Short courses

Summary

Trauma results when an event or incident overwhelms a person’s ability to cope or where it outweighs an individual’s personal resources: perhaps resulting in the experience of overwhelming emotion, fear of death and complete helplessness. Insight will be provided of working within the three-stage model of recovery from trauma, an empowerment model used in many support organizations. 

The course aims to support students to:  

• Introduce the theory behind the Herman Model of recovery from trauma. 
• Explore the practical applications of their learning. 
• Engage with experiential learning methods. 

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to: 

• Outline the impact of trauma including its psychological impact and behavioural manifestations 
• Explain how trauma affects the physical body  
• Describe some of the behaviours of the sex offender and outline some of the potential explanations for this behaviour 
• Describe a range of coping strategies and the long-term impact of these approaches 
• Outline and have some ability to apply the ‘empowerment model’ 
• Apply acquired knowledge to real-life and work situations in a professional and empathetic manner   

Suggested follow on course 

Introduction to counselling skills ADED11377 

COSCA Counselling skills  ADED1020E