Understanding Your Window of Tolerance

Understanding Your Window of Tolerance: A Resource on Stress, Trauma & Resilience has been designed for men who have been to prison and are working in peer support roles. This resource is not about therapy or training men to be counsellors to their peers, but a way to share health information about stress, trauma and resilience. When we have a more accurate understanding of our own situation, past and present, we can make better decisions for ourselves. Increased self-awareness supports great self-compassion, which in turn supports positive change. Understanding the impact of traumatic stress and the ways people cope with it can help us better understand where other people are coming from.

How to Use This Resource:

The resource content is designed to be delivered through a three-hour training workshop. This training can be incorporated into peers’ preliminary training or be incorporated as supplemental training. ‘Understanding Your Window of Tolerance’ is a literacy resource focused on sharing health information but we recognize the topic of trauma can be challenging even in this context. To ensure the safety of participants, the ‘Understanding Your Window of Tolerance’ training workshop should be presented by someone who has graduate-level training in counselling psychology or social work.