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People often think of trauma and grief as separate experiences; trauma associated with fear, overwhelm, danger, or survival, and grief more situated in sadness and loss.

Trauma-informed work is not defined by a single intervention or therapeutic model. It is an orientation toward understanding how experiences shape emotional functioning, relationships, coping patterns, nervous system responses, identity, meaning-making, and a person’s sense of safety in the world.

A trauma-informed therapeutic environment prioritizes emotional and relational safety. Clients should not feel pressured to disclose painful experiences before trust has developed.

One of the things many people are surprised to learn about therapy is that good therapy is not something that is simply “done” to you.

But many people who begin therapy are not falling apart externally at all. Often, they are the people who have been holding everything together for a very long time.