Trauma Informed Practice Webinar

Trauma Informed Practice Webinar

11 October 2025

What is trauma?

We will be looking at the different ways people can be exposed to and treated to trauma and the practical ways we can best support those that have experience trauma.
This training session will look at the causes of trauma; how it is experienced in our bodies and how churches can support people who have experiences of trauma. You may find the content hard, so please look after yourselves. If you need to switch your camera off, do. There will be people who can be contacted for support during the session or afterwards.
Speaker: Rev Karen Jobson
Reverend Karen Jobson is the Chaplain for Staff Wellbeing at North West Ambulance Service. She has previously served as a chaplain in mental health hospitals and at the University of Portsmouth and was a circuit minister. A qualified counsellor, she brings both professional expertise and personal insight to her work, with a particular interest in trauma and emotional wellbeing.

This webinar was recorded, but due to the confidential and personal information shared, it will not be publicly available. Please contact the District Office (admin@sheffieldmethodist.org) in the first instance to request the link.

The PowerPoint presentation which was shared can be downloaded from this page as a PDF file.

Useful references:

Jones, S. (2009) Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World (Kindle Edition)
Kiser, C. and Heath,E. (2023) Trauma Informed Evangelism: Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers Grand Rapids: Eerdmans
Mate, G. cited in Levine, P. (2010) In and Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness. Berkley, California: North Atlantic Books
O’Donnell, K (2024) Survival: Radical Spiritual Practices for Trauma Survivors London: SCM
Rothschild, B. (2006) Help for the Helper: Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma in an Ever-Changing World (Kindle Edition)
Rothschild, B. (2000) The Pschophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment (Kindle Edition)
Van der Kolk, B. (2019) The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Kindle Edition)

Other resources

Carolyn Spring: www.carolynspring.com
Royal College of Psychiatrists: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Radio 4 programme BBC Radio 4 – Young Again, 14. Gabor Maté
Methodist Church – Support for Survivors – this includes links to the "May I?" resources