b'Bonita is a qualified Professional Personal Performance Coach, a trained NLP, Hypnotherapy and Kinetic Shift Practitioner. She specialises in treating anxiety, stress, trauma & PTSD. She offers corporate training in Confidence and Resilience and works internationally.future-edgecoaching.co.ukFREEDOM FROM TRAUMAI n my previous teaching career as a DeputyKinetic Shift and Quick Induction HypnotherapyHead Teacher, I encountered increasing numbersThese models of therapy and coaching identify and treat of stressed and anxious staff and I wanted tothe trigger, and this is the key to making a significant understand what this really was. I discovereddifference to the speed of improvement.These tools were many had been traumatised by incidences and childgame changers for me and, more importantly, for the protection issues and they were often at breakingpeople I help. point. How does it work?The desire to help them led to a new understanding ofIt works by creating links from the pastusing past how trauma affects how people think, feel and perform. Istrengths, past achievements, finding exactly when things realised more and more people were suffering with PTSDstarted to feel different and exploring any thoughts or and were held back by events from their childhood, workfeelings with significant meanings in order to discover the environment or family situations.impact;then identifying what you need to hold onto and Id also recovered from my own trauma and was verywhat you need to get rid of - and why.aware of the effect trauma had on my mindset and body. After the trauma or anxiety has been I trained in coaching, NLP and kinetic shift therapy anddealt with, there are daily coping/work to help people to recover from trauma and improvemaintenance techniques and tools their futures. to use. These help you to becomeOnce the feelings How does trauma present? free, release and separate theassociated with a Trauma or a flashback is any significant singular event orpast trauma from the present andspecific trauma are occurrence that causes a mental, emotional or physicallook to a new future. reduced, the relief manifestation in the body.Its a reminder of the past eventWith anxiety, stress, PTSD or Complex PTSD, working with ais immense.and these effects are the bodys defence system kicking in. They are often unpleasant and distressing to experience;counsellor or CBT therapist can be increased heart rate, sweaty palms, feelings of panicsuccessful; but whats often missing is and the real belief that something is happening. Thesethe next steps for the future and how to symptoms can be brief but very intense and a person canmake them. sometimes forget where they are or revisit the traumaticBy combining the therapies with coaching skills, success event mentally and emotionally. on all levels can be achieved. PTSD, anxiety and stress Significant events or trauma affects confidence andcan be successfully treated, and you can lead a very resilience, even many years later. We are often unawarehappy life thereafter. of the trauma or event as its been buried as a copingThe secret ingredient is simply the desire to get rid of the strategy but shows up when resilience and confidence dip.past and not to allow yourself to be defined by it.23'