What Every Provider Should Know: A Trauma -Informed Guide for Healthcare Professionals

By Marie McKenzie

Every patient carries a story-some visible, many hidden beneath the surface. For survivors of sexual assault, even a routine medical visit can feel overwhelming, triggering fear, silence, or distress. What Every Provider Should Know equips healthcare professionals across every specialty to create safe, compassionate, trauma-informed environments where patients feel seen, heard, and supported.

Drawing on more than twenty-six years of nursing experience, Sexual Assault Nurse & Coach Marie McKenzie introduces her powerful R.I.S.E. Framework-Recognize trauma, Initiate safe care, Support healing, Empower recovery. With practical guidance, real scenarios, trauma-informed communication strategies, and actionable steps, this book shows providers how to offer care that restores trust and dignity.

You will learn how to:

- Recognize hidden signs of trauma in everyday practice
- Respond with empathy to verbal and non-verbal disclosures
- Create safer spaces in hospitals, clinics, and private practices
- Reduce re-traumatization during routine interactions
- Communicate in ways that support healing and emotional safety
- Strengthen your confidence, compassion, and clinical impact

Whether you are a nurse, physician, therapist, dentist, medical resident, counselor, or allied health professional, this guide will help you show up with confidence, clarity, and compassion-one interaction at a time.

This essential resource is designed to transform healthcare culture, elevate patient experience, and support survivors on their journey toward healing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G4W2JMSK
• ISBN13: 9798988448273
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Marie L McKenzie LLC
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"