HANDOUTS

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

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

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

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

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

Reflect on triggers and plan healthier responses during conflict.

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

Recognize relational behaviors that signal disconnection and repair needs.

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.

Create a clear plan for pausing conflict and reconnecting safely.

Clarify values, motivations, and what keeps you centered.

Define warning signs, escape behaviors, and recovery behaviors.

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

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