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You'll soon know the 8 critical elements you need to support your patients and clients after birth trauma.

Knowing what they are isn't the same as effectively and safely implementing them into YOUR specific role though. I want to introduce you to my live online workshop that will be an absolute game-changer for your work...

PLUS a BONUS for you! Enter the code RT100 at checkout to receive $100AUD off the workshop price!

RETHINKING TRAUMA - THE LIVE WORKSHOP

Are you ready to gain clarity and confidence in working with clients who have experienced perinatal trauma?

Join Rethinking Trauma: The LIVE Workshop… A live, 5 hour, interactive online workshop, designed to move you from confusion to clarity, so that you can gain the confidence you need to effectively support individuals who have experienced trauma during pregnancy or childbirth. Rethinking Trauma gives you the tools, strategies and techniques to not only will you improve your clients’ experience with your services, but to also allow you to find greater satisfaction in your work – all within the scope of your role.

I GET IT...

Working with trauma can be daunting - Particularly if you feel it's out of your scope...

Particularly if you feel it’s out of your scope.

But it’s something that just keeps reappearing!
You see trauma in SO MANY of your clients.

There’s so much to consider, where do you even start?
How do you ensure you’re not causing harm by doing or saying the wrong thing?
How can you support these clients without crossing the boundaries of your role?
If you’re not a therapist, how can you even work with trauma at all?

01

Wondering if you're doing or saying the wrong thing.

02

Wondering if you're doing enough.

03

Wondering how you can do more.

04

Avoiding the whole issue!

I'VE BEEN THERE TOO...

Hi, I'm Fiona

I began my work with perinatal clients 12 years ago as a newborn photographer, then moved to becoming a birth and postnatal doula, then a childbirth educator, before training as a specialised perinatal trauma counsellor.

I know how challenging it is to work with this client population and feel under-resourced to be able to support them through their hardest times. Even now my work still branches out into areas outside of as I continue to provide group antenatal classes – I ensure that my offerings are trauma-safe and trauma-responsive.

EB - Registered MIDWIFE

I believe training such as this should be a core competency of clinical education.

As clinical staff and health care professionals, we encounter and unintentionally contribute to trauma regularly. It is essential that we comprehend this and go on to develop practical approaches to hearing and responding to a person’s experience. I believe training such as this should be a core competency of clinical education.

Fiona is obviously passionate about her role both in trauma work with clients and in providing training to clinicians and colleagues. The counsellor/social work approach to trauma is distinctly different to the clinical health professionals’ approach and Fiona was able to draw the parallels between the psychosocial and biomedical models.

I wish there was someone like Fiona at every hospital, birth centre, and in every clinical education program in Australia.

IN THOSE EARLY DAYS I ALSO MADE MY SHARE OF MISTAKES...

You’re experiencing this problem because...

I’ve filled the silence after the disclosure of trauma with toxically positive comments… “at least your baby is here, healthy and safe”… dismissing her emotions and causing her retreat.

I’ve not known what to say, so I’ve remained silent.. .causing her to question herself and the validity of her emotions.

I’ve questioned my clients for further information… encouraging her to sit in distressing memories, retraumatising her as she spoke. I’ve related my client’s experience back to my own… unaware that I was invalidating her experience by comparing it to my own.

… BEFORE I LEARNED HOW TO DO BETTER

Introducing

RETHINKING TRAUMA:
THE LIVE WORKSHOP

Rethinking Trauma: The LIVE Workshop… A live, 5 hour, interactive online workshop, designed to move you from confusion to clarity, so that you can gain the confidence you need to effectively support individuals who have experienced trauma during pregnancy or childbirth. Rethinking Trauma gives you the tools, strategies and techniques to not only will you improve your clients’ experience with your services, but to also allow you to find greater satisfaction in your work – all within the scope of your role.

Module 1

Understanding Trauma

Defining exactly what trauma is.
Understanding the types of trauma perinatal clients experience.
Acknowledging the prevalence of trauma.
Understanding the need for trauma-responsiveness in perinatal care.
Three primary factors that influence trauma.
The overlapping impacts of trauma for perinatal clients.

Module 2

How Trauma Works

Module 3

Working WITHOUT Trauma Disclosure

Module 4

Working WITH Trauma Disclosure

Practical tools for working with emotional and somatic trauma responses that arise for your clients.
Working with Polyvagal Theory and the Window of Tolerance within your clients.
Expanding your client's tolerance of distress so that they can maximise their outcomes in your services.
Debriefing skills - how to safely work with disclosure.

Module 5

Supporting Successful Referrals

Module 6

Trauma in Perinatal Professionals

Vicarious (VT) and Secondary Trauma (ST).
Avoiding VT and ST.
Internal and external boundary setting.
When and where to seek external support.
Dimensions of self-support.
Barriers to health professionals seeking support.

Imagine the Possibility

What if I Told You There Was a Better Way?

Because, if you join Rethinking Trauma you’ll soon be feeling pretty different to how you feel right now.

How would you feel if…

Had a DEEPER UNDERSTANDING of how trauma works and its impacts on the clients you serve

Knew exactly how to respond with CONFIDENCE when a client discloses their experience of trauma to you

Had the CLARITY to know when and how to successfully refer your clients to seek external support

Had a kit of TOOLS and STRATEGIES to effectively support not only your clients, but yourself in this work too

Jillian R - Registered midwife

I believe that this education should actually be a fundamental component of study for all perinatal professionals, so that we can all practice in a way which protects women and birthing people and their families from unnecessary trauma. I am so glad that I did this. I will be recommending this to all of my colleagues.

“This course completely exceeded my expectations”

Julia Bassis - doula

“If it’s something you’re thinking of doing, you definitely should, not only will it give you knowledge and practical advice on how to help yours clients but it may also help you in ways you didn’t realise you needed”

JAMI TWINE - BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER

“Trauma is something that is often overlooked and widely misunderstood and we as professionals need to ensure that we are educated so that the risk of our clients experiencing birth trauma is minimal. And this workshop is an essential tool in doing that.”

STACEY SARGEANT - DOULA

“This course was highly engaging and thought provoking, allowing for reflection on current practice and improvements that could be modified in everyday practice to ensure the care women receive is safe, woman-centred and trauma informed. As a midwife I highly recommend this course for all birth practitioners.

BROOKE M - REGISTERED MIDWIFE

YOU'RE VERY CURIOUS BUT NOT QUITE SURE IF RETHINKING TRAUMA IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOU?

I get it, wanting to work with trauma can be daunting! And there are so many courses out there right now.
It makes sense to think about your options before you join. So let me help you out….

This is NOT for you if:

This is RIGHT for you if:

You want to work more effectively with these clients, but you're not sure where to start.
You don't know the first thing about trauma.
Even if you know a lot about trauma.
You want to support your clients who have disclosed trauma, but you feel anxious at causing unintentional harm by retraumatising them.
You want to help more clients, but you can't find the time in your current role.
You're still a student in your chosen field.
You want to learn more about working with trauma, but you're too time-poor to do a course
You want to actively support your clients that have experienced perinatal trauma, but you feel it's out of your scope of practice.
And you want to do all of this with less anxiety and hesitation, and with more clarity and confidence.

YESSSS!Your free download is on it's way to you right now.You'll soon know the 8 critical elements you need to support your patients and clients after birth trauma.