Holistic Mental Health Services
Caring for yourself first is not an option, it's necessary to be of service to others.
As a helping professional, you're always working with people at their worst.
And while those patients and clients go on to heal and overcome those traumatic life circumstances, you are put in front of another person who’s again struggling. This means; your nervous system is constantly in a state of activation because you’re immersed in crisis after crisis. What's more, there’s no training on the toll this work takes or how to protect yourself from it.
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“The emotional impact of this work is something we are not talking about enough and we often feel alone in our suffering. I’ve been there and I want my suffering to become a roadmap for your recovery.”
The stakes are high for people working with trauma.
Being confronted with trauma changes our worldview. When all you see day in and day out are the worst-case scenarios for people’s lives, you start living from a place of activation: preparing for the worst every day. When you’ve not discharged what you’re already carrying, you don't have room for more. Your body shuts down, gets tired and overwhelmed, you crave sugar and caffeine to keep moving and you fall into protection mode, where you’re surviving, not thriving.
Trauma alters how you view life and impacts relationships, health, and functioning. Residing in fight or flight mode results in the following:
Increased inflammation in your body, increasing the risk of auto-immune disorders.
Sleep becomes difficult, making it harder to heal.
Problems with focus, forgetfulness, reactivity, anxiety or decision fatigue.
You can become hardened and detached from other areas of your life.
Over-eating, tobacco, alcohol, shopping, or social media become ways to escape feeling, but the effects are not long-lasting
“Self-care isn't selfish when the primary tool for intervention is you.”
— JULIANNE CHAPMAN
AGENCIES I HAVE WORKED WITH
I’M JULIANNE CHAPMAN!
I am a licensed psychotherapist and an expert on vicarious trauma. I teach a holistic response to trauma that builds self-awareness of the mind and body, understanding of your unique symptoms and identifies interventions for creating HOMEostasis in your body.
What our client says?
The goal is to create increased awareness, dialogue, and direct interventions to the impacts of vicarious trauma. By creating a more trauma-informed workplace, and awareness of how trauma shows up individually and as a group, we can create an environment for vicarious resilience.
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Learn how to effectively heal from exposure to trauma with easy-to-implement strategies for repair. Get your free guide here!