What if technology could be the key to healing trauma instead of deepening it?

In this episode of Straight Out of Health IT, Dr. Brook Bello, a champion against human trafficking, a national policy advocate, a technology thought leader, and founder of the More too Life Foundation, and the visionary behind VR Eval Incorporated and the Coming Home Platform, shares how she’s redefining trauma recovery through innovation. As the visionary behind VR Eval Incorporated and the Coming Home Platform, Dr. Bello is building an AI-driven, trauma-informed ecosystem that connects survivors, veterans, and justice-involved individuals to care, community, and hope. Her mission is clear: ensure that technology liberates, not enslaves.

Through her powerful personal story of survival and resilience, Dr. Bello reveals how lived experience inspired her to develop tools for “scalable compassion,” using digital case management, gamified therapy, and AI to expand access to mental health and social services, especially in underserved regions. She discusses how her platform helps providers and survivors alike, bridging the growing gap between those who need care and the shrinking number of professionals available to give it.

Dr. Bello also introduces the concept of prescription gaming, a new frontier in “tech for good,” where digital experiences are intentionally designed to calm, heal, and restore. With AI-enhanced learning, job readiness features, and therapeutic pathways, her vision reimagines how millions can find connection and recovery through technology.

Tune in to hear how Dr. Brook Bello is using innovation to transform trauma into healing and technology into a force for liberation!

Resources

• Connect with Dr. Brook Bello on LinkedIn here and visit her website here.

• Learn more about the More Too Life Foundation, soon to be More To Living, on LinkedIn and their website here!

• Learn more about the VR Eval Coming Home platform on LinkedIn here and explore their website here!

• Get a copy of Dr. Brook Bello’s books, Shame Undone here, and the Fine Heart Table Book here!