Life After Trauma
Half-day workshop
Traumatic experiences are sadly a common feature of many people’s lives. These can have a lasting impact physically, psychologically and socially. A common reaction to traumatic events is developing symptoms such as flashbacks and nightmares, which are the key feature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
This workshop will be aim to cover the issues below in a sensitive manner, and with as much or as little participation from students as they feel able:
Traumatic experiences are sadly a common feature of many people’s lives. These can have a lasting impact physically, psychologically and socially. A common reaction to traumatic events is developing symptoms such as flashbacks and nightmares, which are the key feature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
This workshop will be aim to cover the issues below in a sensitive manner, and with as much or as little participation from students as they feel able:
- how to understand what the effects of trauma can be: the causes, symptoms, role of triggers, and effects on relationships
- how to understand what recovery might look like
- how to understand what support might be helpful: obtaining information about it, peer support, family/carer support, evidence based therapies and activism
- how to self manage and start to get the support needed: communicating with family, carers & professionals, dealing with triggers, making trauma-informed care plans for oneself
