Real Life Heroes®(RLH) provides therapists with easy-to-use tools including a life storybook, manual, 24 CE credit asynchronous training program, multi-dimensional assessment tools, multi-sensory creative arts activities & psychoeducation resources to promote engagement of children, adolescents and parents/caregivers in evidence-supported therapy for Complex Trauma/DTD. RLH is focused on ‘Relational Healing for Relational Traumas’ & was developed for use in hard-pressed treatment centers to expand & sustain engagement & inclusion of youths & families who have experienced multi-generational adversity, historical traumas (e.g. discrimination, racism), and on-going risks & stressors. Creative arts, mindfulness, movement activities, ‘improv’ & shared life story work provide a flexible means for youths & families to develop the safety, attunement, regulation & co-regulation needed for re-integration of traumas and development of strength-based identities linked to their cultural heritage. Updated 2024.