Why Trauma Informed Care?
Because the world is big and painful and traumatic and full of sickness. Because medicine requires so much of us while giving so few resources.
Because it's hard to take care of people, but we want to do our best.
Because providing care gently and talking about difficult topics are critical skills in all of medicine. Because it makes your patients feel safe. Because it makes your practice stronger. Because it makes the world a little bit better.
Testimonials
Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterEye-opening… Boundary pushing in a great way! We need more like this.”
“Bianca has a lighthearted approach to explaining a topic that typically people are intimidated by, because they don't want to say the wrong thing.”
“Bianca is young, funny, relatable, and more importantly provided factual information without trying to tiptoe around the answers on birth control and STDs. The focus of the class was that we should practice abstinence until we are older but also be prepared and armed with information on safety and understand consent.
We learned more about anatomy, disease transmission, abstinence, healthy/unhealthy relationships, and safety in two hours than I have learned in an entire semester of health in high school.”
“Bianca’s trainings on LGBT cultural competency were invaluable to our agency. Though we like to think of our staff as open and accepting, Bianca helped us realize that there was so much more we could be doing to support our LGBT clients. She made sure that the training was relevant to our specific concerns as service providers and gave us actionable recommendations for revising paperwork, providing better service, and making our language more inclusive.”
“Throughout 2014, Bianca worked with our staff to develop programming about sexual health for the homeless and at-risk young people that visited our Before30 program. Her knowledge of critical issues like dating and intimate partner violence, reproductive care, and LGBT competency were invaluable to staff and clients alike. Moreover, her friendly and accessible presentation style made it easy for clients to trust her; she built rapport quickly and was able to have important conversations with our young clients. I would highly recommend her mentoring and training services to anyone interested in providing better service around sexual health."
“I have attended so many trainings where the second it is over, I go back to regular life and don’t seek out the chance to apply what was discussed. With Bianca’s presentation, I learned so many applicable things for my professional and personal life. I immediately tweaked the way in which I talk to patients about their sexual health. I hope to have Bianca back to our health center in the future!”
