Trauma-informed care fundamentally shifts the approach to pandas — recognizing that most pandas has trauma roots that require specific attention.
What Trauma-Informed Care Means for PANDAS
Trauma-informed care for pandas is organized around core principles:
- Safety: Creating physical and emotional safety before exploring pandas
- Trustworthiness: Consistent, predictable care relationships
- Choice: Supporting client control over pandas treatment decisions
- Collaboration: Partnership rather than hierarchy in pandas treatment
- Empowerment: Building strengths alongside addressing pandas
Why Trauma-Informed PANDAS Treatment Is Different
Standard pandas treatment often focuses on symptom reduction. Trauma-informed care asks: what happened that created these pandas symptoms? Addressing roots produces more lasting change.
Finding Trauma-Informed PANDAS Care
Ask prospective therapists: 'What is your training in trauma-informed care?' and 'How do you integrate trauma awareness into pandas treatment?'