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SenseMakes, LLC
BEING IN THE WORLD
Consultation Services
"if you want to improve the world, start by making people feel safe" Stephen Porges (2017)
$100-$150 per hour
Developing body-mind awareness that facilitates embodied safety and presence.
mental health counseling
trauma perspectives
embodied patterns
somatic experiences

Trauma Counselor & Educator
absolute death
Mikhail Bakhtin
state of nonbeing
being unheard, unrecognized, unremembered
$100 per hour
Willingness to risk change in our perspective of selves, others, and the world we inhabit together
interpersonal growth
critical-cultural perspectives
qualitative approaches
communication processes

Communicator & Organizer
communicating fully
Bessel van der Kolk (2014)
the opposite of being traumatized
Consultation: $100 per hour
Group: $50 per person
Expanding in our experiences of relationships in and through communication.
relational growth
autonomy-closeness
communication processes
family systems
love
bell hooks
cannot exist in the context of domination

A relation between.
What Sets Us Apart?
A Rights-Based Approach
Our capacity to respond to both
trauma and oppression.
This is why communication is so important.

Standing up for our rights.
oppression
Paulo Freire
alienates us from inquiries and decision-making
Counselor Education
Cultivating a professional practice grounded in critical trauma theory and professional ethics
stress - trauma
counseling ethics
counselor supervision



