The Dual Nature of Complex Trauma: Navigating Its Effects on Clients and Professionals

Posted Tuesday 04 March 2025 | Blue Knot Foundation

The Dual Nature of Complex Trauma: Navigating Its Effects on Clients and Professionals offers a deep dive into the core principles of trauma-informed care, focusing on the importance of safety and connection. This training equips professionals with information to understand the profound impact of complex trauma and how to build safe, trusting relationships with those they support. By creating environments grounded in safety and empathy, participants will enhance their ability to connect meaningfully with others.

This training also delves into the impact of providing attunement and care, highlighting the importance of recognising and managing stress outcomes for long-term wellbeing in this field. Emphasising vicarious resilience and compassion satisfaction, the program offers strategies to support both professional and personal health, ensuring sustainable wellbeing in challenging times.

Learning outcomes

Understand the Impact of Complex Trauma

Gain a deeper understanding of how complex trauma impacts individuals across physical, emotional, and relational domains.

Create the capacity for safety

Learn how to create the capacity for safe environments that support the building of trust and connection

Apply a Trauma-Informed Lens

Develop practical strategies to integrate trauma-informed principles into everyday interactions, fostering empathy and sensitivity in professional practice.

Recognise and Respond to Vicarious Trauma

Identify the signs of vicarious trauma in oneself and colleagues and apply strategies to prevent its long-term impact on mental and emotional health.

Build Resilience through Self-Care and Reflection

Discover effective self-care practices and reflective techniques to sustain resilience and wellbeing in professional settings, ensuring longevity in trauma-related roles.