Aquilla Wellness Solutions

The many faces of trauma

The many faces of trauma

The popular opinion allows people to see ‘trauma’ as being synonymous with distress or discomfort. The other day I stood in a queue to pay for a pair of shoes when I overheard a lady telling her friend that she was so “traumatized” because another shopper “snatched a bargain from under her nose”.

The haphazard way people are using terms like ‘trauma’ and ‘stress’ gives the impression that they know what they are talking about. Our own biases allow us to assume that we know what they are talking about and we have the answers.

The problem is that as listeners we stop listening with the intent to hear and understand. We stop paying attention to what they are trying to share and why they need to tell that part of their story.

Trauma essentially means that one is wounded and there are intense emotions involved. Amongst others, the wounding can be physical, emotional, and spiritual. The pain caused by a traumatic wound is always in the present and is not something you just get over.

The ‘problem’ boss

The 'problem' boss

Most employees spend more than 8 hours per day at work. They work with people they did not choose to have in their lives and every workplace is riddled with challenges and problems that need to be solved.

Where there are people there will be interpersonal dynamics. These dynamics may be good, bad or toxic. Many employees are blind to their contribution to stress, disharmony and negative environment at work. This statement includes the boss. The boss, or rather manager, might be unaware of his/her influence on you and your experience of the workplace.

You're exhausted. You're irritated. You're hopeless. You're discouraged.

The ‘problem’ employee

From time to time the employees in your organisation will require a private, one-on-one training event to address problematic workplace behaviour.

Problematic issues with senior staff members and family-relations working in the organisation are especially difficult to address in-house. However, neglecting corrective intervention exacerbates the impact of challenges over time. Consequently, the work performance of the individual and the team suffers.

Aquilla Wellness Solutions offers one-on-one training and coaching programs designed to intensely educate the people in your organisation who require concentrated coaching best delivered directly.

Problematic behaviour and workplace unwellness include:

A meaningful gift.

A friend of yours may go through hard times and experience trauma that touches your heart. This is the time that you realise that we all need a little extra help.

You can show that you care by sponsoring a counselling session. This gesture is a gift that will be remembered for years to come.

A gift counselling session is a gift of hope and growth for someone who needs a nudge in the right direction, special support and counselling to find lasting solutions. Sessions can be facilitated online or in-person in Pretoria.

When you click on the ‘Enquire’-link you will be directed to an email address. You will receive the relevant information to ensure that you can make an informed decision and the confidentiality of all parties are honoured.

We like this gift because it is a gentle, meaningful reminder that someone cares and that counselling is available in trying times. This is a kind way of addressing the needs of a friend and a loved one.

In-person and online counselling

During the COVID-19 lockdown, our wellbeing landscape was challenged like never before. No social interaction outside your home, but the Internet opened a portal to a new form of normality. Via the Internet, it is possible to reach people over great distances. We can facilitate training and communicate with people who need help from all over the world.

In our office, the conversation changed from the risks and pitfalls of working online, to what are the possibilities.