An Introduction to Complex Trauma 101 with Diane Clare

This introductory webinar offers the basics for you to begin to gain confidence to work in this challenging area. It addresses why complex trauma and related dissociation requires adjustments to our practice.

If we are more familiar with general counselling work, complex trauma brings a new depth and dimension many professionals struggle to cope with. Some providers worry they will 'get it wrong' or 'make things worse' and mistakenly believe that there are 'many specialists out there' so they do not offer help to these clients at a time when there is such unprecedented demand and so few specialist providers in Aotearoa.

This training is designed to assist you in how to adapt your approach to start working with clients with these needs, and to do so with increased confidence. The evidence-based tri-phasic model is a useful framework to expand your ability to pace the work and to learn how to widen your window of tolerance to the complex material you may hear.

It will help you in turn to help your client to build their own confidence and window of tolerance, to move towards recovery from the trauma they have suffered. As you put on your oxygen mask, you are then better placed to help the other to put on theirs, as they are coming up for air from their trauma experiences.

Who Should Attend:
Counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other therapists and mental health workers who are engaged in general counselling practice currently but who want to gain more confidence working with complex trauma and dissociation. If you often have people who consult with you, but you are not sure how to frame a suitable approach, this webinar may also help you to pace the work effectively and safely.

The Presenter Diane Clare is an experienced clinical psychologist who, prior to starting her psychology training Diane, became an applicant to NZAP in 1987, then undertook Transactional Analysis training and other psychotherapy models over time. After completing her clinical psychology training she was made a full member of NZAP in 1996 and continues to be a member of APANZ, as well as NZCCP.

For more information and to register – please visit the website:
**Note our Special Offer for this training and the 201 workshop Diane offers***
https://www.grow.co.nz/working-with-complex-trauma-and-dissociation-101