Committed to Empowering Your Recovery Journey
About Us
CEO & Founder
Jordanna's Story
TRS founder, Jordanna Saunders, was born and raised on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico, where her family still resides. Her background in community and tribal mental health work solidified her passion for working with youth. Coming from a holistic, traditional Navajo background, she believes that teens and families can benefit greatly from trauma therapy provided by properly informed practitioners.
Growing up in a tribal community that has been negatively impacted by genocide and systemic historical trauma, Jordanna experienced first-hand what happens when emotional healing and trauma reconciliation isn’t implemented in communities of color in a sustainable manner.
Due to complex conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety, Indigenous populations and people from underserved communities experience significantly shortened life spans, and reduced quality of life. Indigenous women experience violence at much higher rates than non-Indigenous women and often deal with little to no professional support leading to alarming mental health statistics and death rates.
For these important reasons, TRSAZ focuses on greatly improving access to trauma-informed mental health services utilizing technology in affected communities.
Practice Story
Fostering Healing Across Communities
Trauma Recovery Services of Arizona (TRSAZ) provides secure, and HIPPA compliant telehealth (live video), counseling services to adults and adolescents in the State of Arizona. Our compassionate practitioners are culturally-informed, inclusive, and will respect your current situation to help you find solutions.
Specializing in BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and veteran populations, we treat trauma survivors who have suffered tremendous loss and grief due to death, accidents, injuries, or are recovering from childhood or adulthood abuse/neglect issues. Areas of treatment may include any of the following, but are not limited to; incest, domestic violence, mental/physical/financial abuse, depression, anxiety, substance use, divorce and life transitions, PTSD.
We offer innovative and evidence-based treatment to help our clients recover from mental health symptoms and traumatic situations. These interventions may include eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT),Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) , and peer support services (recovery coaching).
Our Vision
Shaping a Future of Shared Healing
We serve populations that have been deeply impacted by genocidal practices, discrimination, active-duty service, childhood abuse and other complex traumatic experiences. By providing improved virtual access to trauma-informed mental health services in underserved communities, we envision reconciliation and sustained healing for generations to come.