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Trauma: The Child, The Family and The Worker - a workshop series (CPD82w)

Following 2 successful one-day workshops looking at some fundamental aspects of trauma as well as looking at experiences of children in the care system, we are now pleased to offer 2 half-day workshops on specific traumas: marital violence and refugees.

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The 2 workshops will be led by experienced professionals who have considerable experience of the field. The workshops will consist of a theory presentation, a short break and then a group  discussion. Participants are encouraged to bring examples of their own work.

Refreshments will be provided.
 

Marital Violence

Friday 9 March 2012, 10.30am - 12.30pm

The workshop will summarise the main contextual explanations that have been given to account for violence in the couple relationship and its transmission from one generation to the next.

From an attachment and relational perspective it will consider how such violence might be understood, and open discussion about whether personal and institutional responses to domestic violence serve to protect against or replicate the dynamics that practitioners are challenged to work with when violence is disclosed.

Dr Christopher Clulow is a Senior Fellow of the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships,where he works as a visiting lecturer and researcher. He has published extensively on marriage, partnerships, parenthood and couple  psychotherapy, most recently from an attachment  perspective. He is Vice Chair of the British Society of Couple Psychotherapists and Counsellors, a member of the Editorial Board for Couple and Family Psychoanalysis and Editorial Advisory Board for Sexual and Relationship Therapy. 

Refugees

Wednesday 9 May 2012, 10.00am - 12.00pm

This workshop will cover working with traumatised asylum seekers and refugees.  It will also examine the impact of intergenerational trauma on children and families.

Nina Wessels is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, working within the Child and Family Department of The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

To book a place

To book a place please contact us at events@tavi-port.ac.uk or telephone 020 8938 2285.