Fundamentals of Trauma Informed Care for Bodyworkers and Movement Professionals

Fundamentals of Trauma Informed Care

For Bodyworkers and Movement Professionals

You came to this work to help people and lack of results, client “compliance,” and imposter syndrome nips in the back of your mind.

You might be confused about how to navigate growing diversity in your practice including how to use pronouns, language challenges, and navigating consent.

You may have clients presenting with depression, anxiety, PTSD or other mental health or behavioral challenges and feel overwhelmed with how to support them, maybe experiencing your own compassion fatigue.

You want to make sure you are creating a supportive space that feels safe for your clients and identify approaches and procedures that protect your own professional practice.

You want to feel empowered in your work and support your client’s self empowerment for more successful treatment outcomes.

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Trauma Informed Care Can Help.

Fundamentals of Trauma Informed Care is an introductory educational and practical experience for wellness providers and folks who work with bodies that want to make a greater impact in their clients’ lives while caring for themselves.

You are in a unique position to usher incredible change in the world through your knowledge and skill in working with the body. Recent science in the healing of trauma recognizes that focusing healing through the body is key to health, happiness, and wholeness.

“Joann is a skillful educator and workshop facilitator. She was able to distill complex information about our nervous system in ways that we were all able to understand and integrate into our lives. I learned some very simple and life changing practices to support my healing, my health and wellbeing."

~MB, Psychotherapist

This series is for you if you:

Are a wellness provider who works with bodies and wants to make a greater impact in your clients' lives while caring for yourself.
Want to learn how to read and respond to your own nervous system.
Desire to expand your reach by growing your cultural awareness and creating safe spaces for diverse groups of people.

This is not for you if you:

This workshop is an introduction to powerful and deep topics. There is a short practice component and the remaining time is educational, inviting self reflection and curiosity. Practical tips for implementing some of the teachings in your practice right away will be offered. Take home resources and documents will be made available in a shared Google Drive.

Themes

Realize the Prevalence and Impact of Trauma on Individual and Communities

Resist Retraumatizing

Recognize the Impact of Trauma on the Body

Respond to Foster Client Growth and Practitioner Self Care

I am a yoga teacher (RYT 500) and a licensed clinical social worker (in practice since 1995). I attend many workshops and trainings. I found this to be incredibly informative for both practices. Additionally, I feel that this is one of the best teachers that I have taken a workshop or training with: expert, well prepared and organized, completely clear, flexible, nurturing, attentive to the needs of individual students - absolutely the perfect balance of qualities one could hope for in an instructor. I would 100% recommend this workshop and anything this teacher offers.”

~Nancy Sawyer, LCSW, RYT 500

“I know you will like Joann as she is practical, knowledgeable, and experienced. Funny, too! “

~Barbara

This course can help you:

Identify your internal and external resources that bring more calm to your bodymind.
Improve client outcomes.
Create accessibility to more diverse populations.
Understand client behaviors within a framework of compassion.
Offer a safe enough space for clients, while also being proactive in protecting your professional clinical practice.
Collaborate with clients and bring mindfulness to consent as one of the keys to healing and empowerment.
Deepen your personal and professional growth while preventing burnout and compassion fatigue.

About Joann Engelberth (she, her)

I know anxiety, and I know it well. Diagnosed with PTSD at age 19 and cPTSD at age 42, I’ve learned a lot about anxiety in the past few decades.

The past ten years of my life have been dedicated to my recovery for the benefit of myself, my family, my community, and all beings.

My yoga studies and trauma training have equipped me with a groundedness and freedom I thought I’d never experience. I am grateful to be in a position to share the knowledge and practices I’ve learned to heal myself with you.

Certified Yoga Educator

I have been teaching Hatha Yoga and Yin yoga since 2017. I’m a 500 E-RYT Certified Yoga teacher, and I also bring 20 years of Personal training experience, specializing in pre & post rehabilitative work, to my yoga instruction.

I Graduated UVM Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Psychology and Sociology.

Certified Trauma Informed Weightlifting Coach

with the Justice Resource Institute, in Needham, MA.

Certified Mental Health First Aider

from the National Council for Mental Well Being and the Howard Center, in Burlington, VT.

Certified TREⓇ Provider

I am a certified TREⓇ provider (Tension & Trauma Release Exercise) and I assist at TRE® provider Level 1&2 certification training program. I continue my trauma studies with the works of Stephen Porges, Peter Levine, Deb Dana, Bessel Van Der Kolk, Resmaa Menakem, David Berceli et. al.

About Dr. Julieta Rushford Santiago (she, her, ella)

In 2017 my only child was diagnosed with cancer. Leukemia treatment was a 3+ years process. Two years into it, I, too, was diagnosed with cancer. I feel strongly that the healing work I had done during my life prepared me for the extreme stress I experienced.

Doctor of Chiropractic

I am a native of Puerto Rico. After high school, I earned a Bachelor’s in Exercise Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, followed by a Doctorate Degree in Chiropractic from Life University in Marietta, Georgia. I have over 30 years of experience in the holistic chiropractic technique, Network Spinal Analysis.

Certified Aromatherapist

About 10 years ago I was introduced to essential oils and have been implementing them in my practice with astounding results. My focus is on emotional support by addressing the body and mind with the help of these natural essences.

Trauma-Informed Care Practitioner

My personal trauma journey led me to a Professional Certification as a Trauma-Informed Care Practitioner from the Trauma Informed Care Training Center. I am now able to see through the lens of trauma that guides me in supporting myself and my clients in a deeper way.

Teacher

I have taught Human Biology, Anatomy & Physiology at a college level. I enjoy co-leading healing workshops over the past 3 decades on hands-on clearing of the nervous system as a way to bring ease and peace to the bodymind.

"I have been working with Dr. Julieta for several years now and am most astonished at the layers and years of trauma that we have uncovered, in which I thought I had moved on from. I have had new spots in my spine open to pain, which raising a child has unknowingly triggered. Julieta has been able to identify not only where the physical stress is stemming from, but also an age or experience which may be connected to it. When I first began this work years ago, I went through an array of emotions that were very uncomfortable, but I quickly learned that they are all necessary to heal. This has helped me to accept the anger that comes up and allow myself to work through it. I could not have asked for better teachers in this healing journey!"

~A.H.

What’s Included

You will have access to handouts in a shared Google Drive.
The first 10 people to sign up will receive a bottle of essential oil for resourcing your nervous system.
The cost of this program is $49 with a Pay it Forward option at $60.
Scholarship spots will be made available once minimum registrations are met.

"I hadn't seen Julieta in quite a while and was looking forward to it because I knew I had a lot to process but didn't feel able to on my own. She could immediately feel the tension in my spine and was able to pinpoint that I had gone through some kind of trauma. Having been given the space to call my experience "trauma" immediately sent me to tears and a release that I had needed for months. I had hidden away this story in my mind and body because I was afraid of what I would uncover by bringing it up. Julieta helped me to talk about this trauma and release the tension in my mind and body. Her recognition of my experience helped me see that I can also recognize my own trauma and allow myself to feel the emotions surrounding it."

~K.B.

How It Works

First, determine if you are going to participate in this program. I am delighted to welcome you. If you have questions, you can contact me at joann@maitrisomatics.com.

Second, I invite you to decide how much you can pay. Please take time to think about the reality of your financial situation and check in with your heart and see what number feels right.

Third, reserve your spot below.

Register by August 10th to reserve your spot.
First 10 people to sign up receive a FREE bottle of essential oil.