Resources

Links, Websites, and Podcasts

Below you’ll find a range of podcasts, video interviews, and online clips featuring Dr Karen Treisman covering topics such as trauma, adversity, organizational culture, relationships, and more.

You’ll also find some recommendations of other podcasts, websites, organizations, and platforms that explore topics including trauma, social justice, social care, equity, inclusion, and related areas. These are voices and resources that Dr Treisman believes may be useful, interesting, or thought-provoking for those working in or touched by this field.

Dr Treisman also has a series of paid online video training modules available with new ones being added regularly. These can be found under the Online Training tab.

Podcasts Involving Dr Karen Treisman

  • Dr Treisman’s TedX talk on relational trauma and behaviour as communication
    Watch on YouTube →
  • Karen Treisman- reading a poem written by Karen for Drop for Disorder about trauma, adversity, and culturally informed, infused, and responsive systems and organizational change
    “trauma reducing not trauma inducing”- the topic of Karen’s forthcoming book on trauma-informed organizations.
    Watch on YouTube →
  • You can listen Dr Treisman’s trauma podcast talking about one of her books and other related trauma areas here- interviewed by Guy Mcpherson
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  • You can listen to Dr Treisman being interviewed by Lisa Cherry around trauma-informed organizational transformation
    Watch on YouTube →
  • You can listen to the recorded book launch of trauma informed organizations
    which includes an interview with Dr Karen Treisman and some readings- attended virtually by over 400 people.
    Watch on YouTube →
  • Dr Karen Treisman on the Sports Psych Podcast with Dan Abrahams about trauma informed practice
    Listen Now →
  • You can listen to Dr Karen Treisman and Lisa Cherry in discussion about trauma, adversity, and culturally informed, infused, and responsive organizations in the context of the covid-19 pandemic
    Watch on YouTube →
  • Dr Treisman and Kathryn Angelini from Hillingdon virtual school- talking about school, covid, emotional regulation, supervision and much more
    Listen Now →
  • A discussion with Lisa Cherry about trauma-informed organizational culture, language, nuances and much more
    Watch on YouTube →
  • A 2 minute clip from the above podcast with Lisa Cherry and Karen Treisman talking about if the walls could talk
    Watch on YouTube →
  • Dr Karen Treisman and Hannah Albery and Kate Margarson on mind matters
    Talking about schools, trauma-informed practice, relationships, creativity and much more
    Watch on YouTube →
  • Social Matters Podcast
    Discussing trauma-informed work, organizational changes, and the therapeutic treasure collection
    Listen Now →
  • Trauma informed thinking space module from Dr Karen Treisman and Dr Mandy Davis
    A real, unscripted, unedited, & honest TI thinking space containing a series of reflective podcast style conversations about some of the thorny, nuanced, multi-layered aspects of TI practice in teams, systems, & organizations. Full of golden nuggets & enriching discussions. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it & sharing the space together. We are looking forward to your thoughts & feedback.
    We wanted to give you a sense and flavour of the types of conversations which are included in the module. So here is a 17 min one which is from the myths & dilemma’s section focusing on the question “Is TI just about being sweet, nice, and kind?”
    Watch on YouTube →
    Download FAQ Document ⇲
    Access the Module →
  • Dr Karen Treisman and Lady Edwina Grovenor- One Small Thing Justice Podcast
    Exploring the impact of trauma/ trauma-informed organizations/ the impact of trauma on the body and so much more
    Listen Now →
  • Interview with Dr Meagan Corrado from Storiez and Dr Karen Treisman
    Listen Now →
  • You can listen to Karen’s interview around her work with Pause
    An organization for women who have had children removed by social services
    Listen Now →
  • You can listen to Dr Treisman’s interview with Dr Renee Marks about relational and developmental trauma
    Listen Now →
  • You can watch a video interview podcast with Dr Treisman on relational trauma as part of a trauma summit- treating trauma without drama with Patricia Sherman
    Watch Now →
  • You can listen to Dr Treisman’s interview around her work here
    Listen Now →
  • Grief, death, bereavement, and loss online module (7.5 hours and a resource pack)- supporting children and adolescents by Dr Karen Treisman (paid)- creative and expressive resources
    Find Out More →
  • Karen Treisman discussing how the current situation might evoke and re-trigger past traumas
    A video by Dr Karen Treisman discussing how the experiences being felt during the pandemic can be retriggering and resurfacing past traumas and feelings and sending people down a time hole.
    Watch on YouTube →
  • Karen Treisman discussion some common survival, protective, and coping tools, skills, and resources
    A video discussing some of the survival, protective, and coping responses  and skills which we as individuals can use and rely on when in a place of threat, stress, trauma, and fear. Discusses fight, flight, freeze, and many more responses.
    Watch on YouTube →
    Download Worksheet →
  • Karen Treisman discussing some of the survival, protective, and coping responses and skills
    which organizations, systems, and teams can use and rely on when in a place of threat, stress, trauma, and fear. Discusses fight, flight, freeze, and many more responses.
    Watch on YouTube →
    Download Worksheet →
  • Karen Treisman discussing the importance of how organizations make people feel during this time;
    and how the values of trauma-informed practice need to be embedded and modelled; and our staff wellbeing needs to be at the forefront.
    Watch on YouTube →
  • Karen Treisman discussing some of the reasons why people might be either/or struggling to fall asleep, having disturbed or change sleep, and/or feeling exhausted and tired more than usual in the context of the pandemic.
    Watch on YouTube →
  • Karen Treisman discussing some of the different layers of loss, grief, and mourning both at an individual and collective level which people may experiencing, feeling, and seeing. loss amidst the coronavirus.
    Watch on YouTube →
  • Karen Treisman with Piers Cross discussing trauma informed health care book and boarding school trauma
    Watch on YouTube →

Free Videos From Dr Karen Treisman

Free videos by Dr Karen Treisman to support relaxation and emotional regulation (please feel free to send in requests as I am happy to create more if possible)

Things to be mindful of:
Firstly, please hold in mind, there is no right or wrong. We are all different and going through changes, reflections, and discoveries a lot of the time. We all have different sensory profiles, needs, preferences, pasts and so forth- so, take your time to choose what will be most helpful to you at this time, or none of them at all, if you just need some space or to do something different- there is no one size fits all. There is a menu of options to give some ideas, but there are many more which you might like to try. Be gentle with yourself and others.

People may be experiencing an array of different feelings, and these might be changing and flowing at different times; as well as soaking in other people’s feelings and sensations. For more grounding, soothing, and coping tools please see my “Presley the Pug” or “Binnie the baboon” workbooks, my therapeutic treasure box book, or my therapeutic treasure deck of grounding, soothing, regulating, and coping cards.

  1. Hand or star breathing
    A video by Dr Karen Treisman introducing a brief breathing exercise called “hand breathing”. It can be used for children and for adults.
    Watch on YouTube →
  2. Sensory, grounding, soothing, and regulating box
    A video by Dr Karen Treisman discussing how to make and create a sensory, soothing, and grounding box which supports all of one’s senses to regulate. Suitable and adaptable for children and adults.
    Watch on YouTube →
  3. Muscle tensing and releasing tool
    A video by Dr Karen Treisman introducing a brief tension releasing exercise of tensing and relaxing one’s muscles. Suitable and adaptable for children and adults.
    Watch on YouTube →
  4. Left and right body breathing
    A video by Dr Karen Treisman introducing a brief breathing exercise called “hand breathing”. It can be used for children and for adults.
    Watch on YouTube →
  5. Rhythm and butterfly breathing
    A video by Dr Karen Treisman discussing how to make and create a sensory, soothing, and grounding box which supports all of one’s senses to regulate. Suitable and adaptable for children and adults.
    Watch on YouTube →
  6. Externalising worry through worry dolls, worry plaques etc
    Watch on YouTube →
  7. Soaking in a positive moment
    A video by Dr Karen Treisman introducing how we can find a happy, feel good, and positive memory and travel back to it, anchor on to it, and soak it in- including using all of our senses. Suitable and adaptable for children and adults.
    Watch on YouTube →
  8. Every interaction is an intervention
    A video of Dr Karen Treisman explaining her quote “Every interaction is an intervention”.
    Watch on YouTube →

Other Podcasts

Other podcasts which may be of interest (not prescriptive or exhaustive; or presented in a particular order):

Other Useful Websites, Resources & Links

Some useful websites, resources, and links in the areas of trauma, toxic stress, attachment, foster care, adoption, and parenting (Not an exhaustive or prescriptive list, and not in a particular order):

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