Trauma Informed Care – training & consultancy

I deliver training and consultancy in Trauma Informed Care to organisations (including sports organisations), and cities.

So what do we mean by Trauma Informed Care?

Basically that when we know better we do better. All of the latest research and evidence (& there is a lot), medical & other, shows that unresolved childhood trauma leads to a massive increase in risk for:

We can reduce all of these by preventing and treating unresolved childhood trauma (at the same time as dealing with the issue). It really is that simple…but it requires a rethink about the way we view and relate to each other, and we need to because we now know that more people have had childhood trauma than haven’t. It’s not just for those working directly with people who have suffered trauma either as a lot of people appear to live ‘normal’ lives while hiding past trauma, but it still has a damaging effect. It also means those not suffering are ideally place to help.

Very very simplified – unresolved childhood trauma (where a child gets no support to manage the effects) disrupts a child’s physical and emotional development as their energy is diverted to survival, which has an accumulative effect on how they can relate to themselves & others, eg if your brain has never learnt how to switch off from stress it is wired to be constantly stressed & telling it to relax will not work. Creating physical and emotional safety helps that development resume, and yet a lot of children and adults do not feel safe, society isn’t safe – even those without trauma are still affected by the preventable outcomes of it.

And knowing that most adults are stressed and struggling means this has to apply to everyone, including ourselves. And the good news – that means everyone benefits too, we look at communities & cities too, we want everyone to thrive, feel safe & be happy. Being TI tackles societies inequalities and individual suffering on all levels. The only downside – you need to be open to learning better, including looking at yourself. And that can be tough when you are struggling. But so worth it, and we do it gently if you need.

And now whole cities are working towards operating in a TI way either get onboard or get dragged along 🤣

Have a look around my site & feel free to ask any questions…

Learn more about Trauma informed care here

 Some of the feedback for my work:

‘…the feedback from your training was exceptional. Staff were so inspired they have gone away and done more reading. More please’

‘Kathryn gave a presentation at the event in January and we were so impressed we asked her to come and do something similar with the admin team.’

‘Better than I could have imagined and initially I was sceptical about attending but definitely feel it was needed and used and worked.’

 ‘The training exceeded my expectations.  I thought that it might skim the surface and not get to the nitty gritty of what happens. Instead the course directly addressed the difficulties that we have found as a staff team and helped us to work together to find a way forward.’

‘Loved the sense of humour and trainer’s passion & knowledge’

 ‘Would like this to be implemented across all of company & to underpin all we do (priority of Therapeutic Alliance and self-care in how work)’