SMART is volunteer-based and peer-based, although we do have Professional Advisors (PA's) available. SMART is a not-for-profit 501 c 3 organization.

We endeavor to :

1) Guarantee a safe, protective place where people can debrief and learn from events and feelings they have experienced;

2) Teach the specific guideposts of the emotional process people go through during adaptation and recovery;

3) Create a group-bonding process that will encourage candid self-disclosure;

4) Help people understand their subjective experience;

5) Provide teachers who have borne this personal trauma and have 'come through';

6) Show the way to put recovery into a life-perspective that fosters self-care and self-realization.