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L i s te n to T h e A B M P Po d c a s t a t a b m p.co m /p o d c a s t s o r w h e reve r yo u a cce s s yo u r favo r i te p o d c a s t s 75 out our skills to do it with purpose and intention? I believe we can. This column would not have been possible without the generous time and input of TIC experts, including these wonderful people. Parts of my conversations with them can be found in the video that accompanies this article. • Pam Fitch, MAdEd, RMT, author of Talking Body, Listening Hands: A Guide to Professionalism, Communication, and the Therapeutic Relationship • Susan Rhema, PhD, LCSW, professor at Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, University of Louisville, Tip It Forward Senior Advisor and Lead Trainer • Kammaleathahh Livingstone, LMT, founder and director of Tip It Forward (tipitforward.org), a nonprofi t organization that delivers trauma-informed whole health-care services through mobile wellness clinics to underserved, under- resourced individuals • Sahara Pirie, LMT, parent educator with special emphasis on how life experiences, especially trauma, are held in the body, and how that infl uences our lives and behavior Notes 1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, A Treatment Improvement Protocol: Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services (2014): https://store.samhsa.gov/ sites/default/fi les/d7/priv/sma14-4816.pdf. 2. Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (New York: Penguin Publishing Group, 2018). 3. A Treatment Improvement Protocol: Trauma- Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services. 4. Anita Ravi and Virna Little, "Providing Trauma- Informed Care," American Family Physician 95, no. 10 (2017): 655–57. 5. Marta M. Bruce et al., "Trauma Providers' Knowledge, Views, and Practice of Trauma- Informed Care," Journal of Trauma Nursing 25, no. 2 (Mar/Apr 2018): 131–38, https://doi. org/10.1097/JTN.0000000000000356. 6. Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Ruth Werner is a former massage therapist, a writer, and an NCBTMB-approved continuing education provider. She wrote A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology (available at booksofdiscovery.com), now in its seventh edition, which is used in massage schools worldwide. Werner is available at ruthwerner.com or wernerworkshops@ ruthwerner.com. For More Education on TIC for Massage Therapists • Pam Fitch offers several seminars and webinars on massage therapy for clients who have a history of trauma. Find more information at pamelafi tch- rmt.com/seminars.html. • Kammaleathahh Livingstone and Susan Rhema offer "An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care" through Healwell.org. Learn more at healwell.org/ courses. • Center for Mindful Body Awareness: The center's mission is to increase access to mindful body awareness strategies for self-care, emotion regulation, and resilience—important skills for the health of individuals, families, and society. Find more information, visit cmbaware.org/training-programs. in mud or tangled in brambles. That's why it takes a community of helpers, working collaboratively with each other and with the traumatized person to walk the path (or blaze the trail) of healing together. A person who has been injured by trauma will always carry that history. But they can set a course toward a different future—one in which they have the skills to deal with stressors, triggers, and other obstacles without being knocked off their path. We have seen how trauma can affect multiple generations—descendants of people who were enslaved deal with this every day, as do the children and grandchildren of ethnic groups decimated by genocide. And what will the aftermath of the pandemic look like? How do we go about healing trauma that affects whole communities and whole societies? That is a bigger question that goes beyond the scope of this article. But being a trauma-informed practitioner means we must be willing to be educated and sensitive to how this unseen force may infl uence us, our clients, and their ability to make progress toward their goals. Can we commit to doing this? Can we build PATHOLOGY PERSPECTIVES VIDEO: "TRAUMA- INFORMED CARE" 1. Open your camera 2. Scan the code 3. Tap on notification 4. Watch!