This practical guidance for professionals is informed by lived experience and based on psychological evidence.

Case workers and support services across sectors interact regularly with people experiencing trauma from war, conflict, slavery and persecution.

Many who have survived torture are required to share distressing details for legal, health or housing service purposes. If this approach is trauma-informed it is likely to promote more equal engagement, elicit more accurate information, and be less likely to be retraumatising.

This practical guidance for professionals is informed by lived experience and based on psychological evidence. It aims to increase understanding and provide practical tools for associated professionals and volunteers.