When your client has experienced attachment injury and complex trauma this will inevitably come into the therapeutic relationship. The trauma trap can be feel confusing, anxiety-provoking and bewildering for therapists as they seek to understand what is occurring within the relationship and how ruptures can come about so quickly and unexpectedly.
Trauma transference, re-enactments and projective identification are all unconscious dynamics that can emerge with intensity within the therapeutic relationship. Having an understanding of these phenomenas will significantly support your practice and help you robustly work through ruptures/issues within the relationship.
By doing this a client’s trauma patterns can emerge into consciousness to be attended to with curiousness and kindness helping them to transform their relationship with themselves and others.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Understand what the term trauma transference is
- Understand how projective identification and re-enactments can play out in the therapeutic relationship
- Develop skills and understanding to robustly work with the trauma trap as it emerges
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Therapists and anyone with an interest in trauma and interpersonal difficulties
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- To add breadth to your trauma-informed client work
Course Content
Presenter
Kate Williams has been in therapeutic practice since 2009 with a background in counselling in further education. She currently runs a busy private practice, works with NHS clients and enjoys running workshops for onlinevents and staff wellbeing workshops for NHS Hull & Humberside.
Kate is centre manager for the Bedfordshire Centre for Therapeutic Studies where she teaches on the CPCAB L5 in Somatic Trauma Therapy course & L2 Award in Breathwork Coaching as well as the Level 4 in Therapeutic Counselling.
Kate has a passion for bringing the body into her practice supporting clients to release the trauma that is held within their bodies. Kate is know for her relaxed teaching style, experiential somatic practices and skill of bringing theory to life and making it applicable.
