Fact sheets

Belonging supports the body in ways that go beyond words or intention. Someone can be surrounded by people and still not feel that they belong. For healing to occur, it is not just connection that matters but safe, consistent experiences of belonging.

Many therapists describe their practice as “trauma-informed”. However, supporting people living with complex trauma or dissociation often requires specialist training and experience.

This fact sheet provides clear, evidence-based information about Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and can support a better understanding of DID.

Many people who were sexually abused as children do not tell anyone about their abuse until they are adults. Some people never tell anyone. This fact sheet helps you better understand disclosure.

After you disclose childhood sexual abuse, you may experience many different emotions. This fact sheet provides some information for support.

If you are supporting an adult who has disclosed childhood sexual abuse, you may be shocked, sad or feel helpless. This resource provides some ways to support the person.

This fact sheet describes memory and the process of how memory works. It focusses on implicit memory, one of the two main types of memory.

This fact sheet explores the impact of trauma on memory, including the impact that betrayal in relationships has - especially in close relationships.

This fact sheet explores the myths around recovered memories or delayed recall. It describes a range of circumstances in which it occurs, not only related to extreme child abuse.

This fact sheet explores the two main types of memory, how memory is stored and how it is retrieved.

This fact sheet outlines the two main types of memory - explicit memory and implicit memory.

Many survivors experience degrees of amnesia for their trauma and some recover memories of their trauma years later.