What Do You Mean by Trauma?

What is Trauma? At its root, trauma means wound; an injury that is often caused by violence, loss, or some distressing event that rocks your foundation. It disrupts flow. It disrupts momentum. It can crush your sense of safety, happiness, love, and hope.

The crumble manifests itself in physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual ways. Being traumatized changes your perspective. No one is immune.

Chronic stress is like trauma’s little sister. It wants to be where you are. It is unrelenting; sometimes subtle sometimes nagging but always there. And when left unattended will wreak havoc in your organization.

Being able to respond in a healthy way to trauma and chronic stress will increase resilience and help transform stress and trauma into growth and innovation.

Post traumatic growth is possible when you honor and attend to the needs of your people.

What is a Trauma Informed Workplace?

A TI workplace is one where there is a shared understanding of the impact of trauma on people and systems so that you are more attuned to the underlying factors that disrupt your organization.

I provide an integrated approach to guide you through the process of revealing the impact of in order to create a healthier functioning work environment which will enhance the culture and productivity of your organization.

Organizations are living systems. They are impacted by stress and trauma in similar ways that an individual is. They become dysregulated and dysfunctional when the needs of the individuals in the system are not being met.

This approach unites theory, best practices from relationship-based psychology, care, humor, love, and accessible strategies to dissolve obstacles in order to build resilience in difficult times. 

“Beth and Marisol stepped in to provide a great overview of mental wellness and self-care to our staff, topics that our team really wanted to delve into since moving to a remote work environment due to the COVID pandemic. This was the first time that we tackled these topics as a group, and we’re glad we did. Their tailored approach, expertise and compassion really helped open lines of communications on mental wellness, work/life balance and therapy as a useful tool for people who are needing it during this very trying time. It was extremely helpful to have professionals propel our staff conversations on topics that may be difficult for some to broach. With their guidance and encouragement, these topics have remained central to our ongoing staff meeting agendas moving forward.”
— Lori Casillas, Chief Operating Officer, Hunger Free Colorado

Beliefs:

The starting point for organizational health begins with caring for your people. Organizations are living systems easily impacted by trauma and chronic stress. Creating awareness and becoming  trauma informed is the first step to becoming trauma resilient. I believe in organizational cultures where all stakeholders share responsibility and ownership for the well-being of themselves as individuals and for their organizations.

The Problem:

We are living with unprecedented trauma. Organizations are overwhelmed and are pressured to respond to the impact of trauma in order to keep their people and their systems healthy and functioning. They know there is a need but are unsure how to respond.

The Solution:

I provide learning opportunities to impact members of your organization through:

THE WHAT:

  • Increase awareness of impact of trauma

  • Building resilience for individuals and organizations

  • Developing self-regulation skills

  • Create systems and structures to support a TI model

  • Increased psychological safety

  • Improved transparency and communication

  • Deepening connections among teams

  • Developing and implement individual and institutional self care plans

  • Customized content to meet your needs

THE HOW:

  • Webinars + Trainings

    • all group trainings facilitated for:

      • Leaders

      • Staff

      • HR

      • Boards

      • Departments

      • Any stakeholders connected to your community

  • Workshops ½ day - full day

  • Ongoing coaching (group and individual)

Meaningful and Lasting Impact Statement:

This is an integrated approach resulting in a healthy, functioning workplace culture that aims to answer THE WHY: 

  • Improve mental well-being

  • Increase mindfulness and presencing practices

  • Increase resiliency and joy

  • Honor mutual respect and dignity

  • Increase sense purpose, belonging & mission

  • Reduce conflict

  • Increase productivity

  • Decrease turnover and low morale

  • Increase post-traumatic growth

Nuts and Bolts:

Most popular trainings include :

  • Understanding Trauma and Self Regulation

  • Self Care (Who Cares?)

  • Expanding Resilience

  • The Art of Deep Listening

  • Creating Intentional Transitions

  • Reconnecting to Purpose, Mission, and Vision

  • Boundaries: The Foundation of a Healthy Relationships

  • MIndfulness

Partnership:

Beth Kelley partners with organizations that place high value on the wellbeing of their employees and overall health of their organization. This is process-oriented work. While there is no quick fix, lives and businesses are changed if you commit to taking a risk and doing something different.