Midlands ACC Training event

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Complex Trauma
‘Strategies that help or hinder the therapeutic process when working with survivors.’

 

Saturday 3rd November 2018
9.30am - 4.30pm

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Queens Road Baptist Church, Coventry

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The day will be led by:

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Philippa Dryland
A counsellor, supervisor, trainer and trustee of tag.

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Rachel
Who is a trained prayer minister, a survivor of complex trauma and has previously worked in primary and secondary education.

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This will be an interactive training day exploring 2 case studies and will be suitable for both counsellors and pastoral care workers.

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Below you will find some relevant reading prior to the workshop...

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6 Hours CPD

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Cost: ACC members £50 
Non-members £55

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For a booking form contact Lyn at: midlands@acc-uk.org or call 07799015650  
 
Refreshments provided. Please bring own lunch or purchase at shops near the venue.

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Reading material....​

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The first link provides some helpful slides on the nervous system and understanding the window of tolerance which has huge relevance when working with past trauma.

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The slides on the second link provide some very relevant information about the way memory affects the brain, body and the nervous system. Very often in counselling and ministry we may encourage a person to remember past trauma and to share this with us. These memories may however only reveal what is known to the person at a conscious, explicit level. Alongside our explicit memories our brain and body is also holding sensory and implicit memories(  often unconscious and outside our awareness) that are there waiting to be triggered in a potentially overwhelming way.

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The attached sheet on the ‘Three stages of working with trauma’  demonstrates an overview of what is recognised as ‘gold standard’ when working with trauma. Whilst in the UK we lack clinical guidelines from NICE ( National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) on a model for working with trauma, a three phase model is promoted by both ESTD (  European Society for Trauma and Dissociation) and the Blue Knot Foundation, whose practice guidelines for working with complex trauma and trauma informed care are both recognised as an accepted clinical source by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.