Belonging and Community Engagement Committee Trauma-Informed Care Workshops
Nisha Mody presented two workshops to the membership of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) to introduce trauma-informed care through the lens of relational power dynamics, transparency, and trustworthiness in February 2026.
The first workshop focused on how to identify trauma-informed reframes that resonate with your library role. During this workshop, Nisha examined how power over vs. power with while identifying feelings and needs that come with shifting power dynamics.
The second workshop will allowed attendees to reflect about power dynamics and nervous system responses. At the end of this workshop, attendees will be able to name 2-3 actions you can implement using liberatory power and trustworthiness and transparency.
Nisha Mody, MLIS, MA CCC-SLP | Liberatory Life Coach, Facilitator, and Writer
Nisha Mody, MLIS, MA CCC-SLP (she/her) is a South Asian American Life coach, writer, and former librarian. She worked as a Health & Life Sciences Librarian, serving as liaison to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and as the Associate Director of the Network of the National Library of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region. Throughout her work, Nisha has consistently valued growth, relationship, and liberation, all of which led her to becoming a healing coach with a trauma-informed approach. She teaches and talks about imagining and incorporating trauma-informed practices in libraries and in our everyday lives, centering the ways systems of oppression and intergenerational trauma affect us deeply. Nisha coaches people individually and in groups, and you can find out more about her at www.nishaland.com.
Nisha Mody, MLIS, MA CCC-SLP (she/her) is a South Asian American Life coach, writer, and former librarian. She worked as a Health & Life Sciences Librarian, serving as liaison to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and as the Associate Director of the Network of the National Library of Medicine, Pacific Southwest Region. Throughout her work, Nisha has consistently valued growth, relationship, and liberation, all of which led her to becoming a healing coach with a trauma-informed approach. She teaches and talks about imagining and incorporating trauma-informed practices in libraries and in our everyday lives, centering the ways systems of oppression and intergenerational trauma affect us deeply. Nisha coaches people individually and in groups, and you can find out more about her at