Eliciting Trauma : Structure of Addiction & Healing Pathway

About the programme

Eliciting trauma is a two day certification course aimed at skill development and understanding how the memory of trauma affects relations and day to day functioning of the client. The unique part of this certification is that it shares with its participants (a) how to elicit the difference between the event and its memory, (b) desensitisation of overwhelming emotions and unwanted resources (c) bring movement and change in those parts of the body where there were somatic installations (d) a supervision group. This course is a supervised session filled with skills and tools for those who want to add trauma informed working approaches with their clients. The approach is humanistic, empathic, and at the same time anchored & grounded in approaches of Neurolinguistics and Gestalt Psychotherapy. This course is highly recommended to those with a prior understanding of counselling, psychology or any professional modality like Gestalt, Neurolinguistics, CBT, REBT, Hypnosis, etc. This is not an entry-course, so a background in the subject is essential. 

The impact of the memory of the unwanted event (trauma) interferes in various parts of the client's life creating dependency, behavioural shifts, and unhealthy associations. This course is directed at bringing a better understanding of the interplays of insecure attachment styles, addiction, shame, guilt, and grief. ​

The Course also prepares its students with appropriate intervention tool kit & status examination which they can refer to if needed, and to work co-operatively with other practitioners and professionals.

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Objectives of the Certificate Programme:
The educational objectives of this course are as follows:

• Increase effectiveness & efficiency in the intervention process (counselling, therapy).

• Understand the difference between memory of the events & flashes that trigger that event.

• Moving on the client's timeline & bringing movement in their somatic experiences.

• Develop awareness and sensitivity about the client's experience towards the client's experience, to build rapport & install anchors.

• Develop personal qualities and competencies to plan and engage in relevant support and supportive interventions.

• Distinguish between strong unwanted driving associations like shame, guilt, insecure attachments, abandonment, abuse, etc. before beginning the work.

Syllabus
Pre-work

• Neurobiology of Trauma/how Trauma impacts specific areas of the brain.

• How Trauma overloads the brain & takes away its coping ability.

• PTSD & its impacts on daily functions.

• Creating a resilient anchor to access in the face of adversity.

• Trauma sensitive probing (holding), micro-skills of silence, empathy, & listening.

• Each of the above pre-work topic comes with intext questions (MCQs or subjective based on the nature of the topic). These are merely indicative, and not for evaluation purposes.

• There would be a 50-mark final paper at the end of the pre-work. Again, this would be merely indicative, and not for evaluation purposes.

• The pre-work and its assessments are required to attend the basic class on counselling skills and approaches.

Class Syllabus :

1. Day One

• Module one  :

  • ​Eliciting the flashes prior to the trigger.

  • Sensory acuity & representation. 

• Module two :

  • Understanding the three universal human modeling processes (Generalisation, Deletion, & Distortion), so as to restore the lost symmetry, align breath and check ecology.

  • Somatic release of muscle memory (movement & matrix).

2. Day Two

• Module three :

  • {Visual (auditory) - kinaesthetic} - dissociation. 

• Module four :

  • How to conduct Trauma-sensitive therapeutic session for emotional regulation (freedom).

  • Understanding toxic shame & guilt due to archetypal death of the parent & how to work through it.

  • Impact due to losses- in emotion, function & person.

  • Resolution through expression.

Evaluation and certification

• One peer review lab with the chief moderator and peer reviewer

• One literature review

• Six mandatory practice sessions based on basic skills of Trauma intervention.

• Written integration paper (objective and subjective)

• Personal Therapy session (optional)

The evaluation will be conducted 30 days after the live session. Participants will be conveyed the date & timing of the same in advance.

Learner Outcomes:

By the end of the programme, the learners will be able to:

• Hold space for the client through a neuroclean approach of mindfulness.

• Navigate the clients to explore their flashes.

• Employ the systematic probing approach to bring safety as the client explores their crashes & unresourceful states.

• Work in ecology & congruence to distort emotions to uncover learning of self & other resources.

• Understand the academic & experiential impacts of Trauma on relation.

• Draw parallel & relation between the addict & addiction.

• Elicit somatic installation & release it in the matrix by holding & movement.