Systemic Approaches to Trauma and Neglect/Trauma clinical practice
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Objectives
edit- Engage effectively to conduct work with families who have experienced trauma and/or neglect.
- Conduct an assessment of the family's situation and therapeutic needs using at least one of a range of specified theoretical frameworks
- Integrate aspects of your own experience of the therapeutic relationship into your assessment and decisions for intervention with the family.
- Work collaboratively with the family and parts thereof to design and carry out an appropriate plan for intervention
- Synthesise theoretical frameworks with your ongoing reflections on your experience to appropriately manage the therapeutic relationship.
- Demonstrate effective skills in introduing and utilitsing at least one of: EMDR, Radical Exposure tapping, Schema Therapy, Schema Mode Therapy, Internal Family Systems, or other approach as appropriate.
- Develop in your capacity to respond flexibly and skilfully to the individual needs of a range of family presentations.
Assignments
edit- Meet criteria to satisfy established level on a range of clinical competencies (500 words equiv)
- Case analysis (3000 words)
- Individual or group assignment developing a learning resource for professional information about some aspect of trauma therapy with families. (equiv 4000 words)
Topics, Activities and Resources
edit- Supervised role-play and discussion within small supervision groups to develop knowledge and skills in:
- engagement of families
- collaborative assessment and goal setting,
- integration of theoretical frameworks,
- one of the active models of intervention,
- reflection on your own experience of the therapeutic relationship,
- conceptualisation and management of your own and the family's responses within the therapeutic relationship
- conceptualisation of your own needs for development as a trauma therapist
- Live supervised practice with clients from your own workplace or The Bouverie Centre within small supervision groups to further refine and develop knowledge and skill in the above areas.
- Inquiry-based learning activity to design an on-line training exercise or resource within a public forum, e.g. YouTube, Wikiversity, Wikipedia…