Team Exploration, Discussion and Education
that Embraces the​ Entire Human Experience.

A certain amount of stress can be a good thing. It gets the adrenaline going, motivates, excites and helps focus. But when stress accumulates it can reach a critical level where it not only compromises important functions such as focus, creativity and morale it can kill them altogether. Organizations, and perhaps more importantly, team members reach a state of Traumatic Overwhelm. The extreme cost of caring while working in human services can impact our people greatly.  Communicating with our approach can reduce these negative effects and increase productivity, profit, creativity, decrease costs due to stress leaves, turnover and sick days.

"Traumatic Overwhelm"
In a state of traumatic overwhelm people lose all or most ability to be present, to focus - much like during or just after a serious incident such as death, injury or unexpected job loss. Traumatic Overwhelm can be reached due to the cumulative effects of severe workplace stress and emotional exposure.

It can be complicated.  But it can be prevented and reduced ... 

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Traumatic Events
The Most Well Known Cause of Traumatic Overwhelm

All workplaces experience traumatic events at some time. It could be the death of a co-worker, fire, diagnosis of s serious disease. Some workplaces and individuals suffer more than others. Managers and employees can be better prepared to deal with events when they happen, and in the aftermath. Suffering and loss of productivity can be reduced.

Cumulative Stress
The Very Common Cause of Traumatic Overwhelm

In any workplace exposure to emotional situations and existing stress often co-exist, and losses accumulate over time. When one has a series of losses or 'micro-traumas' that are not resolved, the effect can accumulate. When ongoing severe stress such as poor communication, long term emotional overwhelm,  looming cuts or transfers,- and lack of properly managed unknowns, people can be so stressed that they reach a state similar to shock during a critical incident. People reach Traumatic Overwhelm

Improve every measurable and reduce personal suffering

With education and one-on-one work we can help prepare your workplace for trauma, and eliminate the presence of cumulative stresses.

We have education and strategies for CEO's and owners, managers and supervisors and employees,

• 'Traumatic overwhelm' - the most often missed point... where the rubber hits the road, ... a new understanding 
• Creating and Maintaining a healthy and strong workplace culture
• The Cost of Caring
• Communication
• Effects of grief
• Effects of Loss. Learn to identify ambiguous Loss
• Cumulative effects of stress
• Toxic environments/caustic teammates
• Emotional intelligence
• Managing uncertainty/Managing Unknowns
• Establishing appropriate ‘control’/autonomy
• Practical solutions to starting challenging conversations
• Connections to ‘mental health’
• Addictions/Obsessions and Damaging Distractions
• Harassment  - Bullying

Contact us for a conversation about your needs.

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