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Making Mindfulness Safe and Effective for
People Who’ve Experienced Trauma
David A. Treleaven, PhD, is a writer, educator, and trauma professional whose work
focuses on the intersection of trauma and mindfulness.
Anywhere mindfulness is being practiced,
someone in the room will likely be struggling with trauma.
Are you prepared?
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- A TSM Starter Kit with 10 trauma-sensitive modifications you can incorporate immediately into your teaching and practice
- A free, monthly, live TSM Community Meet Up online where we’ll explore leading-edge TSM practices
- Notifications about new episodes of David’s monthly TSM Podcast where he interviews experts on trauma-sensitive mindfulness.
A Road Map for Trauma-Sensitive Practice
“Essential and fascinating reading for meditation teachers, mental health
practitioners, and all those who have suffered from trauma.”
– TARA BRACH, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance
How can we minimize the potential pitfalls of mindfulness meditation for trauma survivors while leveraging its powerful benefits?
Designed for anyone who utilizes mindfulness in their work, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness offers a groundbreaking and practical framework that empowers those looking to teach and practice mindfulness in a safe, trauma-sensitive way.
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Testimonials
“David’s Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness modifications have helped me teach mindfulness in a safe and inclusive way inside my classroom. It’s helpful, supportive work for mindfulness teachers that makes our own work have more integrity.”
—LINDA RYDEN
Elementary School Teacher and Mindfulness Curriculum Developer
“David’s groundbreaking work is informing the way I’m able to talk about mindfulness and trauma. I am bringing the principles and specific practices he outlines to my work in an intentional way so that it becomes the new way I do things.”
—GRACE HELMS KOTRE, MSW
Certified Mindfulness Instructor and founder of Power to Be
“I believe David’s work should be read by every therapist who works with mindfulness practices in treating trauma. What he did when he put “trauma-sensitive” in front of “mindfulness” is radical and of critical importance. It’s a paradigm shift.”
—CAROL ANNA McBRIDE, M.A., M.Ed.
Founder/Curator of The Trauma Project
“The questions David raises — of how mindfulness can become more sensitive to trauma, and more aware of the often overlooked traumas of ongoing and generational oppression— are necessary and timely investigations. We all deserve the kind of allyship and thoughtful practice David’s work calls us towards.”
—PRENTIS HEMPHILL
Former Healing Justice Director, Black Lives Matter Global Network
