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About the Workshop

Cutting through the myths to develop effective treatment.

Who and why attend this course?

• Counsellors/mental health practitioners
• Full attendance of the two days will give you 12 CPD hours
• A certificate of attendance is included
• You will receive a comprehensive workbook to help you work with this client group which you can use in your practice

What will I learn from this two day workshop?

At the end of this two day workshop, you will have improved your ability to recognise the characteristics of this disorder. The two day course will enable you to work with this client group.

This will be an experiential workshop and you are encouraged to bring a case study for day two. You will receive a comprehensive workbook to help you work with this client group. You will explore the characteristics/criteria on BPD according to the DSM 5.

• The question will he asked is there a correlation between BPD and complex trauma?
• The use of imagery in assessment in this population will be taught.
• The use of objective assessments based on the DSM-5 criteria.

Tea & coffee will be provided. There are many shops close to the teaching centre where you can purchase lunch. Car parking is immediate to Ocean House. The closest station is Bracknell is a 5 min walk.

About Lucia Hall

Lucia Hall is a psychological therapist, traumatologist, university lecturer, trainer, communication coach, clinical hypnotherapist and supervisor. She was originally from Panama but moved to the United States where she was a social worker in the Family and Child Protection units in Detroit, Michigan. She met and married her British husband in the USA and they eventually moved to England. Lucia studied her MSc. in Mental Health at Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital & Kings College School of Medicine/ Institute of Psychiatry. She is an EMDR practitioner (Level 3) and is trainer for MBTI (Levels 2 & 3). Additional specialised training includes Schema Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP), CBT Trauma Focused Therapy, Imagery Rescripting & Reprocessing Therapy (IRRT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), Lifespan Integration (LI) and several other trauma focused processes. Lucia also has a diploma in hypnotherapy (DipH).

Lucia has taught at several colleges and universities in the UK as well as being an external course examiner. She is a consultant traumatologist for the insurance and legal professions and in addition has a great deal of experience in working with depression and anxiety. She owns Integrative Cognitive Solutions Limited, which is a psychotherapy, supervision and training company. Lucia is a member of many professional bodies including BABCP, MBACP, EMDR UK, GHR, NCP (Fellow), UKPTS and ESTSS.

ICS is Lucia’s training company and she also owns The Transformation Centre, which specialises in treating trauma and has clinics In London and Berkshire.

Currently Lucia is teaching a Postgraduate Diploma in Trauma & PTSD that she created to give participants a systematic and thorough approach for assisting trauma clients. This course was created as Lucia found that other courses were theory-heavy, but typically left participants without a clearly defined and practical approach to processing client’s trauma. Lucia also teaches several trauma workshops that are accredited by the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) and recognised by the United Kingdom Psychological Trauma Society (UKPTS). These courses lead to a Certificate in Traumatology recognised throughout Europe.

CPD certificates are issued with each course and can be used toward the IFEAL EFHD Trauma and PTSD training.