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The use of Self, Vicarious Trauma, Self Care and Compassion Fatigue, in person 20 Hour Training


  • The Yoga Clinic Perth C/- Heartplace 19 Blinco Street Fremantle, WA, 6160 Australia (map)
 

As a space holder do you…

Feel Burnt Out - Suffer from High level of Stress - Feel Exhausted

 

Suffer from Compassion Fatigue

Suffer from Vicarious Trauma

 

Learning to care for Self while caring for others

Join Martine in her Use of Self, Vicarious Trauma, Self Care and Compassion Fatigue course to gain the skills to become aware and response to the awareness of Burnout, Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma.

You will learn how to Re-resource yourself and plan how to manage for the future by becoming aware of the need for Trauma Stewardship.

I know through personal experience and through witnessing colleagues the toll that this work can take. This impacts not only work but also affects our personal lives causing stress, carer burnout, relational stress, lack of motivation, brain fog and loss of joy in life.

Women are

often considered to be biologically driven to be caring and nuturing and are therefore often not acknolwegded for this resultant burnout, often feeling guilt and shame for being emotionally exhausted.

As a Clinician, Yoga Teacher, Doctor, Nurse, Teacher or Human Service Worker we come across people who have suffered trauma on a very regular basis. This training will give you the tools to support support yourself whilst undertaking the work of caring for the traumas of others, in doing this work we inevitably experience  vicarious trauma and compassion fatique. 

In caring for others, and taking on the struggles of the world,  we need to learn to make caring for ourselves a priority.

Self care is not a luxury, its a necessity

““In working with complex trauma, the most important factor in the sustainability of our energy is how much attention we pay to maintaining a healthy and intuitive ‘self”.””
— Martine Coates (McDougall)
 

In this 20 hour course you will:

  • Learn how to care for ‘Self’ whilst caring for others.

  • Make sense of our belief systems and roles we play as carers personally and professionally.

  • Understand the impact of Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue

  • Gain an understanding of the role of transference and counter transference when working with others in the context of mental health.

  • Learn the warning signs of Trauma Exposure Response and finding balance.

  • The use of sound in healing.

You will also cover:

  • Psychological Insight work

  • Yoga Practice for Healing & Embodiment

  • Learning Trauma Informed care rituals to establish as a self care practice.

 

What our participants are saying

Testimonials

“I feel like this sort of training should be mandatory for all yoga teachers. I spent my first few years as a yoga student being told how I should feel and move in my own body. I now consider this sort of language as negligent, especially for anyone who has experienced trauma in their life. And let’s be honest, it would be hard to find some today who hasn’t had a traumatic experience in their lifetime. I highly recommend this training to all yoga teachers.”

“I am so very grateful that I found this training you offer. I am learning new language, understanding my body and brain and it is all immediately transferred to use for myself, at home and in my workplace. I can’t thank you enough. “

“Genuinely one of the best trauma or yoga learning workshops I’ve participated in. Martine’s style and her focus on the participants embodying their own experience and her facilitation is excellent. Highly recommend to everyone.”

“I am forever grateful for the experience I had with Martine during the mentorship program. Martine was incredibly generous with her knowledge, experiences and time. Martine was very emphatic as a mentor and gave me insights that were not only rooted in scientific, evidence-based findings but also her rich experiences spanning over many years. “

“I recently had a lived experience of a personal situation - my best friend was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. As a yoga teacher who had basic knowledge of how trauma can affect your body I was inspired to find training in trauma-informed yoga creating a spark and a yearning to deeper understand how it can affect us. Martine's course was exactly what I was after. Not only was this course recommended to me by another highly respected Yoga Teacher but when I met Martine I felt so at ease. She is the most approachable and empathic person to learn from, she also teaches with a perfect mix of personal experiences and insights and scientific/backed knowledge from the Boston Trauma Centre.”

“This training is invaluable in understanding helping to understand people's experience with complex trauma and how is unique for everyone and every body. Highly recommend to everyone.”

“A great way to explore the foundational concepts around trauma and how it sits in our body and how we show up for ourselves and others. Every body could benefit from the key elements offered here.”

“Great that this online training is available to encourage the development of therapists living and working in diverse and under-served communities.”

“This training is invaluable in understanding helping to understand people's experience with complex trauma and how is unique for everyone and every body. Highly recommend to everyone.”

“I learnt so much as Martine guided us along with her vast knowledge. Martine is very experienced and her empathy and compassion shone through.”

“Martine is so skilled at delivering this practice with her ability to be able to tease out the complexities of this terrain of complex trauma in the way that she models and articulates.”

“excellent, professional, informative, nurturing and inclusive.”

“I came in to the course not knowing much of Martine, now I am such a fan of her work and authentic delivery of some incredibly sensitive topics that need not be shamed but sat with as reality for some.”

“Martine's style in presenting this training is warm, confident and inviting to all individuals participating. She has extensive knowledge and experience and brings this into the training material.”

“Thank you for a wonderful and insightful weekend. I am so looking forward to the next training session. You do wonderful work :) “

 

Who is this training course designed for?

  • Yoga Teachers and yoga teachers in training who are  interested in expanding their teaching skills and developing more confidence in working with students / clients who suffer from trauma and mental health difficulties. Yoga teachers will develop a much deeper understanding of the concepts of Yoga Psychology and it’s capacity to empower students by providing safe and inclusive yoga practices with awareness.

  • Mental Health Professionals who are interested in bringing the body into treatment. There is now a significant body of evidence that has seen a marriage between yoga and Psychology. Neuroscience has shown that the mind and body are intrinsically linked and that trauma resides in the body. It has been my experience that when clients learn to befriend and trust their body, the capacity for clients to engage in therapy in a much safer and satisfying way is achieved. Yoga engages the nervous system teaching distress tolerance by balancing the nervous system, enhancing opportunities for neuroplasticity to occur by moving and breathing in a community setting with intention and on purpose.

  • Wellbeing professionals who are interested in the mind body connection and working in a holistic way towards healing and recovery.

  • Students of Yoga who are interested in further and deepening their knowledge in the context of ‘self’,  working on their own journey towards total wellbeing and personal discovery.

  • Teachers, nurses, first responders and all human service workers who come into contact with students/ patients who are distressed and overwhelmed and require significant support and containment. This course will give you the confidence to use grounding and stabilising techniques by using the body, breath and awareness of how the brain responds to anxiety.

Spaces are limited for this training, once the spaces are reserved the bookings will close. All payments are non-refundable to minimise last minute cancellations. You are welcome to substitute a friend in your place should you become unable to attend. Please arrive at 9.15am to get set up on the first day of the workshop.

All levels of yoga ability are very welcome. You do not need to be a yoga teacher to attend this training.

Martine is a yoga teacher, a psychotherapist who has significant experience in the public mental health system and in private practice and a certified Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga teacher, who was trained in this modality at The Boston Trauma Centre.

All equipment is provided, there is no need to bring anything except maybe a bottle of water. You are of course welcome as always to bring your own mat if you prefer.

Enrol below and gain access to a course that has helped hundreds to learn how to care for themselves while caring for others.

All for only A$595.00

Course Details

This course has 15 hours of online contact hours. To be ready for the course there is 5 hours of self paced reading assignments.

Training Times:

  • Saturday 9th November 2024 9:30am - 5pm AWST

  • Sunday 10th November 2024 9:30am - 5pm AWST

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