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• A treasure-trove of ideas and knowledge split into two comprehensive and colourful volumes! Providing a one-stop resource to support organisations and systems of all kinds on their ongoing journey to become more meaningfully trauma, adversity and culturally; informed, infused and responsive.

• The goal of this resource is to support organisations to embody and infuse the values, theories and principles of trauma informed practice into the daily practice and whole fabric of your organization.

Brought alive by real world practice case studies, reflective examples and colourful infographics.

Written by Dr Karen Treisman, an award-winning specialist Clinical Psychologist, MBE, Tedx speaker, trainer, and organizational consultant.

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When Emma entered a hospital for a routine appointment, she smelled bleach and disinfectant and it took her right back to a place where she had been repeatedly attacked by her husband and had to clean her face and her house with antiseptic and cleaning products. She also had a similar catapulting experience when she smelt fresh flowers, which reminded her of all the times she had been given flowers as an apology for being hurt.

When Cara ate, she got catapulted back to a time where she had been forced to give oral sex, and this meant she found eating very difficult, and so she began avoiding and restricting her food.

Grace tended to stay at home and found it hard to leave, even to take her children to school, as all around her village there were people planting and tending to the land with machetes. This took her back to the time her family were attacked by machetes during the Rwandan Genocide.

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Every time Anthony walked past a church, or sometimes when he saw someone wearing a cross necklace, he shared how he felt flooded by painful memories of the abuse he had experienced by a vicar in his childhood church.

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Presente d in a bright an d easy to understa nd way

The volumes are split into 3 parts:

PA R T 1

PA R T 2

PA R T 3

Individual and organizational trauma: what this means and the rationale for change

Values and principles

Trauma, adversity, and culturally informed ideas applied in real-world practice

Part 1 covers topics including:

Part 2 covers topics like:

Part 3 covers topics like:

• The Key Elements of Trauma and its Impact

• Safety and Trust

• The Power of Language

• Relationships, Connections, and Humanizing Services

• Leadership and Management

• Understanding the Processes, Importance, and Impact of Organizational Trauma • Organizational Adverse Experiences, and Traumatized Systems • The Rationale, Ingredients, and Terms of Adversity, Culturally, and TraumaInformed Organizations • Baseline and Readiness Assessment

• Curiosity, Reflectiveness, Empathy, Compassion, and Understanding • Strengths, Hope, and Resilience • Cultural Humility and Responsiveness • Agency, Mastery, Choice, and Voice • Communication, Collaboration, and Transparency

• Supervision, Reflective Practice, and Team Meetings, • Staff Wellbeing (Individual, Team, and Organizational Aspects) • The Physical Environment • Training, Building Momentum, and Forming Working Groups • Trauma-Informed Policies, Recruitment, Induction, and Disciplinary Processes • Practice and Real-World Examples

Published: 08/04/2021 | RRP: £80.00 | ISBN: 9781787753129 Sales inquiries: Pippa Adams | Pippa.Adams@jkp.com Marketing and Press inquiries: Matt Young | Matthew.Young@jkp.com