Why choose Shobana Powell Consulting?

Clinical and survivor expertise. Centering marginalized communities.

The Problem: Re-Exploitation of Survivors

We know human trafficking, gender-based violence and all social justice work should be led by the communities most impacted by those issues. Yet, in our efforts to uplift survivor voices, organizations often cause harm by re-exploiting survivors through undercompensation, undervaluing and tokenization.

Our Response: Survivor Equity & Inclusion

At Shobana Powell Consulting, we replace survivor re-exploitation with Survivor Equity and Inclusion, following the Survivor Equity & Inclusion (SEI) Framework developed by our CEO & Founder, Dr. Powell. The SEI Framework is founded upon intersectionality, critical race theory, organizational change theory, transnational feminism and queer theory, and centers a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach to organizational management.

Our survivor consultants are recognized and respected as the professionals, leaders, and experts they are. We provide all of our consultants, regardless of survivorship, with individual and group trauma-informed supervision, supporting them in their work and acknowledging the systemic barriers to accessing services for self-care.

We believe survivors are more than their trauma stories. We do not ask our survivor consultants to disclose details of their trauma, unless they so choose. We believe survivors should have the power and control to define their own roles in the movement, which can include storytelling, but can also include a variety of professional activities from drafting legislation to program design to training on the complexities of psychological coercion to so much more.

We also acknowledge that many folks who do trauma work are survivors who do not disclose their survivorship for a variety of reasons. We respect how each person shows up in this work and strive to create a work environment that is equitable, inclusive and trauma-informed, regardless of how someone identifies.

When you work with Shobana Powell Consulting, we bring not only our knowledge and expertise, but also our sense of community- something we work hard to cultivate for ourselves and love to share with others.