I had some similar experiences. Having attended [trauma-informed] Intentional Peer Support training with the person who 'originally formulated' it, I share your concern as I've watched similar developments - especially in New Hampshire... as an assortment of changes have occurred here. Because the pharmaceutical industry is the major funding source for NAMI ... and their advocacy efforts, It may help to note whether Robert Whitaker, author of: "Anatomy of an Epidemic: ..." has had occasion to address this topic; and whether Shery Mead-originator of [trauma-informed] Intentional Peer Support, has written any commentary on this issue. Shery had done [t-i] IPS presentations/training as far away as Japan, and New Zealand-that I know of, and other US states besides New Hampshire...
I had occasion to be 'coercively told' not to discuss "Trauma-Informed", before the start of a monthly meeting of our statewide MH Consumer Council...almost 7 years ago. (Our state Bureau of Behavioral Health had changed its 'Office of Consumer Affairs' to the 'Office of Consumer and Family Affairs'... just before that ...).