Frontline health and social care workers often encounter people who have experienced significant trauma throughout their lives. In this session SVRU project manager and psychotherapist Kirsty Giles introduces the concept of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the impact they can have on individuals. She also looks at some of the tools which can be used by those working in the field to help both others and themselves. The session was originally recorded by Kirsty for the 2020 Royal College of Emergency Medicine FASSGEM conference.