Trauma Informed Care.

Having been immersed in trauma informed friendships, community, and work for a number of years now, it can sometimes be easy to not notice the gift I've given myself.

In my work I offer education and training about trauma informed, sex positive, LGBT positive care for allied professionals - therapists, pelvic floor specialists, naturopaths, and more. In working with these amazing folks who have such gifts to offer their fields, I often feel that mainstream trainings still have quite a way to go towards offering trauma informed care.

I do not believe that every person needs to be a trauma expert - yet, I do believe that even a basic awareness and wisdom about the impacts of systemic oppressions, historic life experiences, power, and environmental realities on clients’ bodies and nervous systems has the potential to radically shift experiences of care.

After all, often we seek out the professional support of therapists, medical professionals, and other healing professions because of traumatic experiences. When our contractions and challenges are met with regimens that don’t intersectionally understand and account for this, sometimes re-traumatization can occur.

With trauma informed care, a little trauma magic can go a long way to offering a more deeply resourcing healing environment that allows the soul and body to unwind.

To all of the folks who have learnt about trauma informed care - I applaud you! To all the folks contemplating learning about this concept of care, I applaud you! To all the folks who feel resistant or questioning - I also applaud you! Resistance and questioning is just as important an ingredient in the cauldron of this conversation - I’m so here for it all!