Collection: Trauma Worksheets

Trauma refers to an emotional response to a distressing event or series of events that overwhelms an individual's ability to cope. It can result from a single incident such as an accident or assault, or from repeated experiences such as childhood abuse or domestic violence. Trauma affects mental health through its impact on the nervous system, memory processing, emotional regulation, and interpersonal functioning. Common presentations following trauma include PTSD, complex PTSD, anxiety, depression, dissociation, and difficulties with trust and relationships.

The trauma worksheets in this collection draw on trauma-informed approaches including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), Prolonged Exposure principles, grounding and stabilisation techniques, and somatic awareness frameworks. Resources are designed to support the stabilisation and processing phases of trauma treatment. They are created by a registered psychologist and intended for use by trained clinicians.

Therapy worksheets support trauma recovery by providing structured tools for grounding and distress tolerance during emotional activation, psychoeducation on trauma responses such as the fight-flight-freeze response and window of tolerance, emotion identification and regulation skill building, and narrative processing frameworks. They help clinicians deliver evidence-based trauma interventions consistently and give clients tangible resources to use between sessions.

Many resources in this collection are suitable for complex trauma presentations including developmental trauma, repeated interpersonal trauma, and complex PTSD. Clinicians should use their clinical judgement in selecting and sequencing resources appropriately for complex presentations, prioritising stabilisation before processing work.