Boundaries in Complex Trauma Therapy Masterclass

This masterclass explores the distinct challenges, and opportunities, involved in setting and sustaining boundaries in complex trauma counselling which are both effective and compassionate. The aim of this masterclass is to increase awareness of the enhanced risks to effective boundaries in complex trauma counselling and suggest strategies to transform risk into opportunity.

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This masterclass explores the distinct challenges, and opportunities, involved in setting and sustaining boundaries in complex trauma counselling which are both effective and compassionate.

The aim of this masterclass is to increase awareness of the enhanced risks to effective boundaries in complex trauma counselling and suggest strategies to transform risk into opportunity.

By participating in this professional development masterclass, learners will:

  • Review their knowledge on boundaries in clinical practice more broadly, reflecting on their own professional learning and how they explain boundaries to clients
  • Identify what the client brings to counselling, what the practitioner experiences, and the combined impact of this on relational depth, and on challenges in setting and sustaining boundaries.
  • Discuss the four pillars of effective and compassionate boundary practice in complex trauma counselling.

Who should attend?

This masterclass is designed for counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists and social workers supporting complex trauma clients, and is informed by current research, practice wisdom and lived and living experience.

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