Developing Your Trauma Toolkit – 12th & 13th November 2022
IACP CPD Approved: 12 hours
This 2 day workshop introduces the central principles of trauma-informed practice & helps therapists develop confidence in working with clients’ trauma. Combining current trauma research, experiential exercises, skills practice & taking a somatic approach, it explores some of trauma’s neurological aspects, develops familiarity with interventions that address these aspects & help in trauma work and aids the practitioner in developing their trauma toolkit.
Course Content: The two days will incorporate two models of trauma to explore:
- Key components, sources & symptoms of psychological trauma;
- The 3 phase approach to working with trauma and the therapist’s role in each;
- The importance of regulation and how to use it in therapy;
- Fight/Flight/Freeze responses;
- Some dynamics of attachment/developmental trauma;
- Trauma’s brain-body link & the relevance of using the body in working with it;
- Introduction to polyvagal theory;
- The importance of the therapeutic relationship using a polyvagal lens;
- Some stage-specific practical skills and interventions to:
- Help clients learn to regulate
- Bring a client back from a hypo/hyperaroused state using trauma-safe adjustments
- Help clients identify their feelings and behaviours
- Start to process traumatic memories using the body
- Help clients develop resources, re-orientate to & appreciate their strengths;
- Begin to integrate their experiences and make meaning of their trauma.
Dates & Times: 12th & 13th November, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: Online via Zoom™ (places are limited)
Delivery: A mix of presentation, facilitator-led fishbowls and experiential exercises. Breakout rooms will be used for skills practice. Full handouts will be provided
Cost & Booking: €220 via www.therapyacademy.ie
Log into/create your Therapy Academy account on www.therapyacademy.ie and then either follow this link: www.therapyacademy.ie/webinar or click on 'Webinars/All webinars' and scroll to locate the workshop 'Developing Your Trauma Toolkit.
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More Information: Please contact: traumainsights@gmail.com
Facilitator: Patricia Allen-Garrett, BSc (Hons) Psychology, MSc Counselling &Psychotherapy, Dip Counselling & Psychotherapy, MIAHIP, ECP
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