What is Trauma Touch Esthetics™?

Trauma Touch Esthetics is a trauma-informed approach that teaches you and your staff how to provide a safe container when caring for your clients – in your advertising, social media, on the phone, at your reception desk, in your treatment room, and within the paremeters of your spa, hotel, studio, wellness center, and your classroom.  Consciously or not, trauma disrupts the lives of billions of people. Unfortunately, everyone has a story, an event or a memory buried in the cells of their body. 

But, what exactly IS trauma? 

TRAUMA is when something really bad happened beyond a person’s control. It could be an isolated event or a series of events that occurred over a lifetime. Trauma causes imbalances in a person's psyche, their emotional body and their Spirit. 

Symptoms of trauma can present as being easily startled or frightened, guarded, self-destructive, insomnia, nightmares, irritability, angry outbursts, or aggressive behavior. The body can exhibit signs and reactions such as exhaustion, confusion, sadness, fearful, depression, anxiety, agitation, numbness, dissociation, migraines, and digestive issues.

So, you might be asking, “How does this impact me, as an Esthetician?” Consider that 1 in 4 of your clients has experienced one or a series of events in their lifetime that was traumatizing. Would you be able to recognize the signs? Would you know what to do if a client experienced symptoms of their trauma in your treatment room, at the front desk, or anywhere else in your facility? Your client may experience a flashback, dizziness, or a physical release during a treatment and start crying or sobbing. Are you prepared to respond appropriately? Most spa practitioners treating clients with deep emotional reactions would not know how to respond or what to do because spa professionals do not receive trauma-informed training and are not prepared.  

A properly trained trauma-informed practitioner will be able to provide a safe and protective container and a trusting environment for healing..