Safety-centered
Trauma Care Coaching
for women with childhood hurts
Finding pieces of safety for Adult you & Little you
⁘ mind, body, and heart sensitive ⁘ inner child inclusive ⁘ nervous system focused ⁘
Informed by the heart of a Pediatrician
If you want to improve the world,
start by making people feel safer
Stephen Porges
Safety...
What comes to mind if you softly whisper this word to yourself?
When was the last time you felt safe?
What does safety feel like to you?
There are no wrong or right answers to these questions
Safety looks different for everyone.
For those of us with childhood hurts, the concept of safety can often feel confusing, unfamiliar, and beyond our reach.
We feel its absence more than we feel its presence.
When our brains and bodies feel stressed, safety signals seem get lost.
And sometimes, we need help finding our way back.
This space was created as a place to reconnect to safety.
Humans have the inherent capacity to restore safety that has been
previously broken, forgotten, or nonexistent/missed.
Even if we never knew safety as children.
Even if we never knew safety as adults.
These parts of yourself can relearn safety
and return to what was once lost...
...slowly, gently, tenderly, and one small piece at a time
I built this space for women/suffering humans
My work is an invitation back to safety, softness, and the quiet knowing that you deserve to feel held.
Hello, and welcome to my pieces of safety site.
My name is Tina, and I am a former pediatrician who now works as a trauma coach and advocate.
I help women connect to their own sense of safety by combining methods of trauma coaching, polyvagal theory, and NeuroAffective touch®.
My approach is both body (somatic) and brain (neuro regulation) based.
My services can include both education and advocacy.
I firmly believe that safety is a human right- something we are meant to feel in our bodies, our hearts, and our lives. It is non-negotiable and meant to be honored.
This site is a culmination of my heart, knowledge, and lived experience.
I work with adult women who have a history of childhood trauma and who are at various stages in their recovery process. I work with women who have done therapy in the past, are currently in therapy, or plan to do therapy in the future.
It is important to understand that this is not trauma therapy. I do frequently/commonly collaborate with therapists in the community, and I have found that enhancing safety can often make the deep work of therapy more successful/effective. It can feel nearly impossible to move through trauma therapy/work without it.
Trauma recovery, healing, and therapy can feel impossible without safety.
Safety matters because it is powerful.
When we feel safe, we can cope more easily with stress and difficult emotions. We can feel more present in our lives and our relationships.
Our bodies become more adaptable and at ease.
The protection of safety offers us less overwhelm, less stress, and more connection.
My approach focuses on resourcing elements of safety in a more tangible way
We can relearn safety by creatively tapping into its tangibility
But there are universal tangible elements that can make it more accessible.
In the nervous system, the body, the heart, the senses, relationships, and the external environment
Safety is at the center of my work here. I try to create spaces where the younger self is honored, nothing is rushed, and
Offering of grace
My hope is that every woman who arrives here can begin to feel held, heard/seen, and safe again.
This space is an invitation back to safety, softness, and the quiet knowing that you deserve to feel held.
Safety is sacred.
Adult you and child you deserve to feel safe.
My intention is to offer you:
A place to exhale
A place to feel supported and empowered
A place where you are free to be who you are
A place to learn safe, know safe, and be safe
Recovery unfolds in three stages.
The central task of the first stage is
the establishment of safety.
Judith Lewis Herman,
Trauma and Recovery
A small note...
If the word safety feels uncomfortable or even jarring to your system, perhaps there's a different word that you would prefer to use instead-
comfort, calm, protection are possibilities.
I encourage you to use your imagination to generate a replacement word
that feels right to you.
Please use your alternative word in place of "safety" as you navigate the remainder of my site.
A small note...
If the word safety feels uncomfortable or even jarring to your system, perhaps there's a different word that you would prefer to use instead-
comfort, calm, protection are possibilities.
I encourage you to use your imagination to generate a replacement word
that feels right to you.
Please use your alternative word in place of "safety" as you navigate the remainder of my site.
A small note...
If the word safety feels uncomfortable or even jarring to your system, perhaps there's a different word that you would prefer to use instead-
comfort, calm, protection are possibilities.
I encourage you to use your imagination to generate a replacement word
that feels right to you.
Please use your alternative word in place of "safety" as you navigate the remainder of my site.
A small note...
If the word safety feels uncomfortable or even jarring to your system, perhaps there's a different word that you would prefer to use instead-
comfort, calm, protection are possibilities.
I encourage you to use your imagination to generate a replacement word
that feels right to you.
Please use your alternative word in place of "safety" as you navigate the remainder of my site.