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Trauma training
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for my next trauma training day and move forward in your journey with trauma. For survivors and those who want to help: you’ll leave the day with clear next steps towards building your unique healing way. A way of life, work, ministry and living that supports the healing of those around you and yourself.
Whether you are a survivor of trauma or you want to be helpful for those who are, this training is for you.
You can either book into the next trauma training day or arrange to host one in your area or for your team.
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Sessions will cover
- What trauma is and how it makes an impact.
- What helps in the healing and recovery of trauma.
- How the biblical narrative and gospel story speak with compassion and healing into trauma.
- Why some aspects of church practice and teaching can trigger trauma and hinder recovery.
- How you can start building a healing way as you live your life with Jesus.
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Format
The day is gently paced with a generous distribution of breaks. Sessions include teaching from the front, discussions in pairs and small groups, quiet personal reflection time and guided breath and prayer practices. There is a booklet with all the key content plus space to write your own notes and reflections. We’ll work together to make the day safe and supportive for everyone.
Background
This training, like the book I am writing of the same name, is the result of my journey with trauma and exploring my relationship with God in the midst of it. My background as a children’s doctor and then working with young people who carry trauma and walking with friends and colleagues on similar journeys, have all informed my reflections.
I have found that many of us, myself included, have absorbed assumptions and beliefs from our western culture and church teachings and practice that are deeply problematic to our journey of recovery from trauma. I have designed this training to help us explore these together (and replace them) whilst we build up our understanding of trauma itself, how it works and how we can help each other recover. On a practical level each person will leave with (the beginings of) a personalised action plan for living and relating, and for growing in discipleship to Jesus, that is based on a trauma-healing theology and informed by the nature of trauma and those things that support recovery.
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Credentials
I have a Diploma in Youth and Community Work (Christian), a Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health, and I am a retired Medical Doctor MBChB and hold a post graduate Diploma in Child Health. Alongside my extensive experience in youth and community work all this informs my workshops on trauma and mentoring.
I have a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training from Australia and have designed and delivered accredited training in the UK. This informs all my training and workshop delivery.
I have a Certificate in Restorative Practice Conference Facilitation Skills which informs my group and workshop facilitation, and mentoring work.
I am a coach accredited at Practitioner level with the EMCC. I have a Level 7 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring for Executives and Senior Leaders. This enables me to help others ground their growth and learning in pratical, real life, everyday ways.
I am not a trained counsellor so the aim in this trauma training is not to generate a therapeutic process, however the expectation is that people will experience a caring environment and our time together will be helpful, even if occasionally uncomfortable owing to the nature of the subject.
I look forward to welcoming you to a workshop in the near future (check my events page for dates).
What participants Say
“A highlight of the workshop was gaining more understanding on the subject of trauma, especially my own but also some understanding of how others might be affected. I have more understanding of my own childhood experiences. I learned that I need to be kind to myself and to give myself time and be gentle with myself.“
Trauma Workshop Attendee
This brought home to me that surviving trauma means there’s a HUGE need for people to be well informed in how to support people who have experienced traumatic events, this takes great wisdom and sensitivity and exploring how scripture has been misused and considering appropriate responses is vital I feel for anyone in a ministry role or serving capacity.”
Trauma Workshop Attendee
“I loved the balance between theory, theology and group work, exploring the concepts and applying in a practical way. Gold, pure gold..”
Trauma Workshop Attendee