Two Day Workshop in Understanding & Working Safely with Trauma

Introduction

Before mental health practitioners can work in depth with a client’s trauma they need an understanding of both what trauma is and how to engage with it safely before embarking on in-depth work. This two day workshop will look at those initial requirements – knowledge of the dynamics of trauma and establishing safety.

Course Content

• Understand the key components of psychological trauma;
• Be able to identify the many sources of trauma;
• Know the difference between developmental trauma and traumatic injury;
• Recognise the many symptoms of trauma;
• Have a good understanding of the physiology of the brain and its role in trauma;
• Understand the reaction of trauma clients;
• Recognise the body’s role in trauma and learn how the body tries to work through trauma and use some basic body-orientated techniques to help the body do this safely
• Have a good understanding of the immediate & long term effects of PTSD;
• Be introduced to why talking therapies may not help in this initial stage of trauma work;
• Start to work with establishing safety through resourcing & boundary setting.
• Understand the concept of the ‘window of tolerance’ and its importance;
• Understand the “three trauma types” of clients and the implications for therapy and be introduced to three safety protocols and given the opportunity to work with them;
• Be able to identify symptoms of autonomic nervous system arousal and learn how to separate physical from emotional arousal in order to establish safety;

Online Classroom Delivery

Our online classes are run as tutorials, that involve students and their lecturer logging into our online portal Zoom™ simultaneously.

Zoom™ provides and integrative online environment for students and Lecturers to interact and engage in the learning. This platform facilitates discussion polls, sharing of slides, videos resources and much, much more.

To foster more intimate learning environments the use of breakout rooms is also implemented, allowing for the safe and experiential triadic learning practice that we have found so successful.

All of our sessions are accessible through computer and mobile devices and we have a structured and robust technology department to support all faculty and students through their online learning journey. To encourage flexibility, and ss best practice, we also record all our sessions, these are made accessible only to the students in that class to review content whenever is convenient to them!