Healing from trauma
The Richards Trauma Process (TRTP™) is a three‑step process designed to help people overcome anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other trauma‑related issues. It’s a structured approach where each step builds on the last, and the process only works as powerfully when kept together. It’s flexible enough to meet each person’s individual needs.
TRTP™ is based on the idea that many mental health struggles (when not caused by illness or injury) come from past experiences that were overwhelming or distressing. Even though those events are long over, the body and mind can react as if they are still happening, leading to symptoms like anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
Research shows that trauma is stored in the unconscious mind and in the body. Because of this, TRTP™ works with deep imagination—the “language” of the unconscious—to help resolve trauma where it is held.
Trauma experts like van der Kolk and Levine say two things are needed for trauma to heal:
The person must feel empowered in relation to what happened.
The body must recognise that the event is truly over.
TRTP™ begins by addressing the deep, unconscious beliefs that keep someone stuck in unhelpful patterns. By doing this first, it helps prevent self‑sabotage during the rest of the process.
Next, TRTP™ helps remove the emotional charge from past events and guides the person into a sense of strength and safety. The nervous system calms, the trauma is placed firmly in the past, and the body shifts out of fight‑flight‑freeze. People move from “I’m not safe” to “It’s over—I’m safe now.”
As this happens, symptoms of anxiety, depression, and PTSD often fall away. TRTP™ practitioners support clients gently through this process, helping them move beyond their pain.