Diploma in Trauma Informed Psychotherapy
Commencing Friday 27th August
Trauma Informed Psychotherapy
The importance of evaluating the effects of trauma is critical and has substantial implications for case-formulation and treatment planning in therapy. Therefore, before therapists can work with a client’s trauma they need to have a sound understanding of what trauma is and how to engage with it safely. Our IACP CPD approved and recognised Diploma In Trauma Informed Psychotherapy offers participants practical skills-based training with a strong theoretical foundation based on the latest neurobiological developments in working with trauma safely and effectively. A strong focus will be placed on participant’s knowledge and skill development ensuring a more informed confidence in working with trauma.
This Diploma is designed to equip counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists with the knowledge and skills to work in an integrative manner and address client trauma in a safe, confident and ethical manner.
Participants who complete this CPD Diploma will gain a sound understanding of trauma informed psychotherapy and will develop the tools and skills necessary to confidentially and effectively work with trauma in safe, strategic and systematic manner.
THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE FACILITATED ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Places Strictly Limited to 20 Participants.
Diploma in Trauma Informed Psychotherapy
This Diploma is designed to equip counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists with the knowledge and skills to work in an integrative manner and address client trauma in a safe, confident and ethical manner.
CPD Recognised and Approved by The Irish Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy Awarded 78 IACP CPD Points.
Delivered by a team of highly experienced facilitators who have expertise in Trauma Informed Care.
1Friday 27th August, 7pm – 9:30pm
Facilitator: Liz Quish
- Course Orientation
2Saturday 4th September, 10am - 5pm
Facilitator: Aoife Bairead
- Developing a Trauma Informed Lens
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Toxic stress
- Developmental Trauma
- Impact of Early Adversity on the Developing Brain
- Creating Trauma Informed and Resilience Building Practices
3Saturday 18th September, 10am - 5pm
Sunday 19th September, 10am – 5pm
Facilitator: Patricia Allen Garrett
- Introduction To Trauma
- Symptoms Of Trauma
- Triune Model Of Trauma
- Brain and Body Connection
- Introduction to PTSD
- Introduction to Polyvagal Theory
- Trauma Types
- Talk Therapy
4Saturday 9th October, 10am- 5pm
Facilitator: Emma Chapman
- Overview of Polyvagal Theory
- The Vagus Nerve and the Autonomic Nervous System
- The Impact of Trauma on the Autonomic System
- Survival States - Physical and Psychological Symptoms
- Self Regulation, Co-Regulation and Vagal Toning
- Embodied Safety through a Polyvagal Lens
5Saturday 30th October, 10am- 5pm
Facilitator: Aoife Bairead
- Overview of Attachment Theories
- Attachment as a Relational Construct
- Attachment Styles Secure, Avoidant, Ambivalent, and Disorganised.
- Process and Patterns in Relationships
- Intergenerational transmission of Trauma
- Pathways to Earned Secure Attachment
6Saturday 13th November, 10am- 5pm
Facilitator: Aoife Bairead
- Adult Manifestation of Childhood Trauma
- Trauma Symptomatology
- Trauma Expressed Behaviours
- Shame, Fear, and Trauma.
- Neurosequential Approach to Therapy
- Reconstructing a Coherent Narrative
7Saturday 4th December, 10am - 5pm
Sunday 5th December, 10am - 5pm
Facilitator: Patricia Allen Garrett
- Trauma Treatment Theories
- Trauma Treatment Phases
- Window of Tolerance
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Regulation Exercises
- Recap on The Nervous System
- Integration Phase Exercises
8Saturday 8th January, 10am- 5pm
Facilitator: Aoife Bairead
- Key Concepts of Mentalisation
- Mentalisation as a Frame of Reference
- Maintaining a Mentalisation Stance
- Promoting and Restoring Mentalisation
- Cognitive Processes in Generating Effective Mentalisation
9Saturday 29th January,10am- 5pm
Sunday 30th January, 10am- 5pm
Facilitator: Emma Steadman
- Integrating Person Centred, Gestalt, Object Relations, Jungian and Transpersonal Trauma Models
- Trauma Informed CBT
- Using Creativity for Complex Rational Trauma
10Saturday 19th February, 10am- 5pm
Facilitator: Dr. Chrissie Tizzard
- Conceptualising Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma, Moral Distress and Burnout
- Indictors of Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma, Moral Distress and Burnout.
- External Factors Impacting the Effects of Trauma Work
- Individual Factors Impacting the Effects of Trauma Work
- Strategies for Building Empathic Resilience
- Practicing and Nurturing Vicarious Resilience
11Friday 25th February, 7pm- 9:30pm
Facilitator: Liz Quish
- Course Closing
Learning Outcomes
Participants who complete this 12 day CPD Diploma will gain a sound understanding of trauma informed psychotherapy and will develop the tools and skills necessary to confidently and effectively work with trauma in a safe, strategic and systematic manner.
Develop a sound understanding of the types, prevalence, neurobiology and impact of trauma.
Use a trauma-informed lens to reframe challenging emotions and behaviours as adaptive responses to trauma, moving from a what’s wrong with you mindset to a what happen to you framework.
Use Trauma focused theory, research and techniques coherently and safely in therapy facilitating clients post traumatic growth.
Become proficient in using body-based interventions for tracking, naming, and safely exploring trauma-related somatic activation, creating new competencies and restoring clients somatic sense of self in a safe and trauma informed manner.
An understanding of the impact of vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue, as well as skills to manage the impact of trauma work on the therapist.
Programme Structure & Fees
Entry Requirement
This CPD Diploma is open to practitioners who have successfully completed
- A Degree or Diploma in Counselling/ Psychotherapy
This programme may also be of interest to Play Therapists, Art Therapists, Drama and Music Therapists who have appropriate experience and accreditation and are seeking to expand their skill set to work in an informed manner with Trauma.
Schedule
12 Day Programme Commencing Friday 27th August 2021 with Class Orientation from 7pm - 9:30pm.
Class time will run from 10am – 5.00pm each day thereafter.
Teaching Methods
This Programme will be facilitated online via Zoom.
Assessment
Reflective Learning Journals
2500 Word Academic Essay
1500 Word Book Review
Programme Fee & Payment Schedule
Full Fee: €1,450
- €450 Deposit on registration
- €700 by June 11th 2021
- €300 by August 13th 2021
Previous Participant Feedback
"This programme has been amazing from start to finish. I have learned so much from this training and now feel fully equipped to support clients who present with trauma histories".
"A fantastic programme. Will definitely be recommending. Content so relevant to my work as a counsellor. Polyvagal Theory now makes sense!"
"Having a clear framework to guide my work with clients who present with trauma has given me such confidence. I now feel I can work in a safe and relational manner without the fear of re-traumatising".
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