How to heal a human - New perspectives for working with trauma

How to heal a human – New perspectives for working with the impact of trauma

Working with the impact of trauma on the body, mind and soul is deep work and many therapists are looking for ways to develop and reinvigorate both their practice and themselves. Trauma-informed practice can get lost along the way with therapists looking for ways to work both safely and dynamically with extreme emotions. Many therapists understand that there are basic needs for safety and stabilisation, but then what? This training will take your knowledge to a place of feeling confident in working with people who have been traumatised.

This training will cover theory relating to working with phenomena relating to trauma and dissociation from a non-pathologising perspective and through a decolonising lens, with the training being focused on the development of your practice.

Together we will explore new ways of working with difficult presentations using a range of approaches including somatic experiencing, narrative therapy and creative methods. Through a combination of presentations, group work, specialist case supervision and live demonstrations it is hoped that you will feel re-inspired in this work.

Outline for the (online) day

• 9.30 Gather
• 10.00 Introductions and planning for the day – you are invited to bring aspects of your work, questions etc to be included in the day.
• 10.45 – 11.00 Break
• 11.00 – 12.30 What is Trauma Informed Practice and have we lost our way?
• Decolonising trauma work – Historical trauma and soul wounding
• 12.30 – 13.15 Lunch
• 13.15 – 14.30 Beyond empathy – working at relational depth with extreme presentations including suicidality and self-harm.
• 14.30 – 14.45 Break
• 14.45 – 17.00 Hope - An Introduction to Narrative Therapy as a resourcing strategy.
• 17.00-17.45 Coming together again.
• 17.45 Close

I am an integrative psychotherapist and am comfortable speaking to most modalities. Approaches from across the therapeutic theoretical landscape will be offered and considered including person-centred, psychodynamic, psychoanalytical and neurobiological.

This training is for counsellors and psychotherapists in the latter stages of training, newly qualified, or in practice. If you are from another profession and are interested in joining this offering please can you contact me first to discuss: abigail@cumbriaspsychotherapy.com

Numbers are limited and you will need to register in advance to secure your place.

Please see my website for further information and upcoming training days https://sites.google.com/cumbriapsychotherapy.com/cumbriapsychotherapy/home

You can also visit my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cumbriapsychotherapy/

Through a combination of presentation, group work, specialist case supervision and live demonstrations it is hoped that you will feel re-inspired in your work.

This is a one-day online course - additional days are being offered, live, in both the Lake District on 7th December 2024 and in Edinburgh on 14th December 2024 where there will be space to develop creative expression and build on the themes from the online day, however, numbers will be limited to 25 on these days.

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