Introducing the ITIM (Indicative Trauma Impact Manual)

By Dr. Jessica Taylor and Jaimi Shrive

The ITIM is the world’s first completely trauma-informed manual of its kind!

The ITIM (Indicative Trauma Impact Manual) is the world’s first completely trauma-informed manual of its kind, designed to indicate, respond to, and understand every kind of human trauma and emotion. Building on decades of research, case studies, and evidence published by practitioners, academics, and scholars in the field, the ITIM equips progressive professionals with evidence-based, anti-oppressive, anti-blaming and non-diagnostic information about a wide range of human emotion, thought, and behaviour. 

Building on the quickly growing consensus that trauma-informed, anti-oppressive practice is vital to the way we understand society, ourselves, and our clients; this book provides the first comprehensive alternative to diagnostic manuals.

The manual describes, explains, and explores everything from nightmares to self-harming in an A-Z of emotions, thoughts and behaviours that are common in traumatised and distressed people. This edition also includes diagrams, theories, tools, and peer reviewed evidence throughout.

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The UN and WHO call for 'significant shift away from biomedical model of mental health'

On the 9th October 2023, The World Health Organisation and United Nations collaboratively published their new practical guidelines to move away from the biomedical model of mental health, and instead, focus on the social determinants, oppression, poverty, abuse, violence, and other contextual factors that caused trauma and distress in humans.

To learn more we recommend you read the full document availble below. 

Mental health, human rights and legislation: Guidance and practice

World Health Organisation and United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

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Introducing the ITIM (Indicative Trauma Impact Manual)

The ITIM is the world’s first completely trauma-informed manual of its kind!

The ITIM (Indicative Trauma Impact Manual) is the world’s first completely trauma-informed manual of its kind, designed to indicate, respond to, and understand every kind of human trauma and emotion. Building on decades of research, case studies, and evidence published by practitioners, academics, and scholars in the field, the ITIM equips progressive professionals with evidence-based, anti-oppressive, anti-blaming and non-diagnostic information about a wide range of human emotion, thought, and behaviour. 

Building on the quickly growing consensus that trauma-informed, anti-oppressive practice is vital to the way we understand society, ourselves, and our clients; this book provides the first comprehensive alternative to diagnostic manuals.

The manual describes, explains, and explores everything from nightmares to self-harming in an A-Z of emotions, thoughts and behaviours that are common in traumatised and distressed people. This edition also includes diagrams, theories, tools, and peer reviewed evidence throughout.

Click below to learn more about ITIM and buy your copy

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Read more about what people are saying about the Indicative Trauma Impact Manual

"With trauma too often overlooked and subsequently misdiagnosed, this manual provides much needed clarity on the ways in which trauma impacts the individual."

"Dr. Jessica Taylor's newest book is a game-changer in the field of mental health. As an alternative for the standard DSM, it offers a fresh perspective on the way we diagnose and treat mental health issues. 

Her revolutionary ideas stem from a new school of thought that is fighting against the pathologization of mental health. With her expertise and knowledge, Dr. Taylor has become a leader in this movement. 

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in mental health, psychology, or simply looking for a new perspective on these topics. It is a must-read for anyone seeking to broaden their understanding of mental health issues and how we can approach them in a more meaningful way. 

Overall, Dr. Taylor's book is a refreshing change from the standard approach to mental health, and I am excited to see where her ideas take us in the future."

"An incredible step forward for trauma informed practitioners. The authors are high achieving academics with a vast amount of experience working directly supporting with people who have experienced trauma.

I hope mental health practitioners feel brave enough to explore these ideas, finally adopt approaches that are holistic, and take into account the social, political and cultural impacts upon the distress people experience."

"Having studied Psychology and working in the field of healthcare and education, I’ve long since known that commonly used theories and models of mental illness minimise and ignore so many factors and lead people to stigma, exclusion and harmful pathologisation.

We have needed ITIM for an incredibly long time and here it is. As soon as I picked it up to read I felt an incredible exhale.

Trauma informed approach is so desperately needed in society to prevent barriers to employment, adoption, education, housing and so much more. 

Thank you for your hard work and determination to create systemic change for all in creating this book."

"Finally, a resource that is accessible, that blows open the argument that struggles with mental health are a problem located in the brain of the individual rather than an understandable and normal reaction to life events, trauma and stress.

No doubt this work will feel challenging to some in a sector that is dominated by the medical model, where the evidence base is taken as fact rather than theory.

Drawing on systemic ideas to understand our lived experience, this is a well researched and hopeful resource.

It promotes understanding, compassion and validation rather than labels and limited ‘treatment’ options that are the current standard response.

The ITIM offers a vision for a more relational, creative, non-blaming and just approach to working with traumatised people and systems."

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ANTI-PATHOLOGISING TRAUMA-INFORMED

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The APTI Directory of Practitioner

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