helping us in our mission to educate professionals who serve children to promote prevention, recovery, and resilience in children who have experienced trauma," said the host of the TraumaTALKS Annual Conference, where Hughes has presented.
Dr. Hughes will expand on the framework in The Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Podcast, launching in August 2026. Organizations can learn more and book a consultation at braveproviders.com/speaking.
The BRAVE Method framework, Name It, Tame It, Reframe It, developed by trauma psychologist Jenny Hughes, PhD.
About BRAVE Providers, LLC
BRAVE Providers, LLC helps trauma-exposed teams and the people who lead them address vicarious trauma and build vicarious resilience. Through The BRAVE Method, an organizational training program built on the framework Name It, Tame It, Reframe It, the company gives leaders and staff a shared language and practical tools for sustaining professionals whose work brings them into regular contact with trauma. Founder Jenny Hughes, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in trauma and PTSD. She is also the founder of The BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective, a membership community where trauma therapists learn to manage vicarious trauma and enhance vicarious resilience together. An educator, advocate, and speaker, Jenny is unapologetic in supporting helpers to be human first so they can continue their work more grounded, more resilient, and ready to make an even greater impact. As a trauma therapist herself, she practices Brainspotting, EMDR, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Jenny is the author of The PTSD Recovery Workbook and Triggers to Glimmers: A Vicarious Resilience Journal and Workbook.
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A video accompanying this announcement is available here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=myTvmlLgd1M
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