Dr Edith Shiro is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Miami, Florida. She specializes in trauma and post traumatic growth, holding space and guiding her patients to achieve greater potential and higher consciousness. Dr Shiro is co-founder of the Trauma and Resilience Center, board member of the World Happiness Foundation, and an active member of Cadena International, providing humanitarian aid and disaster prevention worldwide. She has worked at the Clinic for Survivors of Torture at Bellevue Hospital, the Cambodian refugee clinic at Montefiore Medical Center, and the Human Rights Clinical Support Network at REFUGE, among others. Using her five-stage model, she offers a blueprint for all her patients to develop coping skills and resilience, and to achieve post traumatic growth.