**The TRS Model perspective does not increase the stigma of mental illness; rather, it decreases the stigma of trauma. People impacted by trauma are seen as mentally ill rather than having understandable reactions to our experiences. We are misdiagnosed with disorders we don’t have because people do not understand trauma responses; this must stop.  If having a diagnosis feels safest to you as a client or as a helping professional, and you wish to work with people from that perspective, there is no shame in doing that. For those of us who do not feel safe with this current paradigm, there is the Trauma Response Syndrome Model.**