Peer Support Facilitator Training on Trauma-Informed Working with Groups

Venue
Online

Do you facilitate peer support groups? Access free peer support facilitator training on trauma-informed working with groups.

The Greater Manchester Independent Mental Health Network (IMHN) are hosting a 4-part course on trauma-informed working on Thursday evenings in Autumn 2022.

The course will look at trauma-informed insights, information and skills related to peer support groups.

Part 1 – 29 September, 6.30pm - 8pm:

  • Gain knowledge about what is trauma and trauma informed work
  • Increase understanding of the impact of trauma on neurobiology (nervous system and body)
  • Understand why stabilisation is so important and learning different grounding skills
  • Help develop an understanding how trauma can affect our ability to connect via the Polyvagal Theory

Part 2 – 13 October, 6.30pm - 8pm:

  • Gaining more insight into group dynamics
  • Develop an awareness of how we and others might operate from different survival responses
  • Understanding the window of tolerance
  • Learning about relational strategies and how we can help ourselves and others to come back into the window of tolerance
  • Understanding empathic distress and the value of self-compassion

Part 3 – 3 November, 6.30pm - 8pm:

  • Revisiting the impact of trauma Yerkes-Dodson’s law – exploring what the trainees have noticed in their groups since the last training
  • Boundary Sea-saw Model about the different roles we might adopt depending on the group dynamic
  • Stabilisation exercises in a group setting
  • Exploring scenarios from a group setting and looking at how we might manage them
  • Attending to any topics that might have arisen

Part 4 – 17 November, 6.30pm - 8pm:

  • Self-care session
  • Attending to the helper and ‘wounded helper’
  • Allowing us to recognise what we need as we are offering support to others

About the trainer:
Theres Fickl is a counsellor with 25 years’ experience of working with people with trauma-related mental health issues. She creates a supportive learning environment and uses creative means in form of drawings and diagrams to illustrate complex ideas in a way that they can be understood. Theres will share from her work with her own clients to help deepen the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills.

Please note: This event is for those working across Greater Manchester (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan and Leigh).

Cost
Free
Provider
Greater Manchester Independent Mental Health Network