The Voyage®
The Voyage® was born from Lou’s lived experience as both a trauma survivor and a seasoned trauma practitioner. Blending decades of professional expertise with the wisdom of personal healing, she created this powerful framework to share with others so that no one has to navigate the stormy seas of trauma alone.
Today, The Voyage® is transforming the way we understand and respond to trauma—supporting clinicians, counsellors, coaches, treatment centres, and soon, individuals and families directly. By implementing the tools and processes Lou has refined over a 25+ year career and an even longer personal journey—practitioners can help their clients heal in an integrated, compassionate, and truly effective way.
The vision for the future is to ensure that anyone impacted by trauma—whether seeking support or offering it—has access to a safe, empowering, and soul-centred path to healing.
Cultivate compassionate awareness – educate yourself on the intricate web of trauma’s effects and nurture a human understanding of the diverse experiences your clients bring to the table, treating them as individuals and providing bespoke solutions.
Integrate holistic healing – move beyond the surface to explore the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit.
Encourage practices that promote holistic wellbeing, recognising that true healing encompasses more than just the mind – it embraces an individual’s entire essence.
Embody cultural sensitivity – understand that trauma is experienced through various cultural lenses. Your approach should be inclusive and sensitive to the unique backgrounds and identities of those seeking your guidance.
Commit to lifelong learning – dedicate yourself to continued learning and development, staying up-to-date with the latest trauma research, therapeutic modalities and insights that can enhance your practice and enrich your clients’ lives.
What does a trauma-informed world look like?
In this utopian vision of a world grounded in trauma-informed care, the benefits ripple to every sector of society so no one is left behind, no matter their circumstance. Relationships thrive on empathy and communication and communities form interconnected webs of support.
The stigma surrounding mental health evaporates, replaced by the shared understanding that acknowledging and addressing trauma is not a sign of weakness but is in fact, the opposite; a testament to individual strength and resilience.
In this world, the healing journey is not a solitary experience but a shared one. The norm is a society that thrives on compassion, understanding and the transformative power of a significantly deeper human connection.
Guiding others along the path to personal empowerment
Empowering clients to navigate life’s challenges with grace, courage and authenticity within a safe, trauma-informed space provides them with the tools and resources to truly understand themselves, what drives their behaviour and to overcome their trauma and thrive.
A ground-breaking trauma healing methodology, The Voyage® [hyperlink to The Voyage®] was explicitly designed initially to focus on training coaches, clinicians, counsellors, clinics and rehabilitation centres about trauma through a trauma-informed lens.
Identify and understand the root cause(s) of their clients’ mental (and physical) health issues, addictions and a
host of emotional/behavioural presentations.
Comprehend and embrace the various stages of healing needed in the recovery journey, including how these ideas
and concepts work in and around trauma.
Utilise tools and processes that can be implemented effectively to help clients transform their trauma and go on to thrive.
Crucially, The Voyage® is also a journey of self-discovery for practitioners enabling them to understand their own
relationship with trauma and mastering these concepts opens up an understanding of how trauma impacts
humankind as a whole.
Become a Voyage® certified practitioner
Elevate your practice by adopting an integrative, trauma-informed approach. Trauma is a path to healing and you have the power to guide others along their journey while embracing a more enlightened, multi-disciplinary approach for yourself.
Break free from limitations, expand your expertise and become an advocate for transformation for your clients.
The Voyage® Deep Dive is your pathway to a trauma-informed world, where you can make a lasting impact and bring healing to those who need it most.
Why choose The Voyage®?
Elevate your practice by adopting an integrative, trauma-informed approach. Trauma is a path to healing and you have the power to guide others along their journey while embracing a more enlightened, multi-disciplinary approach for yourself.
Break free from limitations, expand your expertise and become an advocate for transformation for your clients.
The Voyage® Deep Dive is your pathway to a trauma-informed world, where you can make a lasting impact and bring healing to those who need it most.
The impact of trauma reaches far and wide, yet its full extent and manifestations often go unrecognised. This lack of expertise leaves a substantial portion of the population grappling with undiagnosed and untreated trauma, hindering their ability to achieve complete healing and recovery.
Many clinicians, lacking the necessary skills and knowledge to identify and address trauma effectively, are unable to provide the essential care needed to improve their clients’ wellbeing.
The Voyage® model is highly effective in helping clinicians treat trauma and underlying symptoms such as addiction through the lens of coping mechanisms. Current treatment approaches tend to focus on symptoms rather than addressing the underlying causes leaving individuals vulnerable to relapse and re-traumatisation.
With The Voyage®, you gain the expertise, confidence and community support needed to make a lasting difference in the lives of those affected by trauma, setting a new standard of compassionate and effective treatment.
Anatomy of The Voyage®
The Voyage® offers a complete framework for working with clients, setting it apart from other trauma-informed training. Offering a comprehensive approach, The Voyage® blends psycho-educational materials, experiential exercises and workshops.
Initially focusing on stabilising and resourcing the client, the methodology provides insight into the brain and nervous system’s role in maladaptive coping mechanisms.
By introducing models, skills and tools via phases, clients learn to engage with their nervous system via a bottom-up approach. This complements traditional top-down therapeutic methods, fostering healthy life skills, preventing relapse and nurturing a fulfilling vision for the future.
woven into The Voyage® include:
The Voyage® is more than a methodology — it’s a movement. A call to those ready to lead the way in a new era of healing: one rooted in compassion, clarity, and connection. Whether you’re a clinician, counsellor, coach, or working in a professional role where trauma shows up daily, this work is for you.
Right now, The Voyage® Deep Dive is transforming the practices of trauma-informed professionals worldwide. Soon, The Voyage® Essentials and TAPT (Trauma-Aware Professional Training) will expand this impact, equipping HR teams, Lawyers, educators, support workers, and frontline professionals with the tools they need to support others safely and sustainably.
This is your invitation. Become part of a growing global movement committed to healing, wholeness, and lasting change.
