HANDOUTS

A visual overview of how trauma responses perpetuate cycles of pain.

A step-by-step guide to expressing limits clearly and compassionately.

Learn practical ways to respond with empathy, accountability, and safety.

Understand how trauma responses shape emotions, needs, and behaviors.

Separate fear-based assumptions from facts and recenter in reality.

Separate fear-based assumptions from facts and recenter in reality.

Identify what led to a relapse or trauma response so meaningful change can occur.

Clarify your limits and identify concrete responses that support safety, connection, and accountability.

An introduction to the Connected Recovery model and its core principles of safety, connection, and accountability.

Reflect on triggers and plan healthier responses during conflict.

A guided exercise for mapping sexual experiences and patterns over time.

A visual framework for understanding relapse risk and protective factors.

Recognize relational behaviors that signal disconnection and repair needs.

Map significant life events to better understand patterns, trauma, and growth.

Identify personal escape behaviors, triggers, and long-term consequences.

A visual overview of how trauma responses and escape behaviors reinforce each other.

A guided worksheet to help repair harm, restore integrity, and rebuild connection after relapse or relational rupture.

Create a clear plan for pausing conflict and reconnecting safely.

Understand safety-seeking trauma responses and boundary-based protection.

Clarify values, motivations, and what keeps you centered.

Define warning signs, escape behaviors, and recovery behaviors.

A visual reference for understanding emotional, relational, and survival needs.

A tool for identifying and naming emotions to better understand underlying needs.

A structured guide for daily, weekly, and relapse-related check-ins that support honesty and connection.

Unpack shame messages and replace them with healthier truths.