The Trauma
Regulation
Board
The first independent regulator for trauma-informed practice,
Safeguarding public trust. Enforcing practitioner standards. Closing the gap where harm happens.
We accredit practitioners, set professional standards, and investigate misconduct to protect the public.
91% of solicitors, 98% of police, 93% of social workers are not trauma-informed.
Solicitors. Police. Social workers. Even therapists. Every day, people are re-traumatised by those meant to protect them.
Unresolved trauma drives systemic failure.
92% of women in prison are survivors of abuse.
Children with four or more ACEs lose 20 years of life expectancy.
70% of adults experience trauma in their lifetime
20 years shorter life expectancy for children with 4+ ACEs
£30 billion cost to the UK annually from untreated trauma
Yet NICE still recommends CBT alone — an intervention that does not work for complex trauma. This gap cannot continue
We investigate harmful practitioners
Building a community of experts
Setting standards of practice
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Practitioner or an Organisation
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Trauma Regulation Board:
Raising Standards in Operations and Service Delivery
Why This Matters
Trauma-informed practice without regulation fails. Current NICE guidelines still recommend CBT as the default, yet research shows CBT alone does not meet the needs of people with complex trauma. Medication is often used to suppress symptoms instead of resolving causes. The result? Survivors left retraumatised, families destabilised, and public systems overwhelmed.
80% of those diagnosed with BPD report histories of severe trauma.
Trauma is present in over 60% of those diagnosed with psychosis or schizophrenia.
Up to 90% of young offenders have lived through multiple adverse childhood experiences.
Untreated trauma costs the UK over £30 billion annually.
The tri-phasic model provides the framework that services lack: It is not solely for therapeutic use it is a structural integration at all levels. The TRB is the only body embedding this evidence-based model into standards. With TRB accreditation, safety is not aspirational — it is regulated, measurable, and lived.
Trauma-informed practice cannot exist in isolation; it must be embedded both system level, and frontline level.
Standards at every level
TRB regulates both the systemic framework and the clinical delivery. At the system level, we enforce governance, oversight, accountability, and policy compliance. At the frontline, we require trauma screening, evidence-based stabilisation, and recovery-focused care that prevents re-traumatisation. All standards are benchmarked against the tri-phasic model of trauma treatment — ensuring services move safely from stabilisation, through processing, into reintegration. This makes safety not aspirational, but regulated, measurable, and lived.
Rachel Speaking for Men and Boys in Belfast
Trauma services often exclude men & boys..
We need to have a better understanding of trauma and its impact on men and boys. 50% of the population is not receiving services because they are not women. I believe in equality, and I believe they have a right to recover
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