Trauma-informed care is healthcare.
It's our responsibility as clinicians to provide care that is sensitive to the needs of our patients and clients, but it takes education, work, and community to help us get there. We need people on our team who challenge us and help us see our blind spots. We need compassionate guidance from mentors who will help us decide what steps to take.
Providing trauma-informed care to our patients and clients helps us reconnect with WHY we entered the healthcare field in the first place. You, and your entire team, get to see each and every interaction as THERAPEUTIC, and relationships with clients become less contentious, less difficult, and more fulfilling.
It will make your clients better able to implement your guidance, because you're giving it in a way that starts with understanding THEM.
Trauma-informed care reduces burnout, improves client retention, and gives you the joy back in your work.
I won't lie to you. The work of trauma-informed care is HARD WORK. It involves a lot of self-reflection, cultural competency, and practical skills like trauma-informed language and the trauma-informed physical exam.
But that work WILL be well worth it.
Providing trauma-informed care to our patients and clients helps us reconnect with WHY we entered the healthcare field in the first place. You, and your entire team, get to see each and every interaction as THERAPEUTIC, and relationships with clients become less contentious, less difficult, and more fulfilling.
It will make your clients better able to implement your guidance, because you're giving it in a way that starts with understanding THEM.
Trauma-informed care reduces burnout, improves client retention, and gives you the joy back in your work.
I won't lie to you. The work of trauma-informed care is HARD WORK. It involves a lot of self-reflection, cultural competency, and practical skills like trauma-informed language and the trauma-informed physical exam.
But that work WILL be well worth it.