About this event
Any professional, such as counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, hypnotherapists, social workers, GP’s, etc. who works with trauma, is potentially at risk of burn-out, secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
This can have a devastating impact on our wellbeing: We might feel exhausted, overwhelmed, shut-down, numb, easily triggered, struggle with poor sleep, and so on.
Keeping ourselves as safe as possible is vital, if we want to do this job for a long time. In this hour we will briefly some of the risks that we face as professionals, as well as 7 keys to get you started on how you to keep yourself safe(r):
- Self-awareness
- Safety Techniques
- Training & TIS
- Managing your empathy
- Don’t visualise trauma
- Healthy boundaries
- Recovery
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Participants will have an increased awareness of the risks we face as professionals of burn-out, compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress and and vicarious trauma.
- Participants will have a better understanding of various keys as to how to keep themselves safe(r).
- Participants will be able to recognise how they might apply these keys to their day-to-day working life.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Student and qualified counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, psychologists, support workers, GP’s, psychiatrists, hypnotherapists, as well as any other mental health professional who works with trauma or wants to work with traumatised clients.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- This workshop aims to understand the impact of working with trauma on our nervous system, and maybe more importantly, how we can navigate and manage this.
ZOOM
This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.
Maaike Beech
Maaike is a MBACP, SNCPS and EMDR UK accredited counsellor and psychotherapist with a specialty as a Trauma Clinician. She has been working with trauma for over 17 years’ and has trained in TF-CBT, Rewind-Technique, EMDR Level 1, 2 and 3, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1 and Level 1 IFS. Maaike works as a Clinical Lead for the Children’s Society for all counsellors, psychotherapists, and clinical supervisors. She is also the Director of The Beech Practice Ltd. She is a qualified clinical supervisor and runs a Diploma in Trauma-Informed Clinical Supervision, as well as a NCPS Quality Checked Foundation Diploma called “Therapeutic Safety in Trauma”.
Maaike originally trained as a counsellor in the Netherlands, whilst working for Victim Support and General Counselling Departments, with a specialty in domestic abuse. Maaike has also worked for a Hospice, Rape Crisis and the Children’s Society, who work with refugees, migrants, trafficking and exploitation. She has set-up several counselling services for various organisations and is an experienced group therapist.
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