Training

Whether it’s a workshop or a conference presentation, my focus is on knowledge, connection and inspiration.

I currently run day-long introductions to dealing with trauma in psychotherapy at the CCPE in London’s Little Venice. Click on this link for full details.

We spend the morning getting to grips with the basics of trauma symptoms and physiology, including a simple introduction to the brain science of extreme stress and survival. In the afternoon, we practice taking a trauma history, identifying hot spots and understanding how trauma fragments thinking, feeling and physical sensation.

And above all, we learn how to support our clients in working through and reintegrating their worst experiences. The day includes an introduction to one of the most effective forms of trauma treatment, the now extensively researched and recommended Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).

I also specialise in training for  journalists and  journalism students – with many courses held over the years with, to name just a few, the BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera, the Washington Post, Newsweek, ABC News, National Public Radio, NBC News, the Guardian, the Financial Times, AFP in Paris and WDR and Deutsche Welle in Germany.

On the academic front, I’ve trained at universities ranging from Bournemouth and Cardiff media schools to Falmouth, Roehampton and Huddersfield.

Training can be anything from a one-hour team briefing through a half day, a full day or a longer in-depth exploration of personal and professional experience, with coaching, role-plays and plenty of time for sharing stories and learning new approaches. As one trainee from the Reuters news agency put it after covering an earthquake:

“How helpful the trauma-reporting [training] appeared to be. It was much more human than I ever imagined, and it only improved my work, not obstructed it as I used to imagine.”

If this might be of interest, do get in touch.