Dr. Sandra Bloom joins the Center

Sandra Bloom is a board certified psychiatrist who is internationally known for her work on the impact of traumatic experiences on individuals, families, organizations, and cultures. She is a graduate of Temple University School of Medicine and recipient of the 2005 Temple University School of Medicine Alumni Achievement Award.
 
Dr. Bloom developed the Sanctuary Model®, a trauma-informed method for creating an organizational culture within which healing from psychological and social traumatic experience can be addressed. Her first book, Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution of Sane Societies, tells the story of the creation of one of the nation’s first inpatient programs for the treatment of adults who were abused as children. She also co-authored Bearing Witness: Violence and Collective Responsibility. A forthcoming book focuses on the impact of organizational stress on social service and mental health environments and the Sanctuary Model as an antidote to recurrent stress and systemic dysfunction.