The Alianza Youth Leadership Project
The Alianza Project offers a three-pronged approach to trauma treatment that facilitates the transformation from pain into power.
We believe that effective trauma treatment happens both within and beyond the individual therapy experience.
Alianza clinicians are trained to support clients as they move from individual therapy into a therapist-facilitated Youth Leadership Squad (YLS) setting that is focused on increasing awareness of individual, community, and institutional trauma.
In the YLS, Alianza participants experience the collective development of a safe community space. As our clients engage with their therapists and peers in an exploration of what the path to healing looks like for them as individuals and YLS community members, they come to experience themselves as leaders and experts in the healing process.
From there, participants are provided with opportunities to share what they have learned with schools, family members, and care providers as they move into the role of community and school-based advocates and influencers.
