Trauma-informed psychotherapy is a therapeutic framework that acknowledges the widespread impact of trauma, focusing on creating a safe, trusting environment to avoid re-traumatization and promote healing, shifting from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”. It emphasizes core principles like safety, trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural sensitivity, guiding practitioners to understand trauma’s effects on a person’s worldview and behaviour to offer compassionate, person-centred support and facilitate recovery from past distressing experiences.
