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About the Workshop

This workshop forms part of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) pathway for the general certificate in Psychotraumatology (10 points towards certification).

Lucia Hall wrote this course based on her experiences of supervising trauma. What she discovered was that although trained, therapists struggled with to implement trauma processes in a systematic way – especially with regards to complex trauma.

This course was extremely well received when it was recently taught to an NHS team. The team expressed feeling skilled and empowered after this workshop and issued and an invitation to Lucia to come back and teach further courses.

On successful completion of this workshop, the learner will be able to:

 Define trauma

 Explain definitions of PTSD based on the DSM-IV and ICD 10 classifications

 Discuss how PTSD develops

 Evaluate the importance of assessment in the treatment of PTSD

 Recognise the differences between Type I and Type II trauma

 Identify the type of treatment problems that can arise during treatment

 Explain the prerequisites before commencing a trauma process (psycho-education, safety, containment, grounding & stabilisation)

 Identify evidence-based models for treating Trauma I and Trauma II

 Explain how to end a trauma process

Workshop Registration Fee: £120

Venue: Bracknell, Berkshire

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.

A Booking Form is on this page.

Please print, complete and return it to ICS.

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