Vicarious Trauma and Wellbeing Workshop
Reflective Frontline Working is a one-day workshop supports the mental health, wellbeing and resilience of frontline workers.
““I found this course very beneficial for my working and private life. Having tools and awareness about my wellbeing will help me cope a lot better. Everyone should attend this course” ”
The course has a practical, down-to-earth and solution focused approach, equipping participants with skills to manage vicarious trauma. Participants develop reflective practice skills and go away with an individually tailored wellbeing tool kit to improve and sustain wellbeing working on the frontline. Improved staff wellbeing also enables a higher quality of support to be offered to service users, a reduction in burnout and sick leave, and happier individuals and teams.
This course will support participants to:
Better understand the impact of frontline working on the nervous system.
Apply this understanding to better manage difficult emotions, i.e., stress, anxiety, low mood and depression.
Develop reflective practice techniques and tools for managing vicarious trauma.
Recognise internal and external resources available, and to take personal responsibility to utilise these.
Identify barriers to implementing change and find creative solutions to overcome these.
The workshop is delivered through engaging, creative teaching, reflective group exercises and discussion, with space for self-reflection and application.
The workshops are offered to groups of between 8 and 12, offering in depth application of ideas for each participant. The smaller nature of each group enables solutions to emerge from participants own experiences of the frontline, enabling them to apply the content to their own unique experiences, needs and personalities.
““The workshop was very useful and thought provoking. Abby explained self care and the tool kit brilliantly. It has definitely made me want to focus more on self reflection and self compassion”. ”
“A great workshop that is dynamic and informative. Abby is a great facilitator that made the space feel safe and welcoming. It was really useful...reminding myself of skills I already have and enhancing these, as well as learning more tools to aid me going forward.”
““It was very helpful having a facilitator who had worked in hostels and this line of work.””
About Abby
Abby worked as a frontline worker in homelessness and drug and alcohol services for 7 years and has since trained as a counsellor. She is passionate about combining her experience and training to support the mental health and wellbeing of frontline workers. Abby completed her post-graduate diploma in psychotherapeutic counselling at the University of Brighton and is a registered member of the BACP. You can read more about her here on the about page.
Booking a day workshop for your staff team
If you would like to book the workshop for your staff team or want more details about the workshop, please get in touch by email at abbyperrinscounselling@gmail.com. The cost of booking a day workshop in Sussex is between £600 and £890, depending on venue provision and number of participants (which can be between 8 and 12). I am based in Sussex, but am able to bring the workshop anywhere in the UK at an additional fee depending on location. I am always keen to understand an organisation or individual’s specific needs and desired outcomes from a training, so please feel free to include this when you message. If you would like to book an individual space on a workshop, you can do this through Brighton Housing Trust’s training programme.