Why is it important to
become trauma-informed?
Build Trust and Psychological Safety
Creating environments where people feel secure fosters stronger relationships and engagement.
Reduce Harm and Prevent Re-Traumatization
A trauma-informed approach helps to mitigate and skillfully respond to trauma as well as promotes overall well-being.
Improve Communication and Support
Understanding trauma enhances positive interactions, leading to more effective care and collaboration.
Strengthen Teams and Prevent Burnout
Organizations that have trauma informed systems create healthier, more resilient staff cultures where people thrive.
Promote Inclusive Practices
Recognizing how culture, identity, and systemic inequities shape trauma helps create environments that are responsive.
Strenthening Trauma-Informed Practices
The Pace Institute, LLC helps organizations build trauma-informed workplaces and enhance trauma-informed care for service recipients. Our training and facilitation services equip staff and leaders with the skills to foster safety, trust, and resilience at every level—ensuring both employees and the communities they serve experience meaningful support and healing.
Services Include:
✔ Staff Training for Trauma-Informed Practices
Equipping teams with the skills to recognize and respond to trauma in daily interactions.
✔ Leadership Training for System-Wide Support
Helping leaders embed trauma-informed principles into policies, supervision, and workplace culture.
✔ Facilitation of Restorative Circles
Creating structured, inclusive spaces for open dialogue, community-building, and repairing harm through shared understanding and collective healing.
✔ Restorative Circle Facilitation Training
Teaching professionals how to lead restorative circles that foster dialogue, strengthen relationships, and resolve conflict.
How Are You Showing Up for Those You Serve?
A trauma-informed approach requires intentionality in how we engage with others. Consider these questions to reflect on how you and your organization embody the six principles of a trauma-informed approach:
Safety: Do you and your organization create environments - both physical and emotional - where individuals feel secure, respected, and free from harm?
Trustworthiness and Transparency: Do your communication and actions consistently build trust, ensuring clarity and reliability in relationships and systems?
Peer Support: Do you foster opportunities for connection, shared experiences, and mutual encouragement among those you serve and within your organization?
Collaboration and Mutuality: Do you engage in shared decision-making and value relationships as a foundation for progress and change?
Empowerment, Voice, and Choice: Do you recognize and uplift the strengths of individuals, ensuring they have autonomy and a sense of control over their own decisions?
Cultural, Historical, and Gender Awareness: Do you acknowledge and address systemic inequities, ensuring your practices are inclusive, responsive, and culturally informed?
By reflecting on these questions, you can assess whether your approach aligns with trauma-informed principles and make meaningful shifts to better support those you serve and members of your organization.
Step One
Initial Consultation
Step Two
Proposal Outlining
Step Three
Sign Agreement
Step Four
Service Delivered
