This one-day workshop is designed for counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to develop a foundational understanding of dissociation and its clinical relevance.

• It will explore why dissociation develops, with particular focus on the link between early trauma and the brain’s adaptive survival responses;
• Drawing on contemporary theories in neurobiology, attachment, and structural dissociation, both the triggers and contributing factors that shape dissociative experiences will be considered;
• The continuum of dissociation from everyday lapses in attention to more complex and chronic dissociative disorders will be highlighted with the aim of equipping therapists to recognise the subtle and overt signs and symptoms in their clients;
• As well as reviewing current diagnostic criteria, the model of structural dissociation will be introduced, offering a framework for understanding fragmentation of the self in the aftermath of trauma;
• Finally, the importance of the role of compassion, both as an intervention and as a relational stance will be discussed to help support clients in managing dissociation and fostering integration which is important in laying the groundwork for further therapeutic work.

Dr. Karen Treisman will bring her dynamic and relational presence to this workshop which promises to be highly insightful, practical and engaging. This workshop will offer participants a range of practical and creative tools and techniques for exploring and creating genograms with children, teens, adults and for use within reflective spaces and supervision.

Workshop Focus

• Practicalities around working with Genograms.
• Genograms as part of Assessments and Interventions.
• Making Genograms more Creative, Meaningful and Relational.
• Exploration of a range of materials and mediums to use in Genogram Work through a Creative Lens.
• Tools and Techniques to Enrich, Layer and expand on Genograms including an array of different materials, mediums  and avenues for exploration and discovery.
• An introduction to Cultural Genograms.

This interactive workshop is suitable for counsellors, psychotherapists, art and play therapists, social work and social care practitioners, nurses, support workers and mental health practitioners who encounter traumatic material in the course of their work.

It seamlessly blends theoretical and practical components, offering participants an awareness of vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue:

• presentation
• risks
• evidence-based strategies for prevention and intervention.

Designed to support your well-being and psychological safety at work, supporting you in moving towards compassion resilience, this workshop equips you with the knowledge, tools, and skills to identify the early signs of  secondary traumatic stress injury and apply effective responses.

This two-day workshop is designed for counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to develop an insight into working with trauma through an Internal Family Systems Lens.

• History & Development of Internal Family Systems
• Theoretical Lens: Multiplicity of the Mind
• Self Leadership – the 8 Cs and the 5 Ps
• Protector Roles – Managers & Firefighters
• Therapeutic Process of Mapping Part
• Therapeutic Process of Unblending

This two-day workshop is designed for counsellors and psychotherapists who have completed Pt 1 above and wish to expand their knowledge and insight into integrating Somatic Tehniques in working with Trauma through an IFS lens.

• The 6 Healing Steps of IFS
• Polarisation: working with Internal Conflicts
• Exploration of Therapist’s Parts
• Exiles: Vulnerable Parts
• IFS and Relational Themes
• Integrating Somatic Techniques