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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.
  • Want to grow your awareness, compassion, learn and unlearn, and do less harm.
  • Want to recognize how trauma manifests in a person.
  • Work as a Massage Therapist, Chiropractor, Physical Therapist, Fitness Trainer,Yoga Teacher, Pilates Instructor, Reiki Practitioner, Rolfer, Acupuncturist, Naturopath...

This is not for you if you:

  • don't want your ideas challenged.
  • are not interested in learning how to manage discomfort.
  • have no interest in learning and practicing new things.
  • don’t want to understand how your human being operates under stress.
  • are not interested in cultivating humility.

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

  • Understand the definitions of trauma. Build awareness through statistics. Explore how to prevent trauma and build cultural awareness. By taking a wide view and attending to the good news of post traumatic growth and resilience you are empowered to serve more whole heartedly in your work.

Resist Retraumatizing

  • Our humanity ensures our imperfection. Embracing our mistakes, doing less harm, practicing self compassion, self forgiveness and reducing hierarchy in our relationships through a collaborative model supports the powerful gifts of humility.

Recognize the Impact of Trauma on the Body

  • Understand human neurobiology, the central nervous system and the stress cycle and how stress shows up in the body. Explore the nuances of the defensive system as it manifests fight, flight, and freeze states.

Respond to Foster Client Growth and Practitioner Self Care

  • Learn how to read and respond to your own nervous system states. Explore ways to integrate mindfulness into your work including mindful movement, breathing practices, and aromatherapy. Learn trauma first aid through Bruce Perry's 3R's: Regulate, Relate, Reason.
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.

What’s Included

  • One two (2) Hour Workshop
  • You will have access to handouts in a shared Google Drive.
  • 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.
"Thank you. I really don’t know that I’ve worked with someone before who has really been able to truly see me and support me in this way. You have been able to take my vague ramblings about aches and pains and mental blocks and have somehow translated it into real support and change. I’m eternally grateful, and excited to see what else I might be able to do!"
~Kristen W.

How It Works

If you are interested in hosting a FTIC workshop at your business contact me at joann@maitrisomatics.com.

If you are interested in joining an open invitation workshop sign up on the waitlist below. 

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