About Trauma & Healing

Some might say that to be human is to experience trauma. Trauma affects people of all ages, of all walks of life and across the globe

The echoes of early trauma live in our body, heart and mind; in our relationships and in the wider context around us.

At the Shannon Moore Trauma Trust, we understand that human responses to trauma are always our wisest adaptations to experiences which were deeply threatening to our safety or to our integrity.

By seeing the impact of trauma as strategies to survive, we can hold space for compassion, possibility and hope while the old survival responses are un-learnt and new ways of relating to ourselves, others and the world are integrated over time.

Early experiences of hardship and trauma can also pave the way for post traumatic growth; where each of us has the potential to become even more wise, compassionate, spiritually connected and grounded because of the painful lessons life has taught us. With the right conditions for healing, trauma does not get to define who we are, and who we can become.

For more information about trauma, take a look here:

• istss.org (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies)
• nctsn.org (National Child Traumatic Stress Network