Creating a safer environment for trauma informed user researchers  

Through pro bono legal work,  support work, suicide intervention, and trauma informed design, I have been exposed to a high level of the traumatic lived experiences of others.

Surprisingly across  organisations,  if effective psychological support was available, it was not openly talked about and only accessible, after a significant negative psychological event. 

So, I created a simple plan to implement this support from day 1,  looking at how to proactively maintain wellbeing and have a plan in place before a negative psychological event takes place.

This section also includes some different ways to protect ourselves and others from being triggered and vicarious  trauma.

Making safety number one priority for all.