Resources

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Looking for specific resources around trauma-informed organizations? Please head over to the Organizational Resources tab for those.
The resources below are free to download and created with a lot of care, thought, and time. They are designed to support reflection, connection, creativity, and trauma-informed practice in real-world settings.

Please do not alter, adapt, or rebrand these materials.
They are protected by copyright and meant to be used with respect, kindness, and in the spirit, they were created.

You are welcome to share and use them in your practice, training, teams, or organizations, as long as they remain fully cited, credited, and unmodified.

If you’re using them in publications, slides, or wider training, please clearly reference Dr Karen Treisman as the original creator and provide a link back to this website where possible.

We always welcome kind and constructive feedback, and love hearing how people are using the tools. Feel free to get in touch if you have suggestions or stories of them in action.

This is an evolving space more are added regularly. You’re welcome to bookmark and check back for updates.

Posters & Images

  • Every interaction is an intervention
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  • Relational trauma relational repair word
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  • Model the model with feet 1
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  • 7 E WORD
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  • Hope all together
    Images and worksheets around hope.
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  • Key messages about feeling infographic
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  • Take what you need
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  • Feeling safe & putting up defences
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  • Relational treasures and key ways of being
    Relational treasures and ways of being images from Trauma Informed Organization books- created by Dr Karen Treisman and illustrated by Emma Paxton.
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Infographics & Summary Posters

  • Day 1 relational and developmental trauma Emma barnardos
    Summary infographic by Emma Paxton (Imagistic) on Dr Treisman’s relational and developmental trauma training for Barnardo’s.
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  • Day 2 barnardos Emma self care and trauma in orgs
    Summary infographic by Emma Paxton (Imagistic) on Dr Treisman’s wellbeing and “self-care” training for Barnardo’s.
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  • Day 3 trauma organizations birmigham barnardos emma
    Summary infographic by Emma Paxton (Imagistic) on Dr Treisman’s trauma-informed organizations training for Barnardo’s.
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  • Clare mills therapeutic re-parenting infographic
    Summary of a keynote on therapeutic re-parenting by Clare Mills (listenthinkdraw.co.uk) captured at an Adoption UK event.
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  • Hope and Connections Philadelphia Keynote
    Summary infographic by Rio Holaday on hope, relationships and connections- keynote for Trauma. conference in Philadelphia 2021.
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  • The Power of Language – Dr Karen Treisman
    Summary infographic by Emma Paxton (imagistic) from a day on the power of language by Dr Karen Treisman- for a multidisciplinary group across Wales- more on this topic in the trauma informed organization book, power of language training, and the power of language abridged online module.
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  • Trauma informed physical environments infographic- event for NEST- by Dr karen reisman- illustrated by imagistic
    Summary infographic by Emma Paxton (imagistic) from an intro half day on psychologically informed physical buildings, spaces and environments by Dr Karen Treisman- for a multidisciplinary group across Wales- more on this topic in the trauma informed organization book, physical environment training, and the online module.
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Communication Cards

  • Communication cards- all pages
    FREE communication and needs cards.
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Question Sheets

  • Behaviour as communication- behaviour is a kaleidoscope
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  • Trauma informed queries and requests points to reflect on
    Questions and reflection points for organizations enquiring about trauma-informed training. Great document to read before enquiring, doing tenders, booking training etc.
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Articles & Reports

  • A spotlight on organizational trauma: the system as the ‘client’
    A spotlight on organizational trauma/ organizational memory written for research in practice- extract from Karen’s trauma-informed organizations book.
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  • Using visual metaphors to respond to stress and trauma
    A spotlight on survival skills in the context of trauma written for research in practice- extract from Karen’s trauma-informed organizations book.
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  • Medical and health experiences from TI perspective
    Paper by Karen about medical and health experiences from TI perspective.
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  • Blog on my burn a year on- some parallels with the work I do
    Blog about Karen’s burn and trauma-reflections.
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  • Candle summary paper pdf-compressed
    Some of Karen’s most meaningful and impactful work is when training is delivered over a long period such as 6 months to 18 months alongside reflective practice, supervision, and consultation. See the following evaluation for a flavour of the impact of such a course.
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Miscellaneous

  • Some of the advantages and positives of virtual training and events
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  • Some games and activities to strengthen and enhance adult
    Some games and activities to strengthen and enhance adult-child interactions (by no means an exhaustive or prescriptive list) – Linked to my Cleo the Crocodile and Taya the Tortoise Activity books.
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  • Check-ins
    Some tips and tools on team meeting “check-ins”.
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  • Therapeutic treasure art examples- part 1
    Examples of how the ideas from the therapeutic treasure collection have been used- part 1.
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  • Examples of art work from my resources from my books- JKP
    Examples of how the ideas from the therapeutic treasure collection have been used- part 2.
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