The Body Keeps the Score - Insight into Lived Experience of Trauma with Anita Guru 

Trauma is an individual's emotional response to a distressing event where the scale of the response cannot be predicted, regardless of the perceived severity of the event. In coaching, or indeed therapy, as professionals we seek to work with someone who is carrying trauma but what is the depth of our understanding of how trauma is experienced and the complexities of PTSD or mental illness?
In this lecture, Anita Guru will be talking about her own lived experience of trauma, PTSD and the journey to becoming a thriver. She will be sharing the realities of PTSD, the darkness of trauma and the practices which allowed her to work through it all and to now be telling her own story.
Coaches are becoming more familiar with and working towards a trauma informed approach, which is the practice of understanding the existence of past trauma in a client, rather than taking on the role of a therapist who would typically seek to work with and treat trauma. There are many approaches to treating trauma and Anita will be sharing her experiences.
In this lecture, Anita will be talking from her own perspective about:
- What is trauma and what does it look like in reality
- Her personal journey with trauma, mental illness and diagnosis of PTSD
- How trauma manifests and lives in the body
- What can treatment look like
- Where does trauma fit in the coaching world
- Is trauma ever really resolved?
About Anita Guru:
Anita Guru is a Coach, Freelance Consultant, therapist in training and a public speaker on mental health. She has a background in Occupational Psychology and has worked in Learning and Organisational Development for nearly 20 years across organisations such as Deloitte, Coca Cola European Partners and BDO. Anita has been on a personal journey with mental illness where she was diagnosed with Complex PTSD during an inpatient stay at a psychiatric hospital. She has since been raising awareness around mental health to break the stigma in the workplace and open the conversation for others who may be struggling. Anita is a Trustee for a mental health charity, My Black Dog, and a published poet.