Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
Awareness: Those who are trauma informed will understand the prevalence and impact of trauma among their service recipients and within the workforce. Policy and practice reflect this awareness and may be supported with activities such as screening and assessments.
Safety: Policy and practice reflect a commitment to provide physical and emotional safety for service recipients and staff.
Choice & Empowerment: to facilitate healing and avoid re-traumatization, choice and empowerment are part of trauma informed service delivery, for both service recipients and staff.
Strengths Based: With a focus on strength and resilience, service recipients and staff build skills that will help them move in a positive direction. (Hopper, Bassuk, & Olivet, 2010)
Secondary Trauma
Patti is committed to working closely with individuals who's lives are impacted by high frequency trauma exposure. These individuals and their families are particularly vulnerable to Secondary (Vicarous) Trauma, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue. Individuals with high trauma exposure are impacted in every aspect of their lives. Learning to become trauma resilent is key for idividuals in these careers.
Grief and Loss
Death, divorce, job and career loss are inevitable parts of the human condition. At times it is helpful to have someone to walk through the despair with. Having an understanding of what is "normal" to feel and experience can be helpful in these intense times. Loss of any kind can trigger the grief process.
Relationship/Individual Counseling
Get your life back on track. Our world is full of distractions and stressors that impact our personal lives. Learning to become a healthful individual gives us the best chance to have a healthy family. For couples that commit to growing together the rewards are endless. Learning who we are as individuals gives us the best opportunities for success and happiness.
Trauma Therapies
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences.