Guiding Principles for Trauma-Informed Ways of Relating

Healing is a complex process and can look many ways or take many paths. There are guiding principles developed by SAMHSA that we can embrace for trauma-informed ways of relating. Adopting these principles can facilitate healing and thriving.

Click on each image to view a video that shares a suvivors’s perspective on trauma-informed principles.

Note: We have included a video clip with each of the principles in the interactive visual above. We acknowledge and are grateful to In The Hollow Films: Giving Voice to Survivors of Violence & Trauma for the voices included in the videos for each of these principles. We thank Leah Harris, Pat Risser, Cicely Spencer,  Michael Skinner, and William Kellibrew for sharing your stories.

Module Purpose | Revisiting Our Commitments | 3 E’s of Trauma | 4 R’s Key Assumptions | Guiding Principles | Create Conditions for All to Thrive | Final Thoughts