Trauma-informed care is healthcare.
Trauma-informed care is healthcare that acknowledges the impact trauma has on people, and takes that understanding to heart in the way that we treat people. We seek to create safe spaces and therapeutic relationships that support healing and recovery. Trauma-informed care is not just for mental health professionals--it's integral to every aspect of healthcare, and interpersonal relationships outside of healthcare, as well.
If you're a patient, and you've left healthcare appointments feeling disregarded, unseen, unheard, and violated, it's not just you. You experienced, unfortunately, what non-trauma-informed looks and feels like.
If you're a clinician, and you've wondered what was missing in your practice, why your patients and clients would miss follow-ups, not follow your guidance, and become agitated or frustrated, often, the answer to what's missing is trauma-informed care.
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 if you're a clinician, that work WILL be well worth it.
And if you're a patient, please know that finding a trauma-informed clinician is well worth it, too, and can truly make all the difference.
If you're a patient, and you've left healthcare appointments feeling disregarded, unseen, unheard, and violated, it's not just you. You experienced, unfortunately, what non-trauma-informed looks and feels like.
If you're a clinician, and you've wondered what was missing in your practice, why your patients and clients would miss follow-ups, not follow your guidance, and become agitated or frustrated, often, the answer to what's missing is trauma-informed care.
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 if you're a clinician, that work WILL be well worth it.
And if you're a patient, please know that finding a trauma-informed clinician is well worth it, too, and can truly make all the difference.
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