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Trauma Informed Approaches for Adults

Trauma Informed Approaches for Adults

Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA) provide a practical framework for safer, more effective practice with adults, supporting both individual wellbeing and sustainable organisational culture change. They are grounded in the understanding that trauma is a psychosocial injury that shapes behaviour, health, engagement, and relationships.

At the heart of trauma-informed practice is a shift from asking “What is wrong with you?” to “What has happened to you?” – reducing blame, increasing safety, and improving professional responses. Our training helps professionals connect life experience to present-day challenges, enabling more effective engagement, reduced escalation, and stronger outcomes for adults accessing services.

This programme is designed for adult-facing professionals and organisations seeking to embed trauma-informed practice across teams, improve staff confidence, and reduce burnout and compassion fatigue. It draws on the PACE model (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) and real-world practice examples.

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5 Courses
15 Follow-On Courses
100+ eLearning Courses

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Trauma Informed Approaches for Adults

Our OPEN courses are for individuals and are available on set days in each month.

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Foundations in Trauma-Informed Approaches (1/5) – ADULT OPEN COURSE

£35.00 3 hours

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A practical introduction to Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA) for adult services. This course presents TIA as a strengths-based framework that helps professionals understand the impact of trauma on behaviour, engagement and wellbeing. It emphasises physical, psychological and emotional safety for both staff and those accessing services. Designed for health, social care, community and education settings, the training supports safer practice, stronger engagement and improved resilience across teams.

Playfulness – Positive Behaviour & De-escalation Skills (2/5) OPEN ADULT COURSE

£35.00 3 hours

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This course integrates de-escalation skills with Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA), equipping professionals to respond to escalating situations safely, respectfully and effectively. It recognises how past trauma shapes stress responses and behaviour, and supports staff to prevent crises, reduce re-traumatisation and maintain safer environments for everyone involved.

Acceptance Skills and Psychological Flexibility in Trauma-Informed Care (3/5): ADULT OPEN COURSE

£35.00 3 hours

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This course provides practical, applied training in using acceptance-based skills, drawn primarily from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), within a trauma-informed framework. It supports professionals to work safely and effectively with adults who have experienced trauma by strengthening psychological flexibility.  

Using Curiosity skills within trauma-informed Approaches (TIA)(4/5): ADULT OPEN COURSE

£35.00 3 hours

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This course equips professionals to approach adults with an inquisitive, non-judgmental and trauma-informed stance, recognising how adversity and trauma shape behaviour, communication and engagement with services.

Professional curiosity is a core skill which supports practitioners to ask “What has happened to you?” rather than “What is wrong with you?”, reducing blame and increasing safety and understanding.

Empathy Skills and Trauma-Informed Approaches (5/5): ADULT OPEN COURSE

£35.00 3 hours

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This course focuses on empathy skills within a trauma-informed approach, focusing on the impact of trauma work on practitioners themselves. It helps professionals remain emotionally available and effective while protecting their well-being in demanding roles.

We address vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue and burnout, helping participants recognise early warning signs and develop sustainable strategies for resilience and professional longevity.

Trauma Informed Approaches for Adults

Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA) provide a framework for compassionate service delivery and organisational culture change. They are grounded in the understanding that trauma is a psychosocial injury that can deeply affect an individual’s health, relationships, and sense of self.

At the heart of this approach is a shift in perspective — from asking “What is wrong with you?” to “What has happened to you?”

Our goal is to help professionals connect the dots between life experience and current challenges, because when this happens, they can support recovery, build resilience, and create more effective engagement.

This training is designed for professionals who work with adults affected by trauma and for organisations that want to embed a trauma-informed culture across their teams. 

Our training draws on the PACE model (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) and real-world practice examples to bring the principles to life in any professional setting.

Explore our Train the Trainer options here.

5 Courses
15 Follow-On Courses
100+ eLearning Courses

For information on Pace and TIA

Click here
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Adult Trauma-Informed Approaches

Adult Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA) are a framework for interpersonal service delivery and organizational change that is grounded in the understanding of how trauma should be viewed as a psychosocial injury and can impact an individual’s life, health, and sense of self.

The key principles are:

  • A fundamental shift in perspective from asking, “What is wrong with you?” to asking, “What has happened to you?”
  • Acknowledgement of the widespread impact of trauma and understanding potential paths for recovery.
  • Recognition that mental health difficulties and challenges with social skills often develop in response to a person’s life experiences, including traumatic and adverse events.
  • Our goal is to support individuals in understanding the connection between their life experiences and current challenges, helping them find effective ways to cope, move forward, and recover.

PACE and TIA for Adults

PACE serves as a relational tool that operationalizes the core principles of a trauma-informed approach:

  1. Creating Safety and Trust: The Acceptance and Empathy elements of PACE directly address the trauma survivor’s need to feel safe and seen without judgment, helping to rebuild trust that was likely violated by trauma.
  2. Empowerment and Voice: Curiosity invites the adult to explore their own internal experience, giving them the choice and control over what they share, and fostering empowerment.
  3. Healing Shame: The non-judgmental stance inherent in Acceptance and Empathycounters the intense feelings of shame often experienced by trauma survivors, replacing them with a sense of worthiness and unconditional regard.

By embedding the PACE mindset “way of being” into interactions, professionals can offer an adult a corrective and secure relational experience, which is crucial for regulating intense emotions and processing trauma.

Start with the Foundations in Trauma-Informed Approaches training, then move through the four PACE in Practice modules. Completing all five modules is crucial for implementing meaningful practice improvements and fully integrating PACE into your community.

Empowering Safety: Bespoke Safeguarding & Child Protection Training

Why Choose Bespoke Training?

Generic training can leave staff feeling unprepared for the real-life scenarios they face. Our tailored approach ensures the content, delivery method, and case studies are directly relevant to your sector (e.g., education, healthcare, sport, charity, corporate), your local policies, and the specific vulnerabilities and risks present in your community.

Our Specialised Training Pillars

We design engaging, practical, and compliant training across three core areas:

  • For Professionals Working with Children (Child Protection): Focuses on recognising the signs of abuse and neglect, statutory guidance (e.g., Working Together to Safeguard Children), robust reporting procedures, and the creation of a safe, child-focused culture.
  • For Professionals Working with Adults (Adult Safeguarding): Focuses on the principles of the Care Act, understanding different types of harm, promoting wellbeing, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) considerations, and ensuring person-led safeguarding responses.
  • Blended Cohorts (Safeguarding for All Ages): Ideal for organisations whose staff or volunteers interact with both children and adults (e.g., community centres, housing associations, religious organisations). This training highlights the common principles of good practice while clearly delineating the different legal frameworks, signs of harm, and reporting routes for each demographic.

Invest in training that transforms knowledge into action. Equip your team with the confidence and competence to protect those in your care proactively.

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