Workshop Details
This course is for professionals and any individuals with an interest in the impact of childhood trauma or trauma recovery.
The workshop will explore ways to work therapeutically with adults who have experienced ACES.
On completion of the day you will be able to:
- understand what adverse childhood experiences (ACES) are
- understand the brain development in the early years.
- understand the impact on adulthood after ACE
- know what “best practice” support looks like
- look at therapeutic approaches to working with individuals who have been impacted by trauma
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Understand what adverse childhood experiences (ACES) are
- Understand the brain development in the early years.
- Understand the impact on adulthood after ACE
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- This workshop is appropriate for Health Professionals, Counsellors, Social Workers, and Support Workers
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- This workshops will help individuals understand how ACES can impact relationships with adults who have lived experience of ACES. It will also offer guidance about what community support is available.
Course Content
Presenter
Kate Blakemore is a mum of three, who is a counsellor with specialism in infant loss and birth trauma. Kate has had her private counselling practice since 2012 and has a diploma in Specialist Fertility Counselling.
Kate is also the founder and Chief Executive of the charity Motherwell Cheshire, a Women and Girls Charity which was founded in 2015.
Kate is passionate about supporting women and girls and in particular mums mental health. Kate felt there were many books out there for new mums but nothing really available for the “mothering journey” and so the start of the book “mums the word – the mothering journey” began.
