WORKSHOP 1: Using a directive workbook together with counselling or as an outreach tool - for people to recover after trauma

1 day

This INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP will provide General Support Workers and Counsellors with:

a.. Insight into the variety of stress responses & an overview of Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms.
b.. An outline of the framework proven to facilitate trauma symptom management and recovery.
c.. Discussion of what each chapter provides the reader.
d.. Examples of case scenarios & some completed activities, providing you with confidence to use the workbook to assist clients recover from trauma.
e.. This approach can be used by any worker involved in the management of a client's recovery. You don't need to be a fully qualified therapist to use this approach to guide clients, as you can hand them a workbook where they can read, understand and follow the concepts and activities themselves.


The focus of this approach is to empower the clients with knowledge and a structure to gradually rebuild, and work toward full recovery, especially in circumstances where limited client contacts are generally the only service offered.



WORKSHOP 2: Using a Directive Workbook as an Adjunct to Counselling & Therapy

1 day

This ADVANCED WORKSHOP will provide Therapists and Counsellors with:
· A brief outline of the framework proven to facilitate trauma symptom management and recovery.

a.. Discussion of Key Activities; whom is best suited to them, common obstacles to successful completion & when to avoid some activities.
b.. Exploration of Case scenarios & some completed activities (bring your own completed activities too!).
c.. Supplementary Therapy methodologies that really move clients through the process!


The focus of this workshop is to empower you to use the workbook successfully to help move the client through the recovery process. Throughout the workbook there are encouraging guides that indicate when it is a good time to enlist the support of a counsellor. The workbook in no way reduces the need for a therapist, in fact it reaffirms the reader of the need and benefit of a counsellor. Counsellors will find that clients whoare better informed about the recovery process will want more from their counselling sessions and get more out of their counselling relationship.


So many people think that having a talk should sort it all out and often feel a bit better after having spoken with a counsellor, but they don't understand the unconscious protective defences that develop as a result of trauma. Often it is not until their family or work relationships suffer, that they once again attend counselling or worse still - don't and blame others or the counsellor for not fixing it all up when they initially sought counselling. That's why my workbook also aims to educate individuals recovering from trauma to form realistic expectations of themselves and their loved ones


For more information about these workshops or to purchase a copy of the workbook contact Francess at: francess@broadening-horizons.com.au

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