Covert Trauma & Emotional Abuse: A Therapist’s Guide to Safety, Consent & Attunement

Unspoken Wounds: How Therapists Can Identify & Treat Covert Trauma with IFS

Covert trauma isn’t always loud — often it’s invisible, minimized, or dismissed completely.
In this teaching clip from our last Trauma Wisdom Circle session, therapist and educator Tasha Hunter breaks down how emotional abuse shows up in childhood, relationships, families, workplaces, and communities — often hidden in plain sight.

You’ll learn how survivors internalize messages like “you’re too sensitive” or “you’re being dramatic,” and how abusers use silence, gaslighting, refusal to repair, and power imbalances to create deep emotional wounds.

Tasha also demonstrates how she integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) with survivors of covert trauma, including:

Safety as the primary intervention
Consent and pacing in every session
Modeling attunement, mirroring, and emotional tone
Supporting protective parts before deeper trauma work
Grounding, breathwork, and sensory orientation
Creating early corrective experiences for survivors who’ve never been listened to

If you work with clients who have experienced emotional trauma, narcissistic abuse, chronic invalidation, or subtle relational harm, this is essential guidance for trauma-informed work.

🌿 Learn how to help clients reclaim safety, voice, and internal power — slowly, gently, and with profound respect for their system.

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