Attachment, Developmental and Complex trauma-related needs are as nuanced as the behaviors that come with them. Specialized resources are harder to find than they should be. Take advantage years of learning, experience, knowledge and connections with individualized consultation and…the result is a clarity and robust, tangible implementation plan for the most acute and complex circumstances.

Recognized speaker, storyteller and facilitator, Tif uses lived experience lessons learned and her own growth process with her brilliant, hilarious children (now adults) to inspire insight shifts and understanding for the complex and nuanced needs of those who experienced early adversity and have extreme behavior. Story, play, activity and practical examples help others learn to implement Interpersonal Neurobiology, Attachment, and the Science of Hope and build neural networks of safety prediction into everyday life…the RISEWay.

RISE attachment and neuroscience based assessments and interventions support nervous system and relational recovery for children. These unique and hard to access assessments seek to build understanding for challenging behaviors, complex nervous system needs, and increase relational richness, hope and resilience.

Relational Mentors are a key and cornerstone of the RISE philosohy of care. Tif largely credits the discovery of Relational Mentors for her families ability to emerge from isolation, build social skills and thrive. Pulling together the tenants and components of experiences that had the most consistant and profound impact on her children and others is what eventually became Therapeutic Relational Mentor Experiences. “Something magical happens when we take our RISE framework, a seasoned RISE Relational Mentor, youth, a Hope Centered Goal and we set out into nature”. – Tif Junker

All too often children who are grieving, have adaptive attachment and trauma related behavior that are a direct result of their experiences are sent to the hospital or residential treatment because they cannot be contained at home. Desperate caregivers are exhausted and at a loss for how to help them. When behavior is too acute what are caregivers to do? The truth is contained settings are sometimes necessary, but not always. RISE In Home Stabilization is an opportunity for high level care to come in home, equipping families and their community to provide neurobiologically respectful attachment and hope centered reset at home, instead of sending already relationally fragile children away.