Working with Trauma

Trauma inevitably presents itself in the therapy room. Whether your client has experienced past traumas or is going through a current traumatic situation, this course will enhance your skills for working appropriately with your adult clients.

• Did your initial therapy training teach enough depth for working safely with trauma?

• Are you up to date with contemporary research and the developments to long held methodologies in working with trauma presentations?

• How do you interpret and incorporate the neuroscience?

• Do you worry about what to do if or when your client discloses something exceptionally horrific that they experienced or witnessed?

• When and how should therapy shift to crisis management?

• Are you aware of your own limitations in moments of need to ensure you confidently and ethically offer your client appropriate support?

• How safe can you keep yourself in the work?

Part theory part experiential, this training will allow for case examples, debate, discussion and Q&A around ever developing methods and tools for working with trauma. Key exercises across the course will offer practical skills for the safety and regulation of both therapists and clients.

This is a 33-hour trauma training for qualified counsellors and psychotherapists across three weekends. Holding a counselling or psychotherapy qualification is a pre-requisite for this course.

Dates:
Sat & Sun 12th/13th October 2024
Sat & Sun 9th/10th November 2024
Sat & Sun 7th/8th December 2024

Time: 10am to 4:30pm

Location: Basingstoke Counselling Service

Cost:  £759 early bird rate if booked by 30th June 2024
£875 thereafter

Payment by instalments can be arranged; please email events@basingstokecounselling.org.uk for more information.

A limited number of places are available on this course; therefore, early application is advised.

The training will cover and explore:

• What is Trauma? - definitions & concepts (PTS, PTSD, C-PTSD, ASD, DID, BPD, Traumatic Grief)

• Common responses to traumatic events - natural recovery and recognising need

• Strategies towards mitigation of ‘disorder’ - inc. psychoeducation for clients, ‘Do no Harm’, trauma informed assessment for any client

• Therapist Role - managing risk, capacity, ‘witness’ tolerance, resources, pace, boundaries, vicarious trauma, self-regulation and requirements beyond self-care

• History and synergy of ways of working, including endings

• Therapy in the age of Neuroscience - the basics
  • Neuroception, Mindsight and the Window of Tolerance
  • Emotional Regulation 
    • applying Polyvagal Theory
    • balancing soothe/threat/drive with Compassionate Mind
    • parts work
    • co-regulation

• Therapist presence and ‘Thinking Martian’ - a phenomenological approach

• The potency and limitations of empathy

• Working with helplessness, panic, flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, dissociation

• Shame and disgust, power and control

• Recognising the need for referral to advanced/specialist support e.g., EMDR

• Disclosure, safeguarding and common issues around safety planning, reporting, investigation, pre-trial guidelines and your therapist records

Theory and concepts presented will include the work of Dan Siegel, Stephen Porges, Deb Dana, Paul Gilbert, Janina Fisher, Judith Herman, Babette Rothschild, Bessel van der Kolk, Allan Schore, Richard Schwartz, to build on your existing knowledge and skills.

This CPD provides full referencing and suggested reading whilst focussing on the application of basic trauma focussed skills for confident regulation & safety of self and client.

Attendance is limited to 14 participants. BCS will issue a Certificate of Attendance on course completion.

Trainer

Carol Quinn MSc, Psychological trauma, BSc Psych, FdA Humanistic Counselling based on TA, Dip Stress Management, Cert CBT, ICISF approved Instructor, MBACP (accred), GMBPsS, MISMA.

Carol is a BACP accredited counsellor, supervisor, trainer and EMDR practitioner, specialising in trauma and working in private practice. She grew up in Northern Ireland and has lived in Hampshire since 1997.

Carol has delivered trauma training and support in many countries and across many cultures, including the middle and far east. Her breadth of training experience has equipped her to proficiently attune her delivery for each group of course attendees. She has guest lectured on the MSc Psychological Trauma at University of Chester and currently supervises trainee counsellors on a local BACP-accredited FdA course. Therapeutic, support and clinical supervision roles within the charity sector include working collaboratively with statutory agencies to support people through their experience of serious crime, sexual and domestic abuse, and the CPS. She recently co-conducted a group for all genders impacted by CSA and managed a team of ISVAs (Independent Sexual Violence Advisors).

Before becoming a therapist Carol worked for 22 years in aviation, developing a national programme in 2004 for staff support following incidents and accidents. She is an approved instructor for ICISF (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation) and provides crisis and trauma support for first responders and air traffic controllers at various UK airports.

Given the nature of trauma and in consideration of your own support requirements - It is advised that you have access to personal therapy to process what might emerge for you in discussions or exercises and that you have worked through any past life events or traumas sufficiently to undertake this experiential course. It is a requirement that you can take responsibility for your own learning and sensitivity to content.

Cancellation Policy

Please note that in order to receive the discounted rate due to the membership of BCS, ACS, RGT, or Counsellors Staffroom, you must be a member for the duration of the course. Full course fees will be payable if you leave your discounted organisation during the course.

If changes in government guidelines mean the course can no longer take place in person, this course will move online and no refund will be offered.

In the unlikely event that unforeseen circumstances arise and BCS has to cancel this course a full refund will be given. In the event of cancellation by the participant, BCS reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee as indicated by the table below. All requests for cancellations must be received in writing, with changes becoming effective on the date written confirmation is received.

Please ensure you meet the entry requirements prior to booking your place. If candidates do not meet the entry requirements they will be unable to attend the course and their withdrawal will be treated as a cancellation and subject to the above cancellation policy