The Surprising Truth About Trauma-Informed Facilitation

Most people—even experienced facilitators—often don’t realise that trauma-informed facilitation starts with YOU.

It’s about the relationship you have with your body, your nervous system, and your survival strategies. Why? Because what you bring into your facilitation space is being transmitted all the time. Your energy, regulation (or lack of it), and patterns are felt by your participants—even if they can’t cognitively name it.

Facilitation is like a mirror, constantly reflecting your level of self-connection, nervous system regulation, and whether your wounded parts are quietly running the show.

If your inner perfectionist takes over, it creates tension in the space, even if unspoken.

If hyper-independence dominates, it can block healthy vulnerability and make it hard to model connection.

You can’t separate “you” from “facilitator you.” They co-exist in your body, and the more awareness and regulation you cultivate, the safer and more transformational your spaces become.

This is why The Field Online starts with YOU. In this 6-month trauma-informed facilitation training, we help you:

• Deepen your connection to your nervous system and embodied presence.

• Identify survival strategies that may impact your facilitation.

• Create spaces where safety and transformation are felt, not just taught.

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about learning to notice, regulate, and model healthy self-connection, so your participants feel safe enough to explore, heal, and grow.