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PTSD, Trauma & Beyond: the Essentials [Preliminary Level] # 15 Jan 2025 # LIVE, Online, Interactive Workshop #

Click Self or Org Funded


 

Online Interactive Skills Training with Live Observation   

From the cutting edge, where therapy meets neuroscience: A Fiercely Non-Pathologizing Approach to Working Effectively with Trauma.

The essentials of recognising & working with a range of traumatic reactions for Counsellors & Mental Health Practitioners.  

Trauma Expert: Dr Heather Sequeira; Consultant Psychologist & Clinical Traumatologist - LIVE interactive consultation.

This 1-day Preliminary level workshop establishes the empirical frameworks for working trans-diagnostically with traumatised people. For understanding what maintains a person's difficulties and therefore what needs to be done to help a person move forward.


  • Cutting-edge  *but accessible & clinically relevant* research & theory
  • Clinical strategies & live observation 
  • Non-pathologising and client-centred

 

The Workshop Will Help Delegates:

  • To develop a clear understanding of the nature of Childhood & Adult traumatic presentations.
  • Understand an accessible psychological theory of PTSD derived from research findings.
  • Identify the common strategies used to cope with trauma that may actually contribute to the maintenance of PTSD.
  • To develop confidence in assessing and formulating PTSD
  • Identify Acute Stress Disorder, PTSD & Complex PTSD responses & other  clinical issues.
  • Develop an accessible understanding of what happens in the brain following psychological trauma (an introduction).
  • Gain Tools to Normalise post-trauma responses: Reducing stigma; reducing secondary stresses.
  • Develop skills in distress tolerance & emotional regulation to help clients move forward.

    Workshop itinerary: 6 Hours CPD


    Live Observation - Makes this Different from Other Training:

    Delegates will get the chance to observe therapy in action (with a professional actor playing our very credible client attending therapy). We discuss the moment–to–moment decisions about the direction therapy should take - unpacking the therapeutic process with real-time demonstration & practice of skills. Plus, other diverse clinical material will be used to illustrate different presentations, real-world challenges & therapy pitfalls. 

     

    Who Should Attend: This course is ideal for professionals who want to develop & their practice skills to help clients with a history of trauma. It is also an excellent recap for advanced level practitioners. Whether clinicians are counsellors getting their first exposure to CBT for trauma or seasoned practitioners wanting a refresher, this will satisfy professional training needs. No prior CBT experience necessary.

     

    Times: 9.30-4.00pm 
    Venue: Online LIVE Webinar via Zoom

    Presenter

    Presenter Dr Heather Sequeira PhD

    Dr Heather Sequeira PhD has a solid background in Trauma related research and worked as Senior Research Fellow, University of London prior to training as a clinician. Heather is now an executive committee member of the British Psychological Society Crisis, Disaster & Trauma BPS Section. She has input to British Psychological Society CPD, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training programmes and CBT Diploma Courses. She has 20 years NHS experience, plus private practice and organisational context work. She has a particular specialty in Complex PTSD & Trauma-related OCD.

    The unique style of PTSD Trauma Workshop was born not only out of the above expertise but from supervising other psychologists, trainees and therapists. These clinicians were often highly trained and experienced, but what they said they lacked was the opportunity to observe other clinicians at work. They said that what they really wanted was to ‘look over the shoulder’ to observe another clinicians to help build both skills and confidence. Often supervises were struggling with similar therapeutic issues, despite being at different stages of the professional journey and they wanted to push the boundaries of their own learning within a safe, non-judgmental space.

    The workshops are a unique response to the above needs: The workshops focus on "real-life" clinical issues, clients who are "stuck" or who have complex needs. They are highly practical, with clinical observation using the live actor "therapy simulation" and video footage for skills work. We offer a stop & pause format so that delegates can stop, discuss, and pull open the clinical decision-making steps at each stage of the therapy process. The process brings life-like and safer skills practice into the workshop. This process offers unique hands-on training for professionals with sound theory to practice transfer.

    Heather's expert knowledge of clinical practice, extensive research experience and excellent training skills make her the most stimulating trainer to work with.

    Additional Information

    Live therapy demonstration & skills practice

    This is a highly practical training with ample opportunity to see live demonstration of Trauma-Focused therapy. We use a professional actor as our client. This helps us to to map out the therapy interaction in the most realistic way possible, whilst effectively integrating theory with practice. We try not to shy away from real work complexities, therapy pitfalls & tough decisions. This is a fantastic opportunity to look inside the therapy process, with an extensive debrief into both the decision making & intervention processes.

    Interaction and small group discussion is encouraged but no pressure is placed on people who prefer to sit back and take it all in.

    Continuing Professional Development (CPD Hours) Certificate of Attendance:

    You will receive a Certificate of Attendance for hours of CPD at your workshop.

    • 6 Hours for a 1 day workshop
    • 12 Hours for a 2 day workshop
    • 18 Hours for a 3 day workshop

    Please check that you have told us the correct name to be printed on your certificate, especially if you are from an organisation and booking a workshop for someone else.

    Levels of Competence

    Delegates are required to be qualified mental health practitioners (i.e. have registration with a Regulatory Body such as HPCP or accreditation with a relevant professional body) OR to be in training / in the process of gaining such accreditation. A CPD workshop does not qualify you to practice psychological therapy. For this you need a appropriate professional qualification and validation by an appropriate regulatory body. Delegates are required to have appropriate psychological supervision for their practice.

    There may be occasional exceptions in attendance to the above requirement (for example, a trauma researcher or similar who is not practicing with clients but requires insight and infomation for research purposes). Any exception to the above requirement has to be agreed with us in advance. Please do get in touch to discuss.

    Level of Competence Required:

    Before booking a place on a workshop, please ensure that it is pitched at the appropriate level of competence for you. The competence level [Preliminary, Intermediate, Advanceded] of each workshop is listed on each booking page. The 3 different workshop levels are as follows:

    Preliminary Level Workshops

    Preliminary workshops are for people from a variety of psychological therapy backgrounds who are looking for grounding in the basic concepts or a recap. These courses ideal for professionals who want to develop & their practice skills to help clients with a history of trauma. It is also an excellent recap for advanced level practitioners. Whether clinicians are counsellors getting their first exposure to CBT for trauma or seasoned practitioners wanting a refresher, this will satisfy professional training needs. For Preliminary workshops, NO prior CBT experience is necessary.

    Intermediate Level Workshops

    Intermediate level workshops are directed to trained mental health practitioners who are familiar with and able to use the fundamental principles of CBT and Relational Approaches. For example, practitioners are able to use formulation, identify automatic thoughts and able to help clients test these thoughts. To use the enhanced reliving components with your clients, practitioners should have skills in CBT and be supervised by practitioner who uses reliving as part of their own clinical practice and is competent to do so.

    Advanced Level Workshops

    Advanced courses are directed towards those professionals who already have additional training in PTSD and Trauma and use CBT and other Relational Approaches routinely as part of their clinical practice. They have probably undertaken a significant number of training courses and/or workshops, and use a broad range of strategies to work with a range of presentations at varying levels of complexity.

    These workshops are defined as Continuing Professional Development. As such they are designed for people with a recognised UK psychological therapy qualification or for those in training for such qualification. Although highly informative, none of workshops confer a formal qualification or assurance of competence in any aspect of psychological therapy since we are unable to assess attendee competency within the training event.

    Confidentiality

    Workshops contain clinical material. This is always anonymised as far as possible but delegates are none the less reminded to respect confidentiality and to anonymise any clinical material that they bring to the workshops.

    Just as in therapy sessions, workshop sessions will be treated as confidential, with the following exceptions. As a Chartered and Registered Psychologist I am required to seek supervision by my professional body (The British Psychological Society) and regulatory body (HPCP) as a means of ensuring good practice. We do have a statutory obligation to break confidentiality under rare circumstances, namely, if I believe that a person is of danger to themselves or to others (under the Mental Health Act, 2001) or if I believe that a child is at actual risk of physical or sexual abuse (The Children Act, Section 47, 1989)

    Self-Care & Special Needs

    Our own professional responsibility for good self-care is emphasised throughout the trainings. All the Workshops contain detailed discussion of clinical case material and simulated client work. This includes (but is not limited to) sexual assault, sexual abuse, interpersonal violence, accidents, RTAs, war and other types of trauma. If you are in doubt as to whether this CPD workshop is appropriate for you, please discuss with us in confidence.

    We welcome people from diverse backgrounds. If you have any particular needs, please contact us prior to booking.

    Customer Reviews

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    L.N.
    Great training

    Really great session. I loved that the group was small as it felt very personal and supportive.
    The facilitator was very knowledgeable and I thoroughly enjoyed the session.

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    L.C.
    Fantastic Workshop - Treat Yourself and Your Clients

    Such a fantastic session, and Heather is incredibly experienced and approachable. I learnt so much from this one-day session that I will use forever with my clients. Lovely group of people in the group and the day felt really well structured. I'll be back for more sessions with Heather, I feel lucky to have found her!

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    Charles Rowley
    A Must For Trauma Practitioners

    This is a fantastic course and setup perfectly for a day of insightful and challenging training. Heather is brilliant at blending theory and practice, and for anyone serious about working with trauma I believe this (along with all the other unique modules offered) enhance the foundation of working with the complex cases and presentations one can expect from a history of trauma. Five stars.

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    Luc Bataillard
    Excellent one-day workshop

    Insightful and comprehensive introduction on how to work with PTSD offering the right mix of theory and practice. I particularly valued the role play with a professional actor as the traumatised client giving us the chance to practice our skills live: made the training come to life and was - dare I say- fun! I highly recommend this workshop.

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    Frances Glendining
    Excellent!

    Dynamic, interactive and stimulating workshop, jam-packed with useful information, presented with purpose and clarity. Opportunities to engage in skills practice/role-play with a (very convincing) professional actor were much appreciated. Probably the best on-line training I have ever attended. Highly recommended.

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    Emily Willett
    Effective and interactive workshop!

    Really enjoyed this interactive workshop. Heather's style was inclusive and empathic and I have come away with more confidence about how I can help clients who may be presenting with trauma. The use of an actor to play a client was really useful in providing an opportunity for participants to practice the skills we were learning (or recapping) in a safe and encouraging environment.

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    jennifer gardner
    Great introduction to trauma / ptsd

    Given this was just 1 day, i came away with more knowledge regarding trauma/ptsd as well as feeling more confident as to how i would assess and support a client with trauma symptoms. It's made me want to learn more! The role plays really gave richness to the training.

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    Hazel Crane
    Excellent Training

    I recommend this training. A brilliant balance of theory and practice. You will come away feeling like you have really consolidated your learning and be able to use the learning in your practice with clients.

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    Dominic Rafei
    Phenomenal Training

    By waiting a couple of weeks before writing this review I've actually had the chance to apply what I learned from the PTSD Masterclass workshop and the response from my clients has been overwhelmingly positive with feedback like "when you put it like that it makes so much sense". For me, the fact that the content of this course has resonated with my clients is more important than anything and for that I am extremely grateful to Heather for sharing her expert insights in such an accessible way. I can not recommend this training enough, I suspect that like me you (and your clients) will see the benefits from it almost immediately due to the engaging and interactive way the course is delivered.

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    Katy
    Brilliant training

    I totally recommend this brilliant training. I've consolidated what I know about PTSD but the main benefit is that it's really boosted my confidence working with PTSD. It's not just the information you learn but the way you learn it. No death by PowerPoint. You learn so much by watching therapy in action (with a brilliant actor) and having a go yourself. After each section, Heather asks you to reflect on what you've just learned and what you'll take away from it so you really process what you've learned rather than just sit and listen... and forget. You're invited to offer your reflections and questions and you also benefit from hearing your peers' thoughts. I don't remember feeling this inspired and satisfied by a training before. I'll be back for the C-PTSD training!