Training/Workshops

Trauma-Responsive Training

For professionals who work with people.

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What is Trauma?

Trauma is not rare.

In today’s disconnected world, trauma can arise not only from major events but from ongoing experiences such as separation or divorce, abuse or neglect, bullying, chronic stress, emotional invalidation, or environments where an individual feels unsafe, unsupported, or under constant pressure.

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It is the body and brain’s survival response to threat, where the nervous system becomes dysregulated and remains in patterns of fight, flight, freeze, or shutdown even after the danger has passed. 

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It sits across schools, services, workplaces, and communities - often misunderstood, and often unintentionally reinforced by the very systems designed to help.

 

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Aim

To:

• Make sense of behaviour through a trauma and nervous system lens

• Reduce escalation, burnout, and re-traumatisation

• Build safer, more responsive environments

• Provides practical strategies that can be used immediately

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Who It’s For

• Education and school staff

• Police, youth justice and community services

• Healthcare and allied health

• Counsellors, social workers and NGOs

• Organisations supporting people under pressure

• Parent Groups

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What’s Covered

• Understanding trauma and nervous system responses

• Recognising distress: shutdown, reactivity, withdrawal

• Responding with empathy, not escalation

• Co-regulation, de-escalation, and relational repair

• Creating safe, inclusive environments

• Supporting staff wellbeing

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How It’s Delivered

• Grounded in neuroscience and approaches such as Polyvagal Theory, attachment, and Internal Family Systems.

• Practical. Relational. Real-world.

• Introducing strategies and tools that can be used immediately.

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Training Options

• Half-day and full-day workshops

• Multi-session programmes

• Keynote speaking

• Bespoke training for your team or organisation

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"Wow, what an impression you made at the conference!!  So many of the educators were raving about you after. They loved the way you delivered and how calming your delivery was, and they found it so relevant to the world we work in these days.
It was a delight to meet you, and I really enjoyed the wisdom you shared with us all."
Ingrid Kemp   
Educator
Life Education Trust Nelson Tasman

 

 

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