Trauma Informed Practices

How Trauma-Informed Interviewing Improves Hiring Decisions and Candidate Experience

How Trauma-Informed Interviewing Improves Hiring Decisions and Candidate Experience

Published on: August 6, 2026
By: Dorothy Dalton

Interview Anxiety Is Costing You Great Talent: Why Trauma-Informed Interviewing Leads to Better Hiring Trauma-informed practice has been developed in clinical and social service sectors and is built on the Read more...

The Allostatic Load  - A Quiet Systemic Crisis

The Allostatic Load - A Quiet Systemic Crisis

Published on: March 26, 2026
By: Dorothy Dalton

How allostatic load, the weight we don’t put down, converges into a quiet systemic crisis. Our bodies are always on call,  negotiating every stressor, a looming deadline, a sleepless night, Read more...

Why Career Coaches Need Trauma-Reflective Listening Skills

Why Career Coaches Need Trauma-Reflective Listening Skills

Published on: July 1, 2025
By: Dorothy Dalton

Some years ago I became very aware of the fragility of the people I was dealing with, whether as coaching clients, in training workshops and with candidates. The emotional temperature Read more...

Workplace Necessity: Trauma-Reflective Listening

Workplace Necessity: Trauma-Reflective Listening

Published on: June 26, 2025
By: Dorothy Dalton

What are trauma reflective listening skills and how do you learn them? You probably don’t even know what trauma reflective listening skills are and can’t identify them or know how Read more...

Trauma Informed Practices for Workplace Abuse

Trauma Informed Practices for Workplace Abuse

Published on: April 10, 2025
By: Dorothy Dalton

As an early pioneer for training in bullying and harassment, I know that most organisations are reluctant to disclose their internal data around complaints for these and other abusive workplace Read more...