Trauma is a word often associated with extreme events—accidents, abuse, natural disasters. Yet, the truth is, we have all experienced some form of trauma in our lives, whether we recognize it as such or not. It could be the loss of a loved one, a challenging childhood, or even a seemingly minor incident that left a lasting impact.

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As Trauma-Informed Coaches, or even Coaches in general, we have an ethical responsibility to refer our clients through the International Coach Federation (ICF). Given that we are non-clinical – we do not treat, nor do we diagnose clients – we need to be very aware when we are working with clients whether in the Trauma-Informed Lens or not, when what is going on with them may be outside of the coaching wheelhouse.

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as “Partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” Very clean, very simple. As Trauma-Informed Coaches, we also partner with clients in thought-provoking and creative processes to maximize both personal and professional potential, however, on top of this Trauma-Informed Coaches have an understanding of what trauma is, and how it affects the body and the brain.