Trauma-informed practice

Learn about why trauma-informed practice - and understanding the human responses that we all experience - is a core competency for barristers, clerks and staff.

What do we actually mean when we say “trauma”? How does it relate to the everyday pressures of legal life? And how might we notice it? This video reframes trauma as something that we all encounter - not just something clients bring into the room.

Camilla is joined by Dr. Sasha Ondobaka, Neuroscientist, Somatic Coach and Trauma Informed Law team member. Together they give us an insight into key differences between how stress and distress impact our neurobiology and how this relates to our work as barristers and clerks.

Distress, trauma and overwhelm are in the room more often than we realise. Rebecca is joined by Prof. Raheena Lalani Dahya, Lawyer, Trauma-Informed Mediator and Professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution with particular expertise in trauma-informed practice. Together they explore the human undercurrents beneath legal issues across all practice areas.

Rebecca and Camilla explore our duties of care in relation to clerks, staff and pupils. In particular, they look at how trauma-informed practice reduces conflict and helps build psychologically and physiologically safe working environments that contribute to sustainable and successful careers.