Choosing to engage in trauma-focused work is not a small decision.
This page is here to help you pause, reflect and decide whether this approach – and this moment – are right for you.
There is no pressure to proceed.
People who have been in mental health systems for a long time are often asked to make important decisions too quickly — about diagnoses, treatments and long-term plans.
We don’t believe clarity comes from rushing decisions. It usually comes from slowing down enough to understand history, context and meaning before action.
This page is here to help you reflect, not to push you towards a particular outcome.
This is a psychospiritually informed mental health support pathway.
It is not:
Instead, it is a contained, phased approach focused on stabilisation, understanding and reconnection with inner steadiness.
The work unfolds through safety, insight and pacing – not force.
You may find this approach supportive if you recognise yourself in several of the following:
You do not need a diagnosis, a clear trauma story or a particular label to engage in this work.
This pathway is less about what happened and more about how resourced you are right now.
It is likely to be more supportive if you currently have:
Readiness is not about strength or willpower. It is about capacity and safety.
To protect your wellbeing, this pathway is not suitable at this time if:
If any of these apply, we encourage you to seek appropriate specialist or statutory support. Where possible, we can help signpost or liaise with other services.
If, after reading this page, you feel a quiet sense of recognition rather than urgency, the next step is a trauma suitability consultation.
This is a calm, exploratory conversation to:
It is not an assessment you need to “pass”, and there is no obligation to continue.
Many people who come to us are thoughtful, capable individuals who have already engaged deeply with therapy, psychiatry or personal development.
What they are often seeking is not another technique, but a different relationship with their inner experience – one grounded in safety, meaning and self-trust.
If this resonates, you are welcome to take the next step.
If not, trusting that clarity is part of good self-care.
Important information
The Trauma Stabilisation and Integration Pathway offered by The Holistic Psychiatry Clinic is a structured mental health support pathway. It is not a crisis service and is not a replacement for emergency care or statutory mental health services.
This pathway does not involve trauma exposure, memory processing, or forced revisiting of past events. Participation requires a level of stability and readiness, which is assessed through a trauma suitability consultation prior to entry.
If you are experiencing acute distress, thoughts of harming yourself or others, psychosis, or feel unsafe in your current environment, please seek urgent support through your GP, local mental health services, NHS 111, or emergency services.
This service does not provide emergency or out-of-hours crisis support.
This pathway is delivered within the clinic’s clinical governance and safeguarding framework.