Umbartha Presents
Understanding & Addressing Trauma-Driven Behaviour
Tools for Educators & Counselors
A Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Workshop
The Challenge
Your students are struggling—acting out, shutting down, unable to focus—and you're searching for approaches that address what's really happening beneath the surface.
This 3-hour workshop is for teachers, counselors, psychologists, social workers, parents and educational professionals.
What You'll Gain
- Understanding how trauma manifests in behavior, attention, and emotional regulation
- Recognition of why trauma often looks like defiance, disengagement, or resistance
- Practical tools to recognize trauma responses in real-time
- Techniques to respond in ways that create safety rather than escalation
Workshop Methodology
Experiential Exercises
Through guided reflection and experiential practice, you'll uncover patterns that may be affecting your professional effectiveness.
Compassionate Inquiry
Practical tools you can use immediately in your classroom or counseling sessions to support students and clients.
Self-Care Practices
Begin using these approaches to maintain your own well-being in your professional and personal contexts.
The Compassionate Inquiry Approach
Led by Dr Sat Dharam Kaur, CEO and co-founder of Compassionate Inquiry® Inc., this workshop uses Compassionate Inquiry—the psychotherapeutic approach co-created by Dr Sat Dharam Kaur and Dr. Gabor Maté.
Sat Dharam will guide you to explore how your own experiences, perceptions, and coping strategies shape the way you respond to challenging behaviors in students and clients.
Expected Impact
- Become more effective in reaching struggling students and clients
- Reduce your own stress and prevent burnout
- Create learning and healing environments where people feel safe enough to engage
- Access greater compassion and presence in your work
A Note on Commitment
Of course, meaningful change takes time, ongoing commitment and consistent practice, but this is an excellent place to begin.
Please note: This workshop is not designed for those seeking behavior management techniques that do not address underlying causes.
Special Feature
Guided Drumming Session
Featuring Master Percussionist Siddharth Salvi, founder of India's Music Tribe Drum Circle.
Siddharth leads a one-hour rhythmic journey designed to embody and integrate your workshop insights through the regulating power of group rhythm.
Your Featured Presenter
Dr Sat Dharam Kaur
CEO & Co-Founder
Compassionate Inquiry® Inc.
Professional Background
Sat Dharam has been practicing as a naturopathic doctor since 1989, with a focus on women's health, cancer and mind-body healing approaches.
Collaboration with Dr. Gabor Maté
Since 2012, she has been studying, hosting, working and teaching with Dr. Gabor Maté with the aim of structuring his work so that it could be taught to others.
Publications & Expertise
Sat Dharam has written three books on women's health and presented at numerous conferences. An expert Kundalini Yoga instructor, she has practiced and taught in this discipline for over 45 years.
Your Host
Manisha Billimoria
Founder & Lead Therapist
Umbartha - Beyond Thresholds
Specialization
A dedicated mental health counsellor, specialising in trauma therapy, functional medicine, and Compassionate Inquiry.
Umbartha Organization
Through Umbartha, the healing organization she founded in 2016, Manisha and her team apply their expertise to support people through emotional resilience and empower them to access their innate inner strength.
Therapeutic Approach
Manisha's unique approach blends empathy, authenticity, and a genuine caring for her clients' well-being, creating a safe space for exploring challenges.
Umbartha
Crossing Thresholds Together
Vision
To guide our fellow beings to liberation through authenticity.
Mission
To cultivate individuals' self-regulation, self-compassion, and personal empowerment through transformative therapeutic modalities.
Register Now
Secure your place in this transformative 3-hour workshop and begin building the skills you need.
Workshop Investment
LKR 5,000.00
per participant