'Trauma-informed practice' is a phrase we hear more and more in our work, but what really is trauma, and how can we learn to recognise it? This simple guide illustrates how trauma can affect the body, and how to support distressed individuals. This is a basic guidance note to support understanding and highlight some potential physiological effects of trauma. This is not an exhaustive note and is not specific to any individual. What is Trauma? Trauma is the result of singular

Dr. Daniel Rippon, a lecturer at the University of Northumbria, writes about his recent research into the effects of restrictive practice on the stress and well-being of frontline mental healthcare staff. There has been much debate about the use of restrictive practices to de-escalate the distress of care recipients in healthcare settings. In 2017, figures from 40 mental healthcare trusts were released showing that there were 59,808 reported incidences in which care recipient

Studio 3 clinician Dr John McDermott discusses relationships and autism, and the role played by the emotional and relational world when supporting clients. The importance of relationship in the lives of people who have an autism diagnosis is a crucial part of our practice at Studio 3. When working therapeutically with clients, parents or caregivers, we aim to capture individual client meaning and what they might need from the people who support them. In psychology we refer to