Advanced Hearing Voices Facilitator Training
Wednesday, June 7 & Thursday, June 8,
10am to 4:30pm, Holyoke area, location TBD
This workshop is intended for those who have already completed the 3-day Hearing Voices Group Facilitator training, and/or who otherwise have extensive Hearing Voices group facilitation experience. The workshop will provide an opportunity to meet other facilitators, link up with other groups, and share good practices around setting up and sustaining Hearing voices groups.
The workshop will explore:
- Projects and Network news
- Group discussion and dynamics
- Successes and challenges
- Featured presentations on advances in innovative approaches
Dealing with Vicarious Trauma: Helping the Helper
Monday, June 12, 10-4:30pm
Holyoke Community College, Kittredge Center, Holyoke, MA
(Sponsored by the WMRLC)
OR
Tuesday, June 13, 10- 4:30pm
Advocates, 1881 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA
(Sponsored by Advocates)
Vicarious trauma is the process of change that happens because you care about other people who have been hurt, and feel committed or responsible to help them. Over time, this process can lead to changes in your psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being.
The workshop will explore:
- Risk factors in developing vicarious trauma
- Signs of vicarious trauma
- Strategies for dealing effectively with the impact of vicarious trauma
- Beyond vicarious trauma—to vicarious transformation
Who is Jacqui Dillon?: Jacqui is a writer, and international speaker and trainer. She has personal and professional experience, awareness and skills in working with trauma and abuse, dissociation, hearing voices, and healing. She has lectured and published worldwide. She also has one of those great English accents that us Americans seem to so love! Learn more about Jacqui at www.jacquidillon.org