Where therapy meets neuroscience

Coming to this course as someone who works in women's empowerment and GBV reduction overseas, I found the clinical teaching, combined with Heather's dialectical brain science framing these clinical skills of outstanding value. Many elements will more deeply inform our safeguarding of traumatised women and girls and make us more targeted and more effective. The insights into the complexity of trauma and PTSD were well illustrated throughout but especially helpfully modelled by the actor. Based on what I observed from the clinicians attending, all practitioners would, I imagine, be well advised to notify their own mentors and clinical supervisors that they intend to attend this course: it isn't a "ticky box" CPD exercise.

Recently attended the Complex PTSD and Dissociation Workshop. Found the training informative and interesting. Over the COVID19 pandemic, I have found it much harder to focus in the online training formats, but found variety of delivery and interactive nature of this workshop really helped to combat that, and I really felt 'a part of' the training. I enjoyed the flexible nature of the learning, and how we were encouraged to apply the knowledge to our own practice. Great training and really interested in attending further events with Dr Sequeira.

An excellent use of two days. As a new starter in this field it was extremely useful for me to hear from an expert and not only learn new information, but also learn how to use this information with clients via Dr. Sequeira's hands-on role play. There was a hired live-action 'client' with whom Dr. Sequeira had demonstrated her techniques and then allowed us to have a go if we wanted to. I would really recommend this course for clinicians of all levels to expand your knowledge and improve your skills.

I would highly recommend this excellent course. It was engaging, informative and one of the best 'hands on' training events I have attended. The key elements for me were the ways in which complex trauma formulations were demonstrated and the use of an actor to portray the realities of applying these clinical ideas. I came way feeling much more confident about explaining the complex neuropsychology of trauma to clients and the considerations that need to be given to reliving work.

This was a great workshop, engagingly presented and inclusive of all participants in a friendly but professional way. The demonstration and encouragement to practice simple, yet highly effective techniques and visual representations for the client of complex information were so helpful - demonstrating that complicated does not need to be impossible to explain. So many courses rely on lecture and other methods to relay information, but the use of an actor to put the learning into action was extremely powerful and will long stay in my mind. Dr Sequeira's approach and method have inspired me and I would not hesitate to recommend her courses.

I found this two-day workshop to be extremely useful. The balance between practice and theory was just right and Dr Sequeira's warm and inclusive teaching style meant that delegates with varying levels of experience in trauma work were able to make meaningful contributions.
Personally, I found the ideas and demonstrations on how to present psychological knowledge and theory about the effects of trauma on the brain to clients in simple, yet meaningful and clinically relevant, ways to be particularly useful. The practical demonstrations, too, were extremely powerful and also very informative.
Overall this was one of the best courses I've ever attended.

Some of the content was known to me but a lot wasn't. That said, all of it was exceptionally valuable as my knowledge was reinforced. The skills and techniques shown and practiced, will encourage me to be more flexible and approach tasks differently, which in my mind is what CPD training is all about.

As an aside, the actor used in the course was very good. I am sure that most, if not all of us on the course, forgot he was an actor when we were trying to help him with his experiences.

Heather was amazing at helping us understand how to support people who have experienced trauma at a compassionate and professional way. Very informative and engaging training.

I attended this course online and it was fantastic. I learnt practical and applicable skills throughout the day that I could take to straight to my clinical work and use with my clients. Dr Sequeira was professional and her course highlighted her vast skills and knowledge in the area of trauma and treatment. I will be enrolling in her other courses so I am able to learn more and continue to grow as a early career clinician.

Heather was great at explaining aspects of trauma in very clear and concise ways, making it easy to implement these techniques with clients. It was very interesting to hear the different metaphors she used to help the group cement the information. Overall a very engaging and informative course which I will take into the future. I look forward to the masterclass!

Really enjoyed the course and felt like I have learned so much more, that will support my future clients .. very interesting and engaging … heather has a way of breaking down the information making it easy to recall and work with .. her experience shines through yet she is approachable and supportive I recommend this course as the information is invaluable.. very much enjoyed the course and can’t wait to take another one with heather she is outstanding in her delivery and involved everyone and managed emotive subjects sensitively.

An inspiring combination of solid theory and concrete and useful practice with much to offer also for advanced learners.

This is an excellent workshop that explains the neurological effects trauma has in a scientific but accessible way (which enables the therapist to also explain it in an accessible way to the client), that offers hands-on training on handling trauma in therapy using evidence-based techniques, and that is based on deep respect for the client. The training certainly contributed to my skillset as therapist treating traumatized clients.

Parts of this course that really appealed to me were the non-pathologising and anti-shaming focus and Heather's style of teaching. It is obvious that Heather has a huge amount of clinical experience but I found her unique in really explaining the why and how of working with clients. I also appreciated the use of metaphors and examples that make information memorable. Also highly evidence-based. I really like the fact that we still have access to resources through the facebook group. I will definitely be signing up for the other courses that Heather runs. I finished the course feeling eager to work with clients and put my knowledge to use. Can't stress enough how invaluable I found this training! Thank you!!

Having worked as a Clinical Psychologist (with people with learning disabilities) for many years and been on several PTSD workshops in the past, I found this one, by far the most informative and applicable to my work.
Heather's style of teaching is also very engaging (I found myself fully engaged even after lunch)! This was the case despite the workshop being over zoom - and thought was also given to our own styles of learning (breaks and processing time - so things learnt could be remembered). I now feel more confident in this area. The use of an actor also aided learning without being anxiety-provoking. Heather is clearly passionate and very knowledgeable about working with people with trauma and PTSD so one feels confident that the information is both useful and up-to-date. I would highly recommend this workshop. I'm now off to book to do the next course...