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The Aim
To develop more effective skills in working with
people who have survived childhood abuse, trauma
and/or neglect.
Who would benefit from this course
These could include: Counsellors, Psychotherapists,
Social Workers, Community Mental Health and Medical
professionals, Teachers, Prison and probation
Officers.
The Course Aims
- To improve the
skills and understanding of practitioners for
their clients who have been abused as children:
by developing knowledge about and sensitivity
towards our own, and other people's fears,
expectations, beliefs and attitudes.
- To recognise the
strengths and needs of people who were abused as
children.
- To raise
awareness of the effects of childhood abuse on
all a clients relationships.
- To consider the
effects of different types of abuse, sexual,
physical and emotional.
- To foster a
critical and evaluative approach to the theories
and concepts which deal with childhood abuse,
such as: secrecy, collusion, fantasy, false
memory.
- To consider the
issues of confrontation and of legal action. To
review cultural and historical issues
surrounding childhood abuse.
- To consider a
variety of approaches to helping the healing
process.
Course Details
The course comprises a set of three modules
including an individual 3,000 word assignment
(or negotiated alternative) for each module.
Students are encouraged to use the assignments
to deepen their empathic understanding of their
clients. The modules provide a theoretical
framework for the practitioner to develop their
understanding of the legacy of childhood trauma
and to explore applications that develop their
practice in the workplace.
The modules are:
Module One: Survival Skills for Healing
Module Two: Assessing the where the client
is in the healing process
Module Three: Models and Aspects of the
Healing process
Duration: The course takes place over one
academic year comprising 6 residential weekend
study blocks from Friday evening to Sunday
afternoon.
Cost: £1550 includes all meals, all
refreshments, materials and handouts and
residential accommodation.
Award: Diploma accredited by Middlesex
University following completion of all modules
and three 3,000 word assignments or negotiated
alternatives.
Contact us for current dates
and availability .
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