Worksheet
10 Trauma-Informed Questions to Uncover the Root of Addiction
Addiction is rarely just about substances. These questions will help you find the source.
A growing library of clinician-ready downloads built by trauma trainers, for trauma trainers. Worksheets, checklists, ebooks, infographics, and toolkits across EMDR, IFS, Polyvagal, Somatic, and beyond. Every resource is free, every resource is built to use in session, and every resource is designed to support your work with real clients in real settings.
Worksheet
Addiction is rarely just about substances. These questions will help you find the source.
Guide
Ten practical strategies for weaving a client's companion animal into EMDR across all eight phases, covering resourcing, polyvagal co-regulation, interweaves, bilateral stimulation, pet loss, and at-home stabilization.
Infographic
A four-step framework — psychoeducation, assessment, shared language, and grounding practice — for working with dorsal dissociation in trauma clients.
Infographic
A one-page neurobiology cheat sheet illustrating the trauma-addiction loop and the three brain systems at play: reward (dopamine), threat (amygdala), and regulation (vagus nerve and prefrontal cortex).
Worksheet
A therapist-friendly template for mapping three generations of family history with an icon legend and reflection prompts to spot patterns, surface resilience, and invite healing.
Checklist
Pre-treatment clinical checklist covering exclusion criteria, relational stability, individual readiness, autonomic blueprint, and resourcing status.
Guide
A Phase 2 preparation tool based on Porges's concept of neuroception, guiding clients to build a safety menu across exteroception, proprioception, and interoception.
Worksheet
One-page planner for anchoring sessions with complex or high-risk clients in a single, realistic DBT focus at a time.
Checklist
A five-stage checklist for identifying, activating, integrating, and using a client's Resourced Part in EMDR, with concrete prompts and a reflection tracker.
Worksheet
Three therapist-friendly grounding practices, orienting, color tracing, and warm light wrap, for gently working with dissociation in session.
Worksheet
Three therapist-friendly grounding practices, orienting, color tracing, and warm light wrap, for gently working with dissociation in session.
Guide
A 3-page session-ready reference for trauma therapists: the 9 tapping points and locations, set-up statement structure with clinical examples, and a decision guide for self-regulation vs. processing mode.
Worksheet
AIP-based case map for identifying feeder networks and selecting targets when memories are vague or clients describe a "good childhood.
Checklist
Phase 1 & 2 readiness assessment for autistic and ADHD clients, with exclusion screening, presentation profile, and clinical decision framework.
Checklist
A safety-forward 5-section checklist for trauma therapists evaluating EMDR readiness with ED and DE clients. Companion to Susan Yuen's live training.
Checklist
A 9-item clinician checklist for deciding whether a client is ready to move into EMDR reprocessing with confidence.
Worksheet
A 5-step IFS-informed process for meeting parts that block EMDR reprocessing, with therapist-client dialogue examples. Includes a bonus page: Crystal Hines's top 5 ways of enhancing Self-energy.
Worksheet
A quick 6-question self-assessment for clinicians considering EMDR certification, with tailored recommendations based on your answers.
Worksheet
A three-step somatic exercise for helping clients build the capacity to notice and name comfortable internal sensations using a sensation word sheet.
Worksheet
A self-examination worksheet for identifying where dominant-culture defaults show up in intake, treatment planning, and referrals — with a commitment framework for change.
Guide
Clinical guidance on using parts-language with OCD clients, framing OCD as something the self is experiencing rather than an "OCD self."
Guide
A 5-level preparation hierarchy for right-sizing EMDR to client capacity when working with complex PTSD and dissociation.
Guide
A child-friendly polyvagal ladder using Playful Puppy, Alert Meerkat, and Turtle in its Shell, with age-tiered scripts for therapists and parents (ages 4-7 and 8-12).
Guide
A two-page clinician reference covering polyvagal states in couples, six interventions (state mapping, co-regulation pause, micro-repair scripts), and therapist self-regulation reminders.
Guide
A clinician reference sheet for adapting EMDR protocols across complicated, traumatic, ambiguous, disenfranchised, and blocked grief, with presentation-specific language and pro tips.
Guide
A psychoeducational guide introducing spiritual trauma, its common sources (abuse by religious leaders, toxic teachings, conversion therapy, spiritual bypassing), ten signs, and effects on sense of self, relationships, mental health, and spiritual beliefs.
Guide
Map where your client sits across the anger, depression, and shame clusters — and what that means for target selection and the 8 phases.
Infographic
A one-page visual spectrum mapping dissociation from integrated (zoning out, high concentration) through PTSD, C-PTSD, and depersonalization/derealization to fragmented (DID), with therapist guidance on pacing interventions.
Guide
A plain-language overview of EMDR therapy, the 8 phases, and the path to becoming a certified EMDR therapist. Built for clinicians considering training.
Checklist
A self-reflection guide for ethical, meaningful integration of spirituality in therapy, with pre-session, in-session, and post-session prompts.
Toolkit
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A 20-page clinician toolkit covering the three phases of trauma therapy, dissociation screening, somatic body scan, breathwork, vagus nerve toning, parts work, and coregulation.
Worksheet
A four-section self-audit (foundational beliefs, language, treatment approach, reflection) for clinicians wanting to align their eating disorder work with trauma-informed principles.
Ebook
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A 20-page reflection workbook for trauma therapists, purpose prompts, self-care assessment, PTG reflection, vicarious trauma boundaries, goal-setting, and progress tracking.
Guide
Three accessible yoga practices, legs up the wall, one breath one movement, somatic body scan, plus principles for practicing safely with a trauma history.
Guide
A plain-language intro to Polyvagal Theory. The vagus nerve, neuroception, the three autonomic pathways, and practical ways to tone vagal flexibility.
Worksheet
Five vagus nerve activation techniques — diaphragmatic breathing, audible sighs, humming, cold exposure, gargling — for calming the stress response.
Guide
Overview of the EMDRIA Consultant role, eligibility requirements, step-by-step pathway, and practical tips for practitioners pursuing consultant status.