The El Paso Child Guidance Center is committed to being a Trauma-Informed organization. We assume that the people we serve, all staff, and anyone else we encounter while conducting business may have experienced trauma. Trauma affects people in a variety of ways and may have short or long-term effects. It is the intention of the El Paso Child Guidance Center to maintain self-awareness of our behavior, attitudes and emotions and their impact on the people around us; practice cultural humility by being respectful, listening and observing for individual differences and adjusting our responses in a way that acknowledges and appreciates the other person’s perspective; maintain confidentiality of information pertaining to the people we serve and inform them about the limits of confidentiality from first contact; create a welcoming environment that feels physically and emotionally safe for everyone by promoting & respecting each individual’s choice & control and building upon individual strengths, abilities and potential; and acknowledge every individual’s responsibility for self-care and support individual + organizational wellness by providing opportunities and resources.

Debra Emery was the former Clinical Manager of the Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis. She now works at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital and serves as the psychologist on the hematology/oncology team. Her interests include complex trauma and integrated care.

Erika Tullberg, PhD, is a public health professional whose work focuses on identifying and mitigating trauma experienced by children, parents, and staff in the child welfare system. Connected to the NCTSN since 2009, she currently serves as Co-Chair of the NCTSN Child Welfare Committee and is a member of the NCTSN Values Subcommittee. As the lead developer of the Child Welfare Traumameter, an organizational assessment tool to help child welfare agencies assess and improve their practices available on the NCTSN Learning Center, Dr. Tullberg continues to work with those interested in implementing the NCTSN-developed assessment tool. Dr. Tullberg has also developed trainings and interventions to address and mitigate secondary trauma experienced by child welfare staff and foster/adoptive parents. Her insights are informed by 15 years of experience as a foster/adoptive parent and her work within the child welfare system.

Rosa Espinoza Hernandez Psy.D. (she, her, ella) is a Clinical Psychologist at Children's Hospital Los Angeles  – USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). Dr. Hernandez is a bilingual (Spanish/English) and bicultural psychologist whose clinical work is driven by her commitment to increase access to quality care in underserved communities. Dr. Hernandez works with children and adolescents, ranging from early childhood to transition age youth. Her areas of experience include working with individuals who experienced medical or immigration-related trauma, court- and gang-involved youth, integrated primary care, and families who are involved with the department of child and family services/child protective services. She provides client-centered care and applies culturally sensitive adaptations of various models such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Child-Parent Psychotherapy within her practice.