Trauma-informed teams understand the difference between exchange of ideas and a personal attack. In a psychologically safe environment we feel able to challenge and discuss each other’s ideas without recrimination. It sometimes feels uncomfortable, but it enables us to learn, grow, and innovate.

This was not trauma-informed, and it wasn’t culturally safe or diversity-friendly.

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They are extraordinarily resilient, dealing daily with the sorts of situations that make others crumble. But they were all sent to a resiliency program. Training implies deficit. These are experts sent to a program so far beneath their level that it created even more division btw staff & management

That’s why our number one recommendation is to find a good mentor.

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People who’ve survived the most traumatic events are already the most resilient. They don’t need training to teach them how to survive. They need spaces where they’re not in survival mode.

What if we focused on creating workplaces where people don’t need to be quite so resilient?

Rather than singling out individuals, modern trauma-informed approaches utilise universal strategies that create a strong and safe psychological scaffold.

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Today is a perfect opportunity to start thinking about what’s next. Modern trauma-informed approaches focus on creating workplaces where the physical environment, organisational climate, work roles, policies and procedures all work towards building a sense of psychological safety.
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Belongingness was also associated with higher mental wellbeing and lower levels of depression and anxiety symptoms, particularly in young people aged 16-25.

This week is a good opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate your accomplishments, both big and small, with friends, family and colleagues.

Dr Fisher identified that having a frequent sense of accomplishment was very strongly associated with mental wellbeing in both youth and middle-aged adults. It was also associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety symptoms, particularly in adults in their 40s and 50s.

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Caitlin Donahoo is a health services researcher, business leader, trainer, and project manager.

Dr Olivia Fisher is a mental health expert, author, health services researcher, lecturer, mentor, and implementation scientist.