20 Ways To Break Free From Trauma: Introducing Talking Trauma Series

Each workshop will present an aspect of trauma - 20 trauma responses and 20 workshops!

In this first introductory workshop, Philippa will introduce the subject and set the stage for the series of trauma workshops.

About the Book:

20 Ways to Break Free From Trauma published 2025 is aA Life-Changing Toolkit for Psychological Recovery

Emerging after the first lockdown, her book about trauma is published by Jessica Kingsley. This is a book to help ground us and help us find our equilibrium when buffeted by the world.

20 Ways to Break Free from Trauma distils the author's extensive knowledge of trauma into focused areas of self-help, unveiling practical insights for developing self compassion and healing deep and often hidden wounds.

Trauma is often invisible but profoundly impactful, It's an experience that gets under our skin, and its effects can be hard to throw off. It can cut us off from ourselves and break our hearts.

Philippa wrote this book to bring what is hidden into the light, dismantle stigma, and offer hope for transformation.

‘One of the best books on trauma I’ve read in a long time.’ - Sir Terry Waite, KCMG, CBE
human rights activist and author

‘An important and insightful contribution to the mental health literary landscape.’ - Alastair Campbell – communicator, consultant, strategist, mental health campaigner

Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event

• Trauma is part of the warp and weft of life, yet often missed. Trauma can be a one off event, or trauma's effects can be cumulative and spring from ongoing lived experience.
• Information about trauma is empowering.
• Participants will learn about trauma's complex ways, will understand how to spot trauma responses in their clients and be given resources, exercises and tools to mitigate trauma.
• We live in a world that buffets us and ramps up our nervous systems. The workshops are offered as an oasis of reflective calm and antidote to stress.

Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?

• Anyone interested in this subject.

How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?

• The book is a handbook for anyone suffering with trauma. It is also packed full of insights, stories from real life and resources, meditations and exercises to use with clients.

RECORDING

This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.

ZOOM

This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.

SELF-SELECT FEE

The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.

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If you are not a member of a professional organisation, we ask that you participate in a way that is both authentic and respectful, fostering a space of mutual learning and professional engagement.

By registering for this event, you agree to be present and interact in a manner that reflects these principles.

Philippa Smethurst

I am Philippa, a counsellor, psychotherapist, supervisor and author with over 30 years experience. I trained originally at the Metanoia Institute in Integrative Psychotherapy. I have also trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Complex Trauma and Dissociation.

I am a visiting tutor at the Banbury Counselling Academy.

My special interest is in trauma. I have published several papers on the subject and contributed chapters in a book: 'The Change Process in Psychotherapy During Troubling Times' (2022: Routledge). My long held interest in working with the homeless and in training volunteers is in making theory accessible through psych-education and using straightforward tools to help regulate the nervous system.

My videos on the 20 point tour of trauma are soon to be released on U-Tube. Please look out for them as they give a great taster and my ideas about trauma!

Website | www.philippasmethurst.com

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