Positivum – a guide forward after trauma

Melbourne. An enormous amount of research, team work and knowledge sharing was celebrated on Wednesday, 31 January, when IPAR welcomed Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Dr Peter Cotton, Monash University and our customers to the official launch of IPAR’s Positivum – a guide forward after trauma.

Exposure to trauma can affect anyone, at any time. Reactions are complex and disorientating, and can have a huge impact on a person’s life and that of their family, friends and colleagues.

People who have been exposed to trauma need specific care and support to stay at, or return to work. Positivum – a guide forward after trauma aims to do just that. The tailored post trauma Positivum assessment identifies areas of need and the subsequent health coaching program addresses them.

It takes a team to raise a product! We would like to extend many thanks to Associate Professors Darryl Wade and Andrea Phelps from Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, Dr Peter Cotton, our research partners at Monash University, in particular Dr Dianne Sheppard, The Behavioural Insights Team, our design team at MOO, and of course, thanks and congratulations to the IPAR team, Dorothy Frost, Rachel Stanislaus, Louise Pitcher and Georgina Lamb.

We are now looking forward to rolling this program out across Australia and helping the many people affected by trauma. If you’d like to learn more, please link in with Louise Pitcher or Georgina Lamb.