Workshops for survivors and their families and friends: Understanding complex trauma and strategies to support yourself and your loved ones.
Survivors Workshop :
Understanding Complex Trauma and Strategies to Support Yourself
The workshops aim to provide information about the different types of trauma and an understanding of the impacts complex trauma. It provides information about the need for both physical and emotional safety which looks different for each person. We explore the impacts on the body and the brain and subsequently, how we function in the world because of trauma experiences. There are also some techniques to support regulation and self care.
This webinar is educational. It is not a therapeutic group; it focuses on safety, self-care and support.
In all formats of our workshops, there is opportunity to either use the chat function or interact in person but there is no pressure to speak or contribute, and participants do not need to share their stories.
Who are these workshops for: Adult survivors (over 16 years of age) who have experienced any form of childhood trauma and/or abuse.
Upcoming dates:
- 15th March, 10am-4pm (Sydney workshop)
- 28th March, 8.30am to 9.30am (1 hour virtual webinar)
- 14th May, 12pm-1pm (1 hour virtual webinar)
- 27th June, 8.30am-10.30am (2 hour virtual webinar)
For more information including frequently asked questions and to register for these workshops go to: https://blueknot.org.au/supporters/supporter-workshops/
Supporters Workshop:
Workshops for families, friends, partners and loved ones who are supporting a survivor of complex trauma.
This full day workshop is informed by current research. In it participants will learn about becoming more trauma-informed, which is a compassionate approach to supporting people with trauma experiences. The workshop will share knowledge about how stress can affect children as they develop, and how the biological stress response can still affect people later in life, including what may trigger them and how.
Participants will also be given strategies to help them understand and support survivors on their recovery journey while paying attention to their own self-care.
The workshop acknowledges that trauma from childhood – including all forms of abuse, neglect and other adverse childhood experiences – can have substantial impacts both for the adult who has experienced it as well as people around him/her.
- 22nd March, 10am to 4pm (Zoom)
- 24th May, 10am to 4pm (Zoom)
- 21st June, 10am-4pm (Zoom)
**All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) – see links for more available dates.
For more information including frequently asked questions and to register for these workshops go to: https://blueknot.org.au/survivors/survivor-workshops/
