Families and Trauma Work
Integrating Key Ideas from Individual and Systemic Practice
Enhance your practical skills in applying systemic, trauma-informed approaches in your therapeutic work. Learn to identify appropriate interventions, foster trust and openness in challenging family conversations, and integrate single-session principles for impactful outcomes.
Working with individuals and families impacted by trauma offers a powerful opportunity to foster healing – both personally and within relationships. At the same time, it demands a high level of sensitivity and attunement from practitioners. Trauma-driven responses can be complex, requiring thoughtful, emotionally safe approaches to support regulation and resilience in the face of adversity.
This two-day workshop presents an integration of theoretical and practical ideas from both individually oriented and systemic approaches, including:
- Systems theory
- Neurophysiology
- Attachment theory
- Internal family systems
The features of each framework will be presented and then integrated into a unified approach for trauma-informed assessment and intervention. Specific focus will be given to culture and diversity, therapist self-care, and single session principles.
What will you learn
By attending this two-day workshop, you will be able to:
- Articulate important and useful features of systemic approaches to therapeutic work.
- Identify systemic interventions — based on a trauma-informed assessment — appropriate to your role and context
- Foster strong connections with family members when navigating challenging conversations by creating and maintaining a space that encourages openness, trust, and respectful dialogue.
- Utilise single session principles as they apply to trauma-informed practice.
Who should attend
This workshop will be most useful for a wide range of therapeutic professionals including those in Lived Experience/Peer roles working with families where there has been trauma.
Prior knowledge
Participants should have foundation knowledge of trauma and its impacts on individuals and their relationships.
Workshop Style
The workshop includes teaching and experiential components that build integration of theory and skill.
Small group activities will ensure the workshop material is relevant to you and your specific work context. Discussions of case examples and a collection of relevant readings, will help you put your knowledge into practice.
Related training
Shame, Trauma and Family Relationships
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