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ASCA’s Professional Development for Health Practitioners: Working with adult survivors of complex trauma

6 Jun 2014

Adults Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA) is running full day workshops designed for diverse health personal who work with adult survivors in various capacities.

The workshop addresses the nature and impacts of unresolved childhood trauma. Drawing on the insights of current research in the neurobiology of attachment, it provides the foundations for understanding the cumulative effects of overwhelming childhood stress on the brain and body. It also presents key principles of recovery-oriented practice which assist neural integration, and which facilitate the healing and resolution of early life trauma.

The workshop covers:

  • Childhood trauma = ‘complex’ trauma
  • What is trauma and what are its effects?
  • Why and what we need to know about the brain
  • Implementing the insights

Dates:

  • 18 July, Sydney
  • 25 July, Brisbane
  • 15 August, Melbourne
  • 29 August, Adelaide

Click for more information and to register