What is Recovery

For detailed information and resources for Trauma Recovery, go to the dedicated Trauma Recovery website located here.

Recovery is the primary goal for people who have experienced trauma, their families, and their care providers. Recovery does not necessarily mean complete freedom from post-traumatic affects. Recovery is an individual experience and will be and look different for everyone. In general recovery is the ability to live in the present without being overwhelmed by the thoughts and feelings of the past.

In a trauma informed system, it is acknowledged that everyone plays a role in supporting recovery, from the reception person to the CEO.

Suggested readings:

8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery, Babette Rothschild

Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine

Trauma Essentials, Babette Rothschild

Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach, Christine A. Courtois and Julian D. Ford

Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse, Lisa M. Najavits,

Trauma and Recovery, Judith Herman

Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation and Treatment, John N. Briere and Catherine Scott

Decolonizing Trauma Work, Renee Linklater

Indigenous Healing, Rupert Ross