Episode 48: What Makes Trauma Work Imperative with Suniti Barua

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In this episode I get together with my friend and colleague of several years, Suniti Barua and discuss our rendezvous with trauma work. After more than a decade of doing trauma work with thousands of clients, both of us have had this profound realisation that while other modalities and methods work and enhance human growth, things seem and feel incomplete when we do not bring the element of trauma. And it's truly not sufficient to just be trauma informed, but we must build containers and trainings that are trauma “focussed.” Which is why, learning and integrating trauma work becomes so imperative. Once you have that lens to look at the world, you can never go back to looking at it otherwise or in another way. Trauma work is imperative, and here's why.

Things you will learn in this episode:

  1. Why behavioural models are often limited.
  2. Trauma is everywhere, we must have the eyes and skills to witness it.
  3. Neocortical Superiority and its ill effects.
  4. It is now time to integrate indigenous wisdom to our healing modalities.
  5. Why we cannot solve everything with thoughts alone.
  6. All thought work needs a fundamental base of trauma work.
  7. Moving from being trauma informed to trauma focused.
  8. The relevance of trauma work in ATEPS and in other business coaching containers.

Also, to know more about Suniti's work as an integrative therapist and money-safety coach inside ATEPS, you can get in touch with her on Instagram at @sunitibarua

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