Developing Your Trauma Toolkit – 12th & 13th November 2022 IACP CPD approved: 12 hours
Cost: IACP members can avail of a 10% discounted rate of €199 by logging into your iacp.ie account, going to the ‘online CPD’ in the members’ area and scrolling to locate the workshop in the IACP members area on Therapy Academy Link: https://therapyacademy.ie/iacp/details/1108
This two-day interactive, theoretical & practical workshop will introduce the central principles of trauma-informed practice & help therapists & mental health practitioners develop confidence in working with clients’ trauma.
Combining current trauma research, experiential exercises, skills practice & using a somatic approach, it will explore some of trauma’s neurophysiological aspects, develop familiarity with interventions that address these aspects and aid 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 three stage 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 trauma;
· Trauma’s brain-body link & relevance of using the body in working with it;
· The importance of the therapeutic relationship using a polyvagal lens
· Some stage-specific practical skills and interventions to:
o Help clients learn to regulate
o Bring a client back from a hypo/hyperaroused state using trauma-safe adjustments
o Help clients identify their feelings and behaviours
o Start to process traumatic memories using the body
o Help clients develop resources, re-orientate to & appreciate their strengths;
o 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: IACP members can avail of a 10% discounted rate of €199 by logging into your iacp.ie account, going to the ‘online CPD’ in the members’ area and scrolling to locate the workshop in the IACP members area on Therapy Academy Link: https://therapyacademy.ie/iacp/details/1108
More Information: Please contact: traumainsights@gmail.com
Facilitator: Patricia Allen-Garrett, BSc (Hons) Psychology, MSc Counselling &
Psychotherapy, Dip Counselling & Psychotherapy (MIAHIP, ECP) www.patriciaallengarrett.ie
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