TRAUMA WORKSHOP

A cup of coffee with a trauma survivor: befriending the traumatized without becoming overwhelmed or panicking.

Session 1: Wednesday June 16th 11am-1pm PDT (Seattle time) / 7pm BST (UK)
Session 2: Wednesday July 14th 11am-1pm PDT (Seattle time) / 7pm BST (UK)

Cost: $50 for both session 1 and 2

Each live session will be recorded and will be available to be viewed online on our course resources page.

The scope and impacts of psychological trauma in our world cannot be underestimated. Yet many feel a sense of fear and inadequacy when approaching this subject or journeying with those who have had traumatic experiences and who continue to live with its impacts.

The manifestations of trauma and the complex jargon that exists around it can leave us feeling like it’s an area best left well alone. The consequences of this often is a people group who feel ever more isolated and alienated by their trauma experiences, who feel other than and cannot seem to find safe spaces within our churches and organizations.

Whilst there is nothing simple about trauma and the way it wreaks havoc on human lives, de-mystifying trauma so we can be informed and sensitive in our settings will help us be more effective in our pastoral, missional and prayer settings.

This training aims to be a taster that will use story, dialogue and experience sharing to educate and de-mystify human experiences of trauma. Exposure to testimony about trauma and recovery is one of the best ways to learn how to journey with those who have experienced it.

We will give time to share our fears and hopes when approaching this subject, and learn some best practices for accompanying trauma survivors well.

We will also aim to share from the insights we have gleaned from the Holy Spirit as we have journeyed alongside traumatised people. We will hear insights trauma survivors have heard from heaven in their own lives and all the richness that flows from traumatised and marginalised voices as we read the bible together.

Session 1: Understanding the nature of trauma and learning it’s ‘language.’
Wednesday June 16th 11am-1pm PST

-The living dead (stuck, frozen, trapped).
-Trauma Land: No man’s land (disassociation, depersonalisation, derealisation)
-Bodies: the brains bouncers
-Shame: a poisonous well
-Disconnection: a state of being and survival skill
-Trauma and neurobiology: the problem with trying to think yourself whole.
-Trauma and oppression: structural harm (systems and victim blaming)

Session 2: Keys for trauma recovery
Wednesday July 14th 11am-1pm PST

-The healing relationship: bearing witness (without being a perpetrator or victim)
-Safety: an internal condition and a community venture
-The window of tolerance: widening our capacity.
-Stabilisation, regulation, integration
-Our voices are powerful
-To tell or not to tell our stories.
-Un-shamed

Heidi Basely is a survivor and activist in the field of trauma with twenty years of experience in clinical and missional contexts, pioneering and community building among traumatized people and mental health sufferers. She has lived and worked and practiced missional life among traumatized folk, the Roma and travelling community populations. She has born witness and cared for complex trauma sufferers in institutional care, after domestic violence, and reading the bible among those who suffer. Heidi trained in psychotherapy and counselling (BSc hons) and Integrative Therapy.

Entry Fee:
$50 USD for session 1 and 2
*Partial scholarships are available in the options below