What does being trauma-informed in the workplace mean to you? by

Context matters

2025-05-27 22:18:35 UTC

Being trauma-informed means paying attention to the context, cues, and dynamics in a space.

Calling In

2025-06-03 18:06:13 UTC

Part of being trauma informed for me is calling people in, not calling them out

Honouring diverse experiences of trauma

2025-06-04 16:29:41 UTC

Being trauma informed for me means recognizing there are many ways someone may respond to the ongoing impacts of trauma. It means making space for different needs around trauma and not taking a one-size-fits-all approach.

Collective liberation

2025-06-04 21:44:28 UTC

Being trauma informed for me means recognizing that none of us are free until all of us are. It means holding this awareness within the ongoing learning and unlearning we must do around the historical and structural dominances present within our institution. It calls for creating space in our institutions and workplaces for interrogation, dialogue and reflection on these realities, so we can nurture healing, joyful and generative spaces for interconnection.

Safety is everything!

2025-06-05 23:35:34 UTC

Trauma informed means considering how we can create psychologically safe spaces, policies, practices, systems and cultures so that everyone has access to their hopes, dreams, and potential. It means decolonizing our own mindsets, acknowledging how our own power and privilege might be creating unsafe, oppressive environments for historically, persistently marginalized groups based on social/cultural identity (race, gender, ability, class, age, etc). It means sitting in our own discomfort in order to create equitable and safe spaces for others.

Being open to listen to someone's experiences, ideas, opinions and sharings can be so simple, yet beautiful and affirming.

2025-06-06 16:15:20 UTC

2025-06-10 14:58:52 UTC

Make workers, people feel comfortable in the work environment. Sometimes, one needs to vent and talk things over. Don't give them weird looks that say "

get back to work, you're wasting time"!

Being trauma informed means withholding judgement and holding open a space for compassion, safety, and support.

2025-06-10 17:20:59 UTC

I didn't understand what it meant

2025-06-13 18:22:33 UTC

Now I understand. I will now approach every human connection as one in which I may be interacting with a person who has experienced trauma in one form or another. This means that I will approach everyone through a more compassionate lens.

Presence as a tuned instrument

2025-06-17 19:21:40 UTC

Being trauma-informed it is about bringing deep presence and being there for people, being curious about their experience in the present, not about asking for details about the past.

Listening to others and thinking before reacting

2025-06-17 22:16:02 UTC

I think there should be an awareness to listen carefully to others when they share their experiences and also to have the mindfulness to think before reacting or replying to what they are sharing.

Compassion

2025-06-18 17:37:11 UTC

I like how a lot of this is about having compassion for your fellow human beings.

When we show up trauma-informed in the workplace, we allow space for the other person. We honour that we don't know everything about them. We collective co-create an environment and set up where people feel empowered.

2025-06-24 20:14:19 UTC

Providing support without prying

2025-06-30 22:57:47 UTC

A piece of the video that resonated for me was the acknowledgement that respecting privacy is a crucial part of being trauma-informed. I don't need to know all of the details of what happened in order to be a supportive colleague - I just need to show up in the ways that I can.

Listen and see people as whole humans with rich life context and history

2025-07-03 20:22:53 UTC

What we see is just the surface. Give space and listen to what is said. To make someone feel safe you don't always have to problem solve for them (it may not be what they're asking) and you'll only know if you give them time and space to share (if they want), and then listen to what they're saying. Trust takes time.

The New Definition of Trauma

2025-07-03 21:18:59 UTC

The newest definition of trauma is anything that is traumatic to you. Trauma is a subjective experience, and treating everyone with respect and sensitivity as much as possible - is helping create emotional and psychological safety. This helps with being trauma informed.

Being trauma-informed entails putting systems in place to support people in the workplace.

2025-07-07 21:31:28 UTC

In a person'shoes

2025-07-08 23:13:50 UTC

I am learning that trauma informed is remembering that you don't walk in your colleague's shoes. You don't know what they are going through or have gone through, and their actions might be indicative of their trauma. You don't have to have gone through that same experience but remember that their shoes have gone through some stuff.

Empathy

2025-07-11 01:57:32 UTC

qorking in a place where you are not judged but supported would help victims and colleges to thrive in a healing process. Most of the times we're not aware we're living in the darkness of a trauma, and we have the right to walk the way out without pressure.

Compassion and Safe Space

2025-07-18 17:03:05 UTC

Being trauma-informed is to connect with people with compassion and empathy, and to truly listen and hold a space instead of listening only to formulate a reply. It is to have the courage to look within and have the awareness to challenge our own biases, privileges and perceptions AND to also hold space for ourselves as we navigate these.

Reflection

2025-07-29 21:38:56 UTC

Being trauma-informed means being human. Meeting others where they are at, being curious, being respectful, and being kind. All while acknowledging the space, place, and experiences of others.

Recognizing that we all have a unique history and come from a place of varied experiences.

2025-08-01 21:04:29 UTC

Trauma informed workplaces are safe spaces where people can be themselves.

2025-08-01 21:06:38 UTC

Holding space for emotions

2025-08-06 18:46:25 UTC

Being trauma informed means being able to listen to another's story

2025-08-06 19:11:12 UTC

Each of our stories is very unique, and in the workplace we have an incredible opportunity to learn from others in team settings. That means listening to each other. When someone is listened to, that person feels heard, respected, and is being treated as an equal.

2025-08-06 19:47:33 UTC

Being trauma-informed means providing necessary support for colleagues to reduce the impact of trauma.

Mindfulness & Empathy

2025-08-07 18:57:58 UTC

My take away is that being trauma-informed prepares us to show up for our colleagues and students in a non-instrusive way. Where we avoid judgement and assumptions of an individuals past and present challenges, and maintain an open and understanding outlook and presence, eventually creating and maintaining a safe and supportive environment for those around us, should they need it. All in all, being mindful of the known and unknown challenges others face, and holding empathy towards them.

Listening to all different types of view and perceptions about trauma-informed makes me feel very emotional, calm and comforted at the same time. What really stood out to me was when someone said that " what trauma inform should feel like in workplace is making people feel safe and supported by giving them what they needed to succeed. Instead of asking what happened, one should ask what do you need? How can we help".

2025-08-11 16:52:39 UTC

Trauma is a lens that shapes one's perspective. Being trauma-informed is understanding how that lens may affect interactions and reactions as we navigate daily life with others with their own lived experience of challenges and adversity.

2025-08-11 22:24:54 UTC

Making space

2025-08-28 21:48:39 UTC

Being trauma-informed means making space for people to be themselves. Listening to understand, not to respond. Understanding that trauma presents differently for everyone. And some days are better than others. It means not asking what someone is 'sick' with if they aren't able to attend work. It means understanding that everyone copes differently and everyone has a unique lived experience.

Trauma informed involves continous refelction, being curious, and advocy for accesiblity

2025-09-04 20:18:38 UTC

being trauma informed to me means remembering we all have different experiences that have shaped us and being aware of how that comes across in ourselves and in our colleagues

2025-09-19 23:08:41 UTC

Trauma-informed

2025-09-22 23:26:06 UTC

Creating a safe space for students where they feel comfortable asking for help and/or being able to voice concerns/challenges

Everyone has a story, which has shaped their way of being in the world. Acknowledge the difference without judgement.

2025-09-23 17:57:21 UTC

Examining what safety means

2025-09-25 22:23:08 UTC

Being trauma informed in the workplace for me carries a promise of safety, that I won't be judged for needing a different kind of support.

Trauma-informed means being open & in community

2025-10-16 18:50:24 UTC

Having a trauma-informed approach seems to centre around being open to the many possible experiences folks may have and be experiencing as well as creating space for all people to find some level of support.

trauma informed workplace

2025-10-23 17:14:53 UTC

recognizing that trauma exists even in the workplace and to not make assumptions about someone's life

Being Trauma Informed

2025-11-12 03:47:11 UTC

Listening to these reflections, my main takeaway here is that being trauma informed is being person forward, or person centered. It's about being aware and being considerate of not only explicit and/or physical forms of trauma, but also systemic and/or ongoing trauma, and behaving intentionally.

2025-11-13 21:51:13 UTC

Trauma shapes everyone in different ways. Love the video's last speaker's comment about many faces succeeding in a truly trauma-informed workplace.

2025-11-30 07:57:48 UTC

Being trauma-informed is being person-centred and shifting how we interact with others by approaching colleagues, students, clients, etc. with empathy and compassion, and fostering environments that prioritize psychological safety.

Listening without judgment

2025-12-10 00:33:57 UTC

Not judging or assuming the reason for other people's actions, reactions, etc. Staying open minded and supportive, and allowing and making the space and time needed.

Non-judgement

2026-01-13 22:42:45 UTC

Allowing people to share their experiences in a safe environment in which they do not feel judged or looked down upon.

How to support

2026-02-04 18:14:42 UTC

It is not about asking what happened, it is about asking how are you doing.

The importance of respecting a person's privacy

2026-03-12 23:04:41 UTC

I felt that one key takeaway from the video is that a huge aspect of being trauma-informed is respecting a person's privacy and not expecting them to tell you about their trauma. This raises really important questions about emotional labour as well, especially when you bring it into conversation with the impacts of structural violence and intersections of race, gender and sexuality.

Safety first

2026-03-15 23:44:49 UTC

Listen without judgement and with an open heart and mind, and focus on what they need to feel safe.

trauma informed

2026-03-16 20:16:45 UTC

creating a safe environment for accepting others without asking any questions and understanding/acknowledging others have been through trauma that they do not want to talk about, and they do not have too.

Compassion is key

2026-04-02 21:33:07 UTC

Was nice to hear that being trauma-informed doesn't mean sharing the trauma, but inquiring what supports a person in relation to how their trauma impacts them.

Being compassionate

2026-04-17 22:26:57 UTC

Trying to understand where others may come from and that their lived experience may be different than our own. Not making assumptions

Positivity

2026-05-21 22:13:11 UTC

Being trauma informed cultivates positivity!