A Solution Focused Approach to Working with Severe
Trauma & Stress
In a typical 2-day workshop, you will:
- Have an increased awareness and understanding of
severe trauma & stress
- Be provided with a range of effective tools &
techniques for use with this client group
- Experience increased confidence to do this work
- Be able to list the many types of severe trauma
& stress that present
- Explore the characteristics of ‘Victimhood’,
‘Survivorhood’ and ‘the Authentic Life’ (living life
to the full or as full as possible)
- Be able to highlight the most helpful and useful
questions to ask
- Hear of the pitfalls when working with survivors
- Appreciate the power of the solution focused
approach to bring about a steady and sustained
recovery
- Discover what service users have said they found
helpful
- Have a greater appreciation of the various
blocks to disclosure
Programme Outline
Welcome
Contracting around making it safe for people to work
Listing the topic areas
How we take a solution focused approach
What has been found to work
What service users have found helpful
The importance of naming the severe trauma or stress
Yvonne Dolan’s 3 stages: Victim;
Survivor; and, the Authentic Self
Dealing with anger
Applying basic solution focused techniques to
survivors
Service users’ difficulties in disclosing or
divulging past trauma
How much of the detail is it necessary to hear
Blocks to disclosing
What equips us to do this work
Implications of the work: how to look after
ourselves
Letter writing exercises
Techniques for dealing with triggers in everyday life
Techniques for dealing with flashbacks in everyday
life
How we can improve further our practice from today
Recommended reading list
Scaling confidence in working in this area
Workshop round up and summary
“This course has affirmed me in the knowledge
that I have the skills already to do this work.” -
Gaynor Evans, Aldershot
“For years, I have referred on people from this
client group to ‘experts’, who were either too busy or
ill-equipped to work with them. Many returned to
me. With the skills learned on this 2-day
workshop, added to my existing skills & knowledge, I
feel more than able to take on such clients.” –
Emma McCullough, Stirling
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