OMID Foundation

Mind-Body & Somatic Therapies

Trauma Healing

Healing the Body, Calming the Mind: Somatic Therapy for Trauma Recovery

OMID’s somatic therapy programs are rooted in the connection between the body and mind, helping participants process trauma stored in the nervous system. Using body awareness, breathwork, and grounding techniques, these sessions empower women to regulate emotions and restore inner balance.
From the very first session, participants gain practical tools to calm the nervous system, improve daily functioning, and reconnect with their bodies regardless of prior experience with practices like yoga. These trauma-responsive sessions are inclusive, accessible, and have shown significant improvement in symptoms of anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

Somatic therapy helps women heal trauma through body-mind practices, calming the nervous system, improving daily functioning, and restoring emotional balance with accessible, trauma-responsive techniques.

For the first time, my body felt safe. I learned to calm my nervous system and live without constant fear.

TIMBo (Trauma-Informed Mind-Body)

Healing Through Mind-Body Connection: Mindfulness, Breathwork, and Yoga. TIMBo empowers women to calm stress, process trauma, and restore inner strength

TIMBo (Trauma-Informed Mind-Body) is a signature program at OMID that blends mindfulness, breathwork, trauma-sensitive yoga, and group processing to promote healing for women affected by trauma. Participants develop emotional literacy, learn to manage stress responses, and build self-compassion.
With a focus on simple, adaptable techniques, TIMBo is suitable for women from all backgrounds. It supports emotional resilience, enhances body-mind awareness, and provides lifelong tools to navigate trauma, stress, and everyday challenges.

TIMBo blends mindfulness, breathwork, trauma-sensitive yoga, and group support to build emotional resilience, self-compassion, and lifelong body-mind tools for women healing from trauma.

TIMBo gave me simple tools to manage stress. I feel calmer, stronger, and kinder to myself each day.

CMBM (Center for Mind-Body Medicine)

Healing Practices Backed by Science, Rooted in Compassion. CMBM provides accessible methods; from meditation to guided imagery, used worldwide in trauma recovery.

The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) offers a globally recognized, evidence-based framework for trauma healing. At OMID, this program integrates mindfulness, meditation, guided imagery, and expressive techniques to support stress reduction and emotional resilience.
CMBM has been implemented in conflict zones, disaster areas, and underserved communities around the world. Its accessible tools promote both short-term relief and long-term well-being, making it a vital resource in our trauma recovery offerings.

CMBM provides evidence-based mind-body tools, including mindfulness and expressive practices, to reduce stress, build emotional resilience, and support lasting trauma recovery worldwide.

This program helped me heal deeply. I found calm, strength, and hope that now guide my daily life.

CRM (Community Resiliency Model)

From grounding to ‘Help Now!’ strategies, CRM empowers individuals and communities to manage stress and build resilience.

CRM equips individuals and communities with six core wellness skills: Tracking, Grounding, Resourcing, Gesturing, Shift & Stay, and Help Now! To promote balance during times of trauma and stress. Based on the science of the nervous system, CRM helps normalize trauma responses and build inner resilience.
This program is accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds, and it is particularly effective in communities facing ongoing hardship. CRM also supports therapists and caregivers, offering trauma-informed strategies that can be used in both clinical and informal settings.

CRM teaches six science-based nervous system skills to stabilize stress, normalize trauma responses, and build resilience for individuals, communities, caregivers, and therapists in challenging environments.

CRM helped me understand trauma responses. I gained stability, resilience, and a sense of control again.

Cognitive & Emotional Skills Training

The Decider Skills

Turning Complex Psychology into Everyday Skills. The Decider equips youth and adults with 12 evidence-based tools to manage emotions, strengthen relationships, and build resilience.

The Decider Skills program transforms complex psychological concepts into practical, engaging tools for individuals navigating trauma or high-stress environments. Used by educators, families, and therapists, this program empowers participants with 12 evidence-based skills for managing emotions, improving relationships, and building resilience.
With creative techniques like role-play, props, imagery, and music, The Decider makes learning both accessible and fun, especially for youth and trauma-affected individuals. Skills taught include distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and mindful problem-solving, making it an excellent resource for both in-person and online support settings.

The Decider teaches 12 evidence-based skills using creative, engaging methods to help youth and adults manage emotions, build resilience, and navigate trauma or high-stress situations.

I learned to pause and choose my response. These skills transformed my relationships and stress management.

Beyond Anger and Violence

Stephanie Covington’s Transformative 21-Session Program. Through psychoeducation, mindfulness, and group support, women learn to heal the roots of trauma and regain inner balance.

This transformative 21-session workshop helps women explore the root causes of anger, trauma, and emotional distress in a safe, supportive environment. Developed by Dr. Stephanie Covington, a pioneer in gender-responsive care, the program uses psychoeducation, mindfulness, CBT, and grounding techniques to help participants build healthier coping skills.
Through group discussion, interactive exercises, and reflective practices, women learn to identify emotional triggers, develop self-awareness, and cultivate inner peace. This evidence-based program is ideal for shelters, rehabilitation centers, and trauma recovery initiatives.

This 21-session, evidence-based workshop helps women understand trauma and anger, build healthy coping skills, increase self-awareness, and cultivate emotional balance in safe, supportive group settings.

This workshop helped me heal emotional pain and respond with awareness instead of anger.

TARGET

Healing Trauma Through the TARGET Model. This strengths-based program blends CBT, mindfulness, and relational therapy to help survivors reclaim balance and self-efficacy.

TARGET is a trauma-focused psychotherapy model designed for adolescents and adults with PTSD, survivor guilt, or unresolved grief. This strengths-based program equips participants with skills to regulate intense emotions, manage trauma memories, and develop self-efficacy.
Built around the FREEDOM framework, Focus, Recognize, Emotions, Evaluate, Define, Option, contribute, TARGET combines CBT, mindfulness, and relational therapy to support long-term recovery. Participants learn to anchor themselves in their values while building resilience in daily life.

TARGET is trauma-focused program using FREEDOM framework to help adolescents and adults regulate emotions, process trauma, build self-efficacy, and strengthen resilience daily through mindfulness practices.

TARGET helped me process trauma safely. I learned emotional regulation and gained confidence to move forward.

4 Steps to Resilience

A Four-Step Method for Calming Stress and Strengthening Families. Through education, guided debriefing, and practice, T4 helps young people and parents transform reactivity into resilience.

T4 is a structured, four-step approach designed to help young people, and their families manage stress responses and reduce reactive behaviors. Through a combination of education, guided debriefing, and consistent practice, T4 empowers participants to move from a place of emotional reactivity to resilience and clarity.
This method supports youth in understanding their stress triggers and equips families with tools to build supportive, trauma-informed communication patterns that foster healing at home.

T4 is a four-step, trauma-informed approach that helps youth and families manage stress, reduce reactivity, and build emotional clarity, resilience, and supportive relationships.

T4 taught me to pause instead of reacting. My family understands me better, and I feel calmer.

Creative & Expressive Arts for Healing

Acting and Creative Writing

From Stage to Page: Finding Strength in Self-Expression. Through drama and creative writing, participants process emotions, reclaim their voices, and share their stories with others.

OMID’s drama and writing workshops offer powerful avenues for healing through creative self-expression. Participants engage in acting, improvisation, movement, and storytelling exercises that help process emotions in a safe, indirect way.
These classes not only foster healing but also enhance confidence, empathy, and communication. Creative writing gives young women the tools to articulate their personal stories, reclaim their voice, and connect with others through shared experiences.

Drama and writing workshops use creative expression to support emotional healing, build confidence and empathy, and help women reclaim their voice through storytelling.

Storytelling helped me release pain and find my voice. I feel connected and proud of my story.

Drawing and Art Therapy

From Pain to Paint: Expressing the Unspeakable. Art therapy helps women explore their inner world, release trauma, and discover strength through visual storytelling.

OMID‘s art therapy program uses drawing, painting, and mixed media as tools for emotional healing and personal expression. Participants learn to explore their inner world through visual art, which can often bypass verbal limitations and access deep emotional layers.
Sessions focus on both therapeutic expression and skill development, helping individuals process trauma while building creative confidence. With guidance from experienced art instructors, participants are empowered to transform pain into visual storytelling and reclaim their agency.

Art therapy programs use creative expression to help participants process trauma, explore emotions beyond words, build confidence, and transform personal experiences into healing visual stories.

Art helped me express emotions I could not name. Creating rebuilt my confidence and sense of self.

Voices

Finding Strength and Identity Through Voices. This Stephanie Covington initiative helps girls build self-awareness, regulate emotions, and grow in a safe, supportive space.

Voices is a trauma- and gender-responsive program by Dr. Stephanie Covington, designed for adolescent girls and young women navigating trauma, identity, and social pressures. It builds self-awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience through CBT, mindfulness, expressive arts, and trauma-sensitive yoga. With trained facilitators, Voices creates a safe space for healing, confidence, and growth. At OMID, Persian-speaking facilitators expand access to culturally responsive care, empowering young women to reclaim their voice.

Voices supports adolescent girls and young women with trauma-informed tools to build self-awareness, emotional regulation, empowerment, and resilience through mindfulness, CBT, creative expression, and safe group learning.

Voices helped me set boundaries and feel empowered. I now feel capable, heard, and not alone.

Zones of Regulation

The Zones of Regulation is a visual framework that helps youth recognize and manage emotions through four color-coded zones. It builds emotional awareness, self-control, and healthy coping skills.

The Zones of Regulation is a visual, structured program that helps young people identify, understand, and regulate their emotions. By categorizing emotional states into four color-coded zones (Blue, Green, Yellow, and Red) participants gain greater emotional literacy and control.
Especially effective for Persian-speaking youth and trauma survivors, this program enables girls to build healthier responses to stress, reduce emotional outbursts, and foster a more supportive community dynamic.

Zones of Regulation helps youth identify emotions using color-coded zones, build emotional literacy, manage stress responses, and develop healthier self-regulation skills in trauma-informed group settings.

I learned to understand emotions instead of being controlled by them. I now respond with awareness.

Trauma Management Programs