MEET THE FOUNDER & CEO

Rachel Fairhurst

Rachel Fairhurst is recognised as a leading specialist and visionary in the field of complex trauma and PTSD recovery. Her work is grounded in both clinical expertise and lived experience - having not only survived C-PTSD but fully reclaimed her life from its impact. Rachel brings fierce belief in the strength of the human spirit and a bold commitment to redefining what true trauma recovery looks like.

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About Rachel

As CEO of the Trauma Regulation Board (TRB), Rachel is driving the creation of the UK’s first statutory regulatory body for trauma practice, embedding enforceable standards across health, social care, education, and justice. She is also the developer of the TRIM framework (Trauma-Informed Regulation and Integration Mapping), a groundbreaking model linking trauma history, neurobiology, and behaviour that is being piloted in both clinical and forensic contexts.

Rachel is co-author of the forthcoming Routledge book Trauma-Informed Social Work: Changing the Landscape (2025) and leads ongoing research into perpetrator behaviour as trauma-driven adaptation through her MSc in Clinical Psychiatry and doctoral studies. She also designs and delivers accredited trauma training mapped to the tri-phasic treatment model.

Her work is animated by a fierce belief in the strength of the human spirit and a bold commitment to redefining what trauma recovery should mean — not simply symptom management, but measurable, regulated, and lived safety.

Rachel Fairhurst is a leading specialist in complex trauma and PTSD recovery, known for achieving transformational outcomes in cases previously considered “unrecoverable.” Her approach integrates clinical expertise, cutting-edge trauma science, and lived experience, enabling individuals and families to reclaim stability even in the most complex circumstances.

She has worked globally across psychiatric units, high-complexity mental health services, and family systems, and is trusted by social services, the Royal Navy, local authorities, and family court judges. Her outcomes consistently exceed those achieved in statutory services, particularly with individuals facing challenges such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), psychosis, and complex PTSD (C-PTSD).

Alongside clinical practice, Rachel has raised national awareness of trauma through contributions to newspapers, conferences, and public campaigns. She is now developing a specialist organisation to expand access through tailored therapeutic programmes and formal referral pathways for public sector partners.

Don't worry, if I can do it, so can you!!

The Neuroscience of Silence

Rachel Speaking at a conference in Stormont house

in Northern Ireland, organised by Split the

Difference, a Human rights based organisation

promoting equality in services for boys and men.

The Question of the day was... Why do men not

access services?

Rachel created ITS, her previous company, in response to the dire lack of effective services for Trauma and PTSD and has never wavered in her belief that it is a basic human right to access services which offer effective and solution-focused, sustainable outcomes. From this her vision has evolved and the Trauma Regulation Board has been created.

Rachel took part in a National Campaign in Support of Men and Boys

Rachel created ITS in response to the dire lack of effective services for Trauma and PTSD and has never wavered in her belief that it is a basic human right to access services which offer effective and solution focused, sustainable outcomes.

Rachel took part in a national campaign in support of men and boys

The Final Frontier of Psychiatry

Clinical Innovation Rooted in Global Insight

Rachel Fairhurst has studied extensively and developed her own integrated frameworks for working with complex trauma and PTSD—anchored in both national and international best practice guidelines. Refusing to be limited by a single school of thought, she has blended neuroscience with traditional, spiritual, and indigenous approaches. This cross-disciplinary fusion breaks from the limitations of conventional therapy, creating inclusive, accessible systems of recovery that meet people where they are. Rachel’s work defies rigidity and embraces a trauma-responsive model that honours the full spectrum of human healing.

PHD Mental health & Criminology (current), MSc Clinical Psychiatry , PG Dip, Psychotraumatology and PTSD /EMDR Therapist /Image Re-scripting Re-processing Therapy (IRRT) / Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) / Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PET) / Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) / Skills Training of Affect & Interpersonal Relationships (STAIR) / Clinical Hypnotherapy / NLP / Equine Facilitated Therapy & Learning (EFTL) / Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) / Course designer & author.

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