Research, releases and media resources for TRTP

This page provides media-ready resources relating to The Richards Trauma Process (TRTP), including research summaries, press materials, downloadable assets, and contact details.

TRTP is best understood as being on a practice-first evidence pathway. It was developed and delivered in practice before entering formal research. The current evidence base includes earlier practice-based outcomes reporting and a later feasibility study, described in the manuscript as the first formal research into TRTP. That pilot study reported promising early findings and concluded that larger controlled trials are warranted, while also making clear that the design does not establish causation.

Media enquiries:

Blair Chinnery

General Manager

blair@trtptherapy.com

Downloads:

• Feasibility Study Article
• Outcomes Report

• TRTP is a psychotherapy developed on a practice-first pathway
• TRTP had been protocolised and delivered in the community before formal research began
• The feasibility article is the first formal TRTP study
• The pilot used a before-after single-arm feasibility design with no control group
• In that pilot, 23 of 40 new adult clients were recruited and 20 of 23 completed 1-month follow-up
• 18 of 20 treatment completers showed clinically meaningful improvement, with no clinically meaningful deterioration in paired data
• The article states that the findings are promising but do not constitute evidence of a causal relationship
• A future larger randomised controlled trial is warranted according to the manuscript

The first formal TRTP study explored whether the therapy could be studied credibly in a community setting, whether participants could be recruited and retained, whether data collection was workable, and whether the early findings were promising enough to justify larger research. The study found that recruitment, retention, and data collection were feasible, and that the intervention appeared acceptable and safe in this pilot sample.

Key pilot figures

• 23 of 40 new adult clients were eligible, consented, and commenced TRTP
• 20 of 23 completed therapy and 1-month follow-up
• Participants who completed therapy averaged 3.2 sessions and about 6.1 hours of therapy
• 11 of 15 feasibility criteria were met
• 18 of 20 treatment completers showed clinically meaningful improvement
• No clinically meaningful deterioration was observed in paired outcome data

Important limitation

Because the study had no control group, it does not establish that TRTP caused the observed improvements. The manuscript explicitly states this.

Before formal feasibility research was completed, TRTP had already generated earlier practice-based outcomes reporting. The later feasibility article references an earlier unpublished audit of 715 clients treated by 28 therapists, supporting the view that TRTP had already moved beyond anecdotal use and into broader observational outcomes tracking before entering formal study.

Use:

• “early formal research”
• “feasibility study”
• “promising early findings”
• “practice-first evidence pathway”
• “initial indications”
• “acceptable and safe in this feasibility sample”
• “larger controlled trials are needed”

Avoid:

• “proven effective”
• “clinically proven”
• “scientifically proven”
• “evidence complete”
• “TRTP was shown to cause the improvements”