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Solution Focused Approach to Suicide Prevention
Working with Adult Survivors of Abuse & Trauma
The purpose of this workshop is to affirm workers in their current
work with survivors of abuse and to increase attendees’
awareness and understanding of abuse survival work generally.
A wide range of tools and techniques are taught, which may be
of use equally when working with both abuse and trauma survivors.
The approach taken towards the subject is solution focused and
those who are familiar with the work of Yvonne Dolan, will notice
the influence of her ideas within the course content. She suggests
that many former victims of abuse can be stuck either in the
‘victim’ or ‘survivor’ stage; the good
news being, however, that both can move beyond this to a third
stage: ‘Living the Authentic Life’.
Attendees on these one-day workshops are encouraged to work
with their clients in a way that encourages them to adopt the
view that living life well is the best way forward.
Objectives
This course is designed to enable attendees to:
- Name the different types of abuse, neglect
and trauma
- Describe the characteristics of the victimhood,
survivorhood and Living the Authentic Life
- Use a variety of tools and techniques
for helping survivors move further towards their Authentic
Self
- Name the pitfalls when working with abuse
and trauma survivors
- Highlight the most helpful and useful
questions to ask abuse survivors
- Feel more confident in their work with
a wide range of people who have experienced either abuse,
neglect or trauma
Contents
Introduction and expectations
Listing the topic areas
What works in 1:1 work with survivors
What service users have found helpful
Helpful questions and statements
Naming the abuse, neglect or trauma
Survival skills
Dealing with anger
Three-stage process for adult survivors
Disclosing the abuse
The detail of the abuse
Blocks to disclosing
What equips us to do this work?
Implications of abuse work for workers
Getting to know the authentic self
The various tools and techniques outlined
Meaning and purpose in life
How we can improve practice further
What people say
“Insightful and inspiring, it made sense to me.”
Family Therapist
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