05/06/2017
9:30am-4:30pm
Foundation House
4 Gardiner Street
Brunswick,
Victoria, Australia
Working with people who have survived extremes of violence and who face all the challenges of settlement or finding permanent safety creates serious challenges for the worker. Vicarious trauma, burnout and other forms of secondary suffering are an ongoing threat to workers’ well-being and their capacity to work sustainably.
In this workshop you will add substantially to your understanding of the risks involved and you will experience and learn embodied practices for self-care and self-compassion.
CONTENT INCLUDES:
Neurobiology of self-care & self-compassion
Scientific rationale for somatic & mindfulness based practices
Understanding the risks of your work
Ethics of self-care
Mindfulness practices
Embodied self-compassion practices
Breath, movement & rhythm based practices
Compassion as resiliency practices
GENERAL ENQUIRIES
03 9389 8965 or pdregistrations@foundationhouse.org.au
TO REGISTER visit http://learn.foundationhouse.org.au