About This Bundle
 
Trauma is not what happened to you; it is what happened inside you because of what happened. Bessel van der Kolk's reframing is a useful starting point. Trauma is the lasting effect on the nervous system, the body, the beliefs, and the relationships that follows an overwhelming experience. It can come from a single catastrophic event, or from the slow accumulation of smaller wounds over years. It shapes how we feel safe, how we connect, how we regulate, and how we see ourselves and the world.
 
These twelve worksheets walk you through the foundational concepts and practices of trauma-informed care. They draw from CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy), TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused CBT), Somatic Experiencing, EMDR psychoeducation, and the broader trauma field. They are written for personal use or for counsellors working alongside clients. They are not a substitute for trauma therapy with a trained clinician; some trauma processing requires skilled professional support and should not be attempted
alone. Christianity has carried the language of healing, redemption, and resurrection for two thousand years, and the church's witness about suffering is rich and honest. Christ himself bears wounds, even after the resurrection; trauma is met by a Saviour who knows what it is to suffer. These worksheets honour both the hard truths of trauma and the deeper truth of grace at work in healing. The work is slow, but it is real, and you do not do it alone.
 
What's Included:
 
Bundle description: Twelve worksheets walking you through the foundational practices of trauma-informed care: understanding what trauma is, recognising your own patterns, building stabilisation skills, and pacing the long road of recovery. Drawn from CPT, TF-CBT, Somatic Experiencing, and EMDR psychoeducation, integrated with Christian theology of healing. For personal use alongside professional support, or for counsellors working with trauma clients between sessions.
01 Introduction to Trauma — Understanding what trauma is and is not, with a clear map of the six types: acute, chronic, complex, developmental, vicarious, and spiritual trauma. For anyone who has wondered whether their experience "counts."
02 The Three E's — Event, Experience, Effects. The framework that explains why the same event affects different people so differently, and why your reactions are normal responses to what you actually lived through.
03 Trauma Symptoms Self-Assessment — A structured self-screen across the four DSM-aligned symptom clusters: intrusion, avoidance, mood and cognition, and hyperarousal. Includes a guide to interpreting your results and when to seek professional support.
04 The Trauma Response — Fight, flight, freeze, fawn. Recognising your default trauma response with twenty-item self-recognition lists, and understanding what your pattern cost you and what it was trying to protect.
05 Triggers and Trigger Mapping — Identifying what activates your trauma response across six categories (sensory, situational, relational, bodily, emotional, cognitive). Includes a personal trigger map and a plan for what to do when triggered.
06 Safe Place Visualisation — Building an internal refuge for the body and mind. The foundational stabilisation practice that grounds all deeper trauma work, with detailed multi-sensory prompts for building yours.
07 Trauma Timeline — Carefully telling the story of your life including the hard chapters; making meaning rather than reliving. Brief, structured, and bookended with safe-place practice. A worksheet for stable phases of healing.
08 Cognitive Triangle for Trauma — How trauma-based beliefs shape feelings and behaviour, and why the cycle reinforces itself. A worked example plus a personal mapping exercise drawn from CPT.
09 Stuck Points — Identifying the trauma-distorted beliefs that keep healing stuck: safety, trust, power, esteem, and intimacy. Includes a structured walk-through for examining and slowly updating one stuck point.
10 Building a Trauma Recovery Plan — Pacing your healing through the three phases (stabilisation, processing, integration). Includes a personal recovery plan template, pitfalls to avoid, and warning signs that you are moving too fast.
11 Reclaiming What Was Taken — Naming what trauma cost (time, trust, joy, relationships, voice) and honouring the grief that belongs there. Then exploring the five domains of post-traumatic growth honestly, without forcing meaning.
12 The Long View — Living well after trauma. Markers of long-term integration with a self-rating exercise, a vision for a meaningful life five years from now, and a closing blessing for the long road.