Resparking: Working with Shut-down and Deactivated States (online) - presented by Graham Music
Fri 24 Nov 2023 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM GMT
Online, Zoom
Description
Course Information
This day will focus on hard to reach children who seem more shut-down. The day will have two parts, each focusing on different presentations of deactivated states.
The first will look at the profound effects of neglect rather than overt trauma. We will look at what the effects are of neglect on the brain, the nervous system and how clients present, as well as the challenges of staying psychologically alive and interested in their presence and drawing them into life. Clinical examples will be presented and, time allowing, some discussion of case examples.
Part two will look more at shut-down after overt trauma, and dissociation, and how this leads to different bodily states in patient and therapist. Again, implications for our practice will be elaborated on, such as the need for a more careful and embodied practice.
Such dissociative forms of shut-down will be differentiated from another form of shut-down, that which is seen in forms of depression and learned helplessness which again requires different approaches.
Suitable for:
This course is suitable for professionals, including those without qualifications but who work with young people who have experienced trauma.
About the Trainer
Graham Music is a psychotherapist, trainer, author and supervisor. He is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Centre where he has worked for over 20 years, and he has been adult Psychotherapist for about 35 years. Formerly Associate Clinical Director of the Tavistock Clinic's Child and Family Department, he has developed many innovative programs, including setting up services in over 40 schools and a range of services working with the aftermath of child maltreatment and neglect. His clinical speciality for decades is understanding and working with trauma. He supervises and teaches nationally and internationally and has a particular interest in linking cutting-edge developmental findings with therapeutic practice. His publications include Nurturing Natures: (2023, 2016, 2010), Respark; Igniting Hope and Joy after trauma and depression (2022), Affect and Emotion (2022, 2001), Nurturing Children: From Trauma to Hope (2019), The Good Life: (2014) as well as co-editing From Trauma to Harming Others (2021)
Training Course Cancellation Policy
Substitutions are welcome up until the date of the course.
Adoptionplus reserves the right to levy the following charges in the event of cancellation:
- More than six weeks prior to the event – 25% of the fee
- Between four and six weeks prior to the event – 50% of the fee
- Cancellations less than four weeks before the date of the event are non-refundable