Systemic Approaches to Trauma and Neglect/Introduction to contemporary trauma theory and practice with families
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Objectives
[edit | edit source]- Engage effectively to conduct work with families who have experienced trauma and/or neglect.
- Conduct an assessment of the family's situation and therapeutic needs using at least one of a range of specified theoretical frameworks
- Integrate aspects of your own experience of the therapeutic relationship into your assessment and decisions for intervention with the family.
- Work collaboratively with the family and parts thereof to design and carry out an appropriate plan for intervention
- Synthesise theoretical frameworks with your ongoing reflections on your experience to appropriately manage the therapeutic relationship.
- Demonstrate effective skills in introducing and utilitsing at least one of: EMDR, Radical Exposure tapping, Schema Therapy, Schema Mode Therapy, Internal Family Systems, or other approach as appropriate.
- Develop in your capacity to respond flexibly and skilfully to the individual needs of a range of family presentations.
Assignments
[edit | edit source]- Essay (2000 word)
- In-depth case analysis wtihin prescribed theoretical frameworks (2500 word)
Topics, Activities and Resources
[edit | edit source]- Lectures integrating theories for working with children and adolescents and their families
- Video demonstrations
- Lectures on understanding and working with offenders, and how their behaviour shapes family dynamics.
- Lectures on interactional patterns in families where abuse has occurred
- Lectures on working with non-offending family members: parents, partners, and siblings.
- Role-play to develop skills in conceptualising the different experiences of family members where one or more of them has experienced trauma/neglect
- Lectures on working with couples where one or both have experienced trauma/neglect.
- Role play video demonstration on working with couples re trauma and neglect
- Guided reading
- Lectures on practice in working with families where one or more members have experienced trauma and/or neglect