Testimonals & Lovely Words

about 1-1 and group spaces offered by Sarah Mariann Martland via Trauma & Co.

(If you have a testimonial you would like to send about Trauma & Co. or working with Sarah, please contact us - we’d love to hear from you)

(anonymised for confidentiality reasons)

“Sarah has the most kind and generous spirit. She has a way of meeting you exactly where you are, with no judgment—only compassion. What a gift she and her work are in a hurting world.”

“Sarah is a genuinely beautiful soul who makes the world better by being in it. The work she’s doing is crucial and she shows up honestly & without judgment, holding space for those who need it.”

“I’ve honestly never met anyone who meets people exactly where they are in the way Sarah does and meets me (us) with more compassion than I’ve ever really known. She allows space for all of my complexities and allows me to feel even more compassionate and trusting towards myself. I will be forever grateful to have found her and her work.”

“I very much enjoyed participating in Sarah and Trauma & Co.’s “In Your Bones”, and “The (Un)Holiday Group” online groups.  I think the work Sarah is doing by creating safe, inclusive, online spaces for Trauma Survivors to land and express themselves in community is so profoundly important.  I admired her ability to hold space and connect with all kinds of folx, and the heartfelt ways she made me feel seen and heard. Being a part of these groups was very nourishing to my spirit and healing journey.”

“Always amazing, always consistent, always compassionate, always ethical, always compassionate! Highly recommended resource!!”

“Sarah makes me feel human in a really beautiful way. She never pathologizes and never dehumanizes my experiences, and this is not always easy to find in the mental health and wellbeing world. I feel believed and trusted by her, and welcome to explore my complexities - because, as she often says, I get to be a complex human, and this is really apparent in her spaces and in her support. She doesn’t make me feel like I need to be fixed but offers wide open space to explore my needs. She has this way of gently encouraging and guiding, while never expecting me to be anything or anyone other than who I am. What a gift she is.”

“The way Sarah facilitates group spaces and offers spaces to land is something I highly value. Thank you.”

“I just wanted to reach out and say thank you, SO much for what you are doing!

I am benefiting from this in ways I hadn't imagined and can't (currently) express.

Thank you for providing the SPACE and the prompts and the curatorship and feedback.

Thank you for raising awareness and understanding of trauma and chronic illness, and the visibility of this.

For creating landing space for those of us who have no other place to land.

Thank you for your kind and giving heart, your light, your passion.”

"Thank you for creating a safe space when in the world there never seems to be. Thank you for allowing us the freedom to post without judgement and responding to every one of my posts. From the bottom of my heart, you are amazing ❤"