Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an indicator that the body and mind have not, as yet, recognised that a traumatic incident is over.
As a result, the body's autonomic nervous system responds by continuously mobilising the body for defensive flight/fight or protective freeze. In addition, PTSD is (in large part) a failure of mindful dual awareness, which leads to an inability to recognise the present as different from the past.
This professional training will equip participants with neurophysical and psychophysical theory and principles. Participants will learn how to apply these to update the mind, brain, and nervous system to recognise when trauma is over - whether or not trauma memories are ever processed.
Through a variety of activities, including lecture, discussion, exercises, practice, and video demonstrations, participants will gain knowledge and skills for treating traumatised clients of all ages and backgrounds.
This professional training is consistent with and a beneficial adjunct to any method of psychotherapy or specialised trauma therapy (e.g. analytical, dynamic and somatic approaches, cognitive-behavioural, and EMDR).
Learning outcomes
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- provide options for trauma recovery and trauma resolution.
- predict and distinguish those clients who will benefit from processing trauma memories from those who will not
- gain specific skills for helping both groups
- discuss the structure of the body's nervous system
- interpret and modulate the body’s nervous system (sensory and autonomic) to regulate arousal levels in clients and for safer trauma therapy
- interpret and modulate the body’s nervous system (sensory and autonomic) to regulate arousal levels for professional self-care
- differentiate 2 types of freeze states from 2 classes of hypo-aroused states
- employ the sensory nervous system to mediate flashbacks and nightmare
- discern a relaxed (muscular) state from a calm (nervous system) state
- adapt mindfulness, yoga, and physical exercise to be accessible to clients with dysregulated nervous systems and PTSD
- identify and acquire recovery options and strategies for trauma clients for whom trauma memory processing is inappropriate, particularly those who don't want to undertake this process and those who decompensate or dysregulate from memory work
- employ the sensory nervous system for instant stabilisation during therapy sessions and in clients’ daily lives.
- identify both obvious as well as previously unrecognised resources as antidotes to traumatic stress states
- revive the (too-often) neglected application of therapeutic contracts and treatment planning
- enable trauma clients to make better (and safer) use of mindful practices such as meditation, MBSR, and yoga.
Registration information
- Registrations for scheduled workshops close 48 hours before the event.
- Workshops must be paid for at least 2 business days before the training date, or your registration will be cancelled.
- If paying by invoice, proof of payment needs to be provided at least 24 hours ahead of the event.
Training Workshops Cancellation Statement [PDF, 1MB]
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Training and Development Team
Phone: (03) 8573 2222
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