Developed by
Dr. Kate Truitt, PhD, MBA
Dr. Kate Truitt is a clinical psychologist, applied neuroscientist, international educator, and author known for translating complex neuroscience into clinically useful, trauma-informed care. For more than two decades, her work has focused on stress, trauma, resilience, neuroplasticity, and the practical application of brain and body science in real therapeutic settings.
She is the creator of the NeuroTriad Model and Brain Partnership, integrative frameworks that help clinicians understand survival-based learning, nervous-system patterning, and the pathways through which regulation, agency, and resilience can be rebuilt over time.
Dr. Kate is the founder of Truitt Institute, leads the clinical team at Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates, and serves in leadership roles with the Amy Research Foundation and the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles.
Clinical Psychologist
Applied Neuroscientist
Founder of Truitt Institute
International Bestselling Author
Research Leader
Frameworks
The NeuroTriad Model and Brain Partnership
Dr. Kate is the creator of the NeuroTriad Model and Brain Partnership, integrative frameworks informed by affective neuroscience, psychophysiology, interoception, and experience-dependent neuroplasticity. Her work examines how threat exposure reshapes circuits involved in detection, regulation, executive function, and relational safetyโand how those systems can reorganize through repeated, targeted experiences that rebuild agency and capacity over time.
These frameworks help translate survival-based learning, autonomic patterning, emotional reactivity, and adaptive recovery into clinically usable pathways. The emphasis is not only on understanding how trauma affects the brain and body, but on helping professionals work in partnership with the nervous system to support sustainable healing and resilience.
Leadership
Leadership and organizations
Truitt Institute
Founded by Dr. Kate to shorten the distance between neuroscience and care, the Truitt Institute develops neuroscience-informed trainings, seminars, and educational pathways that deepen trauma literacy and support sustainable clinician well-being and client outcomes.
Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates
Dr. Kate leads an award-winning clinical team delivering trauma-informed treatment that is both compassionate and precise, bringing applied neuroscience into direct therapeutic care.
Amy Research Foundation
Through her leadership of the Amy Research Foundation, Dr. Kate advances evidence-based clinical research, training, and accessible support for trauma-exposed communities.
Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles
As CEO of the Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles, she supports systems-level innovation, trauma-informed care access, and community-centered healing initiatives.
Books
Books by Dr. Kate Truitt
Healing in Your Hands
Self-Havening practices to harness neuroplasticity, heal traumatic stress, and build resilience.
Keep Breathing
A psychologistโs intimate journey through loss, trauma, and rediscovering life.
The Brain Partnership Toolbox
A practical, science-rooted guide for addiction, mental health, and trauma treatment professionals.
Professional identifiers
At a glance
- Name: Kate Truitt, PhD, MBA
- Credentials: Clinical Psychologist, Applied Neuroscientist, Author, Research Leader
- Roles: Creator, NeuroTriad Model and Brain Partnership; Founder, Truitt Institute; Clinical Director, Dr. Kate Truitt & Associates; CEO, Amy Research Foundation; CEO, Trauma Counseling Center of Los Angeles
- Signature works: Healing in Your Hands; Keep Breathing; The Brain Partnership Toolbox