Projeto Aconchego

Bringing trauma informed practice into beauty

We worked closely with the Projeto Aconchego team over a single 5 hour session, using reflective exercises and real world scenarios to build practical skills they could apply immediately with their clients. The training was survivor informed, rooted in consent, and paced to create genuine emotional safety throughout.

Designed around real client interactions

Rather than generic theory, we focused on the real scenarios beauty practitioners face every day: a client who flinches at touch, another who becomes quiet and dissociates during a treatment. Through reflective exercises, trigger identification, and boundary setting practices, the team learned to recognise trauma responses in their clients and themselves, and to respond with compassion and skill.

Measurable change that lasts

"They spoke to me individually. It seemed they knew my own trauma. I now feel more able to identify triggers in clients and in myself, and I understand I need to look after myself in order to care for others. I also feel empowered to value my labour and ask for the right prices, even when people ask for less."

The programme led to measurable outcomes including:

• ● Increased confidence in identifying trauma responses in clients and themselves
• ● Deeper understanding of self care as a professional responsibility
• ● Empowerment to value their own labour and negotiate fair pricing
• ● Stronger sense of individual recognition and emotional safety within the training space