Complex trauma: the Tavistock model. A phase based multi-modal service held within a psychoanalytic frame

In this paper I hope to offer an understanding of the different kinds of complex trauma presentations we see in the Tavistock Trauma Service and will use amalgated clinical examples to illustrate these. We work in a trauma-informed manner using a phase-based approach of stabilisation and safety, trauma processing, and reintegration and reconnection. All of this is held within a psychoanalytic frame.