What Every Provider Should Know: A Trauma-Informed Guide

What if every patient who walked into your office had experienced trauma—and you were the one person who could help them feel safe again?

In What Every Provider Should Know: Caring for Survivors in Every Setting, trauma-informed educator, nurse, and sexual assault advocate Marie McKenzie delivers a powerful, practical guide for all healthcare professionals—regardless of specialty or setting.

From the emergency department to dental offices, from pediatrics to private practice, this book equips providers with the tools, language, and mindset to deliver care that is not only clinically sound, but emotionally safe.

Through the R.I.S.E. framework and real-world examples, Marie shows how trauma-informed care can transform not just patient outcomes, but entire healthcare cultures.

Whether you're a physician, nurse, dentist, therapist, or administrator, this book will help you:

• Recognize the subtle signs of trauma in any patient
• Create a safe, trust-filled environment from the first contact
• Respond to verbal and non-verbal disclosures with confidence
• Implement protocols that protect both patients and providers
• Prevent burnout and advocate for trauma-informed systems
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You don’t have to be a trauma expert to provide trauma-informed care. You just have to be willing to show up differently.

A must-read for every provider, every specialty, every setting. Because safety isn’t a privilege—it’s a right.