Trauma-Informed Care is an approach where service providers acknowledge the widespread impact of trauma, recognize its signs and symptoms, and integrate this understanding into policies and practices to avoid retraumatizing clients.
Key Points:
- Principles: Safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural sensitivity.
- Applications: Mental health clinics, hospitals, schools, social services, law enforcement, and beyond.
- Goal: Promote healing by creating environments and interventions that are empathic, supportive, and do not inadvertently trigger past traumas
