Understandind Self Harm: Within A Trauma Framework

Understanding Self-Harm: Within A Trauma Framework

The act of self-harm is often misunderstood by clients, their loved ones teachers and treatment providers. By understanding how trauma and chronic stress affect one's physiological and cognitive functioning; we can better understand the emotional pain our clients are trying to communicate when they self-harm.

This highly interactive Virtual Workshop on Zoom employs didactic, as well as experiential learning. The use of media, arts & culture are also used for instructional purposes to allow for different participant learning styles and creativity.

The Workshop provides a rare opportunity for clinicians and helping professionals to discuss the impact of counter-transference and compassion fatigue on treatment.

In this Workshop, participants will learn to identify and assess risk, as well as concrete interventions for collaborating with and engaging clients toward more positive outcomes.

Training Objectives:

1. Participants actively engage in learning and practicing concrete treatment interventions that interrupt the self-harm cycle.
2. Participants will learn to reframe their client’s self-harm as an effort to avoid experiencing or re-experiencing trauma and chronic stress.
3. Clinician counter-transference will be discussed, as will strategies for reducing it’s impact on the re-enactment of the trauma cycle in therapy.

Here's some feedback from a recent presentation of Understanding Self-Harm:

“This was one of the best trainings I have taken where an instructor has engaged the group consistently and well, throughout the entire class. A very enjoyable four hours of learning!”
“Ellen did a great job presenting the material in a wide range of ways which made the learning more fun! She presented the material in a clear and concise matter and applied her knowledge to real life situations which helped the training to feel more relevant.”

“Great ideas, interventions and examplesI think Ellen was extremely knowledgeable and connected in terms of the course work and material.”

“Presenter was great at working with participants to make sure everyone was getting what they needed from the workshop."

“This is an excellent presentation.”