On request training
Opportunity description
How research into the neuro-plastic properties of the brain sheds new light on human responses to complex relational trauma.Many people who access mental health services have histories of complex relational trauma born out of early childhood experiences. These experiences can include parentification, enmeshment or invalidation as well as emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse and neglect.
The brains and nervous systems of infants and children are profoundly influenced by these early experiences.
The good news is that current neuro-plasticity research suggests that the same neuro-biological processes that shape responses to experience, can also be harnessed to influence people's recovery from the impacts of complex relational trauma.
This session will cover
2. how a better understanding of the brain's neuro-plastic properties can improve the way we understand mental health and illness
3. ways to re-frame mental distress and behavioural symptoms as the brain's 'best effort' to adapt to intolerable early experiences
4. ways in which mental health workers can create conditions that maximise the healing power of neuro-plasticity, within the context of their everyday practice
Eligibility criteria
Categories:
Capability 10 - Delivering compassionate care, support and treatment
Disciplines:
Allied Health,
Lived Experience Workforce,
Medical,
Nursing
Levels:
Introductory,
Intermediate
Lifespans:
Child,
Adolescent,
Youth,
Adult,
Older Persons
1 day
