About Espoir

Espoir Trauma Clinic is a boutique mental health practice and consultancy specialising in the treatment of trauma among high achievers, high performers, and those in positions of leadership and influence — with a deep commitment to supporting Caribbean professionals navigating trauma in high-performance spaces.

Founded by trauma psychologist and somatic practitioner Shervana Francis, Espoir was created as a premium, high-touch space where power and pain can be held together with precision and care. We provide discreet, deeply personalised therapy for individuals, alongside corporate consultancy that equips organizations to cultivate high-performing, trauma-informed, and human-centred cultures.

At Espoir, we believe in healing at the highest level:restoring nervous system balance, cultivating emotional intelligence, deepening relationships, strengthening leadership, and expanding your capacity to prosper—without sacrificing wellbeing.

Our Philosophy

 At Espoir, our core philosophy is simple: high performance without harm.
For high achievers, this means sustainable excellence—success that doesn’t cost your humanity. That’s why we specialise in executive therapy: discreet, high-touch, and deeply personalised care that honours both your professional achievements and your private struggles.

Where traditional talk therapy often falls short—focusing only on symptoms, surface insight and behaviour modification—we address the full spectrum. Your challenges are professional, relational, and embodied. That’s why we provide premium mental health care that aligns with the quality of life you’ve built.

Understanding Trauma

"Trauma is not a flaw or weakness. It is a highly effective tool of safety and survival. Trauma is also not an event. Trauma is the body's protective response to an event-or series of events-that it perceives as potentially dangerous. This perception may be accurate, inaccurate, or entirely imaginary. In the aftermath of highly stressful or traumatic situations our ventral vagal nerve and downstairs brain may embed a reflexive trauma response in our bodies. This happens at lighting speed... This trauma then gets stuck in the body-and stays stuck there until it is addressed."

-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands

Who We Serve

We specialise in working with high-functioning individuals—professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, lawyers, doctors, and leaders—people whose lives look polished on the outside, yet who privately carry the weight of trauma, stress, and hidden overwhelm.

We understand the unique demands of those in positions of influence: the relentless pace, the loneliness of leadership, the pressure to perform.

For many, the root is childhood trauma that has never been touched—wounds buried so deep that they fuel achievement by day while leaving you unravelled at night. It’s a kind of reverse superhero story: the mask goes on in public, while in private the cost of holding it all finally shows.

Though our work is designed with high achievers in mind, we believe healing is a fundamental human right—and everyone is welcome here.