TITRA (Trauma-Informed Timeline Risk Assessment) is a ground-breaking tool designed to make evaluating risk in domestic abuse cases safer, smarter, and more survivor-led.
Unlike traditional statement-taking, TITRA helps survivors turn fragmented accounts into a clear, chronological timeline. It captures not only incidents but also the perpetrator’s tactics, escalation over time, and the survivor’s emotional responses. The result is a coherent “biography of abuse” that gives professionals the evidence they need to see patterns, prove intent, and make informed safeguarding decisions.
TITRA is also built on a secure system that allows survivors and professionals to attach evidence directly to points on the timeline. This creates a structured flow where each event is backed by proof, making it easier to piece the story together and present evidence clearly for police, courts, or safeguarding bodies.
Access can be easily shared with survivors, meaning they can complete TITRA independently or with a supporting professional. Once completed, the full timeline and evidence can be shared directly with police, courts, and safeguarding professionals, ensuring the right people see a clear, structured picture of the case.
Benefits for Survivors
Regains control → survivors keep a clear record of what’s been shared with authorities.
Protects against memory gaps → trauma impacts memory, making it easy to forget what’s already been disclosed. TITRA ensures nothing gets lost.
Closes defence loopholes → by providing a complete, structured account, TITRA reduces the risk of gaps being exploited in court.
Balances the scales → perpetrators are coached by their defence teams, survivors are not. TITRA gives survivors the tools to stay consistent and prepared.
Safeguards against long delays → with trials often taking up to two years, memory can fade, especially for those living in hypervigilance. TITRA preserves their account with clarity and confidence.
Consistency across systems → ensures the survivor’s explanation and overall account remain the same across police, courts, social work, safeguarding, and medical settings. This reduces the risk of details being missed or inconsistencies being used to trip them up.
Reduces re-traumatisation → by reducing how many times a survivor must retell the full story to different professionals, TITRA protects them from the harm of reliving the abuse over and over again.
Reduces risk of retraumatisation in court → prevents survivors from being re-exposed to distress when inconsistencies are used against them.
In short: TITRA helps survivors feel heard, protected, and equipped to face the system with confidence.
Streamlines risk evaluation → reduces time spent trying to piece together fragmented or inconsistent accounts by capturing the most crucial information upfront.
Provides structured clarity → turns complex, overlapping disclosures into a coherent timeline that is easy to review, present, and act upon.
Reveals hidden patterns → highlights coercive control, escalation, and intent that can otherwise be missed in isolated incidents.
Stronger evidence base → allows supporting evidence (documents, screenshots, records) to be directly attached to incidents and behaviours on the timeline, creating a case file that is clearer for police, courts, and safeguarding panels.
Consistency across agencies → ensures that the survivor’s account remains consistent when shared between police, courts, social workers, schools, and medical professionals, preventing confusion and duplication.
Trauma-informed insight → helps professionals interpret fear responses or behaviours that might appear irrational without an understanding of coercive control and trauma.
Improves outcomes → TITRA has already helped turn case dismissals into arrests and charges across multiple police forces, proving its effectiveness in practice.
TITRA is most powerful when paired with training. Professionals gain both the knowledge and the tools to evaluate risk accurately, avoid system failings, and build trust with survivors. Together, this completes the safeguarding jigsaw — saving time, strengthening evidence, and improving safety.
Organisations interested in strengthening safeguarding and improving risk identification can take part in a TITRA Safeguarding Pilot Programme.
This introduces professionals to trauma-informed timeline analysis and behavioural pattern recognition, helping teams identify risks that are often missed in traditional assessments.
If you're responsible for safeguarding, risk, or decision-making, this offers a practical way to improve outcomes across your service.
Designed for police, local authorities, healthcare, education and legal professionals.