Trauma | Support Hub
Trauma is a response toexperiences that feel deeply overwhelming, distressing, or threatening. Theseexperiences can affect how a person thinks, feels, and responds to the worldaround them. Trauma may develop after a single difficult event or from ongoingexperiences that affect a person’s sense of safety, trust, and wellbeing.
Understanding Trauma - Explores what trauma is, how it develops, and the different ways people may respond to overwhelming experiences.
Trauma & The Nervous System - Explains how trauma affects the body’s stress and survival systems, including fight, flight, freeze, and other responses.
Trauma Responses - Looks at common emotional, psychological, and physical responses people may experience after traumatic events.
Triggers, Flashbacks & Grounding - This section explores how reminders of past trauma can trigger intense emotions, physical reactions and flashbacks, sometimes without warning. It covers understanding why these responses happen, recognising your own triggers, and grounding techniques that can help you feel safer and more present when memories feel overwhelming.
Domestic Violence - Explores the impact of domestic violence and coercive control on emotional and psychological wellbeing, including support and recovery.
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Recognising patterns of power, control and abuse within relationships
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Understanding domestic abuse, legal recognition and protection
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Understanding the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme
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Understanding the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
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Understanding the domestic abuse codeword scheme, its current status, and safer ways to find support
Victims Of Crime - Provides information and support for individuals who have experienced crime, recognising the emotional and psychological effects.
Building Safety & Finding Support - Focuses on rebuilding feelings of safety, trust, and supportive relationships after traumatic experiences.
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The Worry Drawer is a gentle interactive emotional first-aid tool where you can write down worries, fold them into paper notes and place them inside a realistic wooden cabinet. Return to your worries when you feel ready, explore what is within your control and decide what needs attention, support or more time.
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Preparing information to help if a vulnerable person goes missing
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Understanding abuse, neglect, self-neglect and safeguarding responsibilities
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Keeping the person’s wishes, choices and outcomes at the centre of safeguarding
Healing & Recovery - Explores ways people may begin to move toward healing after trauma, including support, therapy, and self-care approaches.
Supporting Someone Affected by Trauma - This section is for anyone supporting a partner, family member or friend who has been affected by trauma. It covers understanding how trauma can shape someone’s reactions and behaviour, responding with patience and care, helping them feel safe, and looking after your own wellbeing along the way.
Gentle Interactive & Reflective Activities - This section offers calming interactive activities and gentle reflective exercises designed with safety and comfort in mind. They can help you slow down, reconnect with the present and explore your thoughts and feelings at your own pace, with the freedom to pause or stop whenever you need to.
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Personal Perspectives - This section shares personal stories and reflections from people who have lived through trauma and found their own paths towards healing. Their experiences may offer hope, validation and a sense of connection, with the reminder that you can read at your own pace and step away if anything feels difficult.
Worksheets & Downloads - Offers practical resources such as grounding exercises, safety planning tools, reflection sheets, and supportive guides.
Coaching - Explores what trauma is, how it develops, and the different ways people may respond to overwhelming experiences.
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