In this workshop we will explore the psychology of intimate partner violence and the impact on the relationship.
People who use some form of violence on the person they love, will very often do so from an experience of hopelessness, despair and an experience of helplessness. In the aftermath of a violent episode, feelings of regret, guilt, and shame can become so overwhelming that it becomes difficult to fully acknowledge the violence and take responsibility for it.
For the therapist working with violence, maintaining an empathic and curios therapeutic stance whilst at the same time emphasising the importance of responsibility can be a tricky balancing act. Helping clients to own their problem whilst resisting invitations into Games requires the capacity to hold several perspectives – and is a complex process.
In this workshop we will look at the following:
- What is violence?
- The cycle of violence in a relationship.
- How violence can become “the norm” within the family whilst remaining hidden in the outside world.
- The therapeutic relationship. How to detect violence and ways to work with it
Course Content
Presenter
Marit Lyngra (MSc, CTA, PTSTA) started her training at Metanoia Institute in London in 2001 completing her CTA in 2010. In addition to CTA, she has a Certificate in Integrative Couples Counselling (Metanoia) and Diploma in Supervision from The Society of Analytical Psychology.
Marit worked in private practice for several years, but since 2011, she has been working primarily with perpetrators of violence. First at the Fens Unit at HMP Whitemoor then from 2015 at Alternative to Violence (ATV) in Norway (where she is from). ATV is an organisation providing psychotherapy to perpetrators of domestic violence and their families.
This workshop in a collaboration between the Link Centre and Onlinevents
At the Link Centre we pride ourselves in delivering high quality options tailored to needs of clients and delivered in a relaxed, comfortable yet stimulating environment in which people feel safe to learn and develop. We work with individuals, groups, organisations, and educational establishments using the depth of our psychological knowledge, to facilitate growth and development.
Our training centre is located in the heart of the countryside, in Plumpton, East Sussex. It provides a variety of training rooms, extensive parking, and disabled access, to help meet the needs of individuals attending our courses. As well as this the centre has extensive grounds that can be enjoyed during lunch and tea breaks.
We also offer in-house coaching, training and consultancy that is tailored to the needs of our customers.
Our trainers and consultants are all fully qualified, experienced, skilled and accredited to both national and international level.
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