This talk is for youth workers, teachers, parents, foster carers, virtual school workers, residential workers, and so forth.

For us to be effective and meaningful when building relationships with traumatized children and young people, we need to have increased awareness and knowledge around the numerous and multi layered influence of loss, trauma and toxic stress on that person.

Children traumatized by either abuse or neglect have very special therapeutic needs.

We need to be able to view their behaviour within the context of the relationship and as a form of communication.

It is hard to know how to support a child who has been through either sexual, physical or emotional abuse?

It may be that the person is explosive and easily triggered. It may be that you feel there is always a risk of suicide and self-harm and you would like to know the best way to manage this.

This talk will inform you about the body and the brain when trauma is experienced and it will also teach you practical ways in which you can support and offer loving presence to the person in distress.

You will learn 

Why the child or young person is easily dysregulated and becomes angry or distressed.

How to build the relationship in the calm moments.

What are the common themes in terms of triggering.

How to help the person regulate their emotions.

Helen Harvey is facilitating the talk. Helen is a registered BACP child and Adolescent therapist working in post adoption for Cumbria. Helen's training includes 

My training is a degree in Person-Centred therapy

Post graduate certificate in evidence based psychological approaches (cognitive behavioural therapy)

BA Honours Person-Centred Therapy (BACP accredited degree)

Post graduate certificate in evidence based psychological approaches (cognitive behavioural therapy)

Working with children and adolescents diploma (ongoing)

Working with sexualised trauma

Safeguarding level 3

Introduction to mental health

Drug use & misuse - level 2

Family link Parenting certificate

Aspergers 'What Now' course

Adolescent Suicide

Dealing with distress - working with self-harm and suicide (PODS training)

Trauma, Dissociation & Recovery (PODS Training)

Traumatic Attachment & Co-Regulation: The Neurobiology of Relationship

Childhood Sexual Abuse (PODS Training)

Dissociation and DID: The Fundamentals (PODS training)

Trauma and the Body (PODS training)

Trauma and Dissociation in Children Series Part I: Behavioral Impacts

The Latest in Trauma Treatments: Diagnosis, Neuroscience & Best Practices

Complicated and Traumatic Grief: Clinical Interventions for Healing Trauma CPD

I am a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and work within the ethical guidelines.