Understanding your own trauma

Overview

Trauma is very common and can leave a lasting impact on how we feel, think and relate to others.

When we experience something deeply distressing, our brain and body can become overwhelmed, making it hard to process what happened.

This self-guided pathway offers a gentle first step toward understanding how trauma affects emotional wellbeing and how making sense of those experiences can support healing and resilience.

Understanding your own trauma includes ideas, theories and tools to help you explore your own experience of trauma. Through reflective exercises and accessible guidance, you’ll learn how trauma can shape your responses, relationships and sense of self.

1. What is trauma?

2. Going through a traumatic experience

3. Trauma memories

4. Recognising trauma

5. Our feelings

6. Containment

7. Anxiety and depression

8. Processing trauma

9. Recovery from trauma

10. Trauma in the general population

11. Congratulations

Duration

This pathway is private and accessible anytime, anywhere and done at your own own pace; It covers 11 Modules, each taking around 15 minutes and broken up into manageable units

Delivery

Self-guided online courses; different languages available

Who Is It For?

Anyone & everyone; (It’s not a replacement for therapy or counselling, but it might prompt you to want to talk to someone, such as a therapist or psychologist).

Signposts to further support is included, if you need it.