TraumaSense

TraumaSense is an innovative, trauma-responsive, psychoeducational programme designed to empower individuals by providing an accessible understanding of trauma.

 

General trauma services tend to be focused on psychotherapeutic interventions and while these approaches are valuable, they often fall short of addressing the physiological nature of trauma. Many individuals who have experienced chronic trauma feel disconnected from their bodies, unaware of how trauma manifests as physical sensations, stress responses, and trauma-responsive behaviours. TraumaSense fills this gap by offering a structured programme that demystifies trauma in a non-therapeutic setting.

 

TraumaSense is not a therapeutic intervention, but a facilitated 1:1 programme that provides an important foundation that enables parents to recognise their capacity for change and take ownership of their role as parents, partners, and community members. It has a strong focus on building psychological awareness, emotional regulation, and personal agency and offers parents the tools, insight, and support to:

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• Understand the effects of trauma on their brain, body and behaviour;

• Reconnect with their internal sense of safety and control;

• Reclaim agency and emotional regulation;

• Build healthier boundaries and relationships.

• Begin healing from the often invisible wounds of coercive control, fear, isolation, and shame;

• Challenge and reshape unhelpful core beliefs (schemas) formed through trauma;

• Recognise and reduce maladaptive coping mechanisms that may no longer serve them;

• Break cycles of trauma bonding and intergenerational trauma, becoming cycle-breakers for the next generation;

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This programme is available to any parents engaged who have traumatic experiences that impact their ability to parent effectively. It is particularly suitable for:

 

• Adult men and women who have survived domestic abuse or coercive control;

• Those whose recovery is complicated by long-standing trauma responses;

• Victim-survivors whose difficulties in communication, parenting, or decision-making may be misunderstood as non-engagement or resistance in child protection processes;

• Individuals who feel isolated, dysregulated, or disempowered by ongoing family court proceedings or systems of authority;

• Victims of generational trauma, with rigid belief systems and maladaptive coping mechanisms.

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It is not suitable for individuals still requiring active crisis intervention. Referral pathways should ensure that participants have a basic level of safety and stability before joining the programme.

 

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