Responding to Trauma: contributions from across psychology
- This event has passed.
Open to BPS members only.
This interdivisional event looks at trauma through a selection of topics presented from the perspectives of clinical, forensic, health, occupational and counselling psychology.
Speakers include Adam Mahoney, Dr Zoe Chouliara, Dr Noreen Tehrani, Dr Liza Morton and Dr Sandra Ferguson who will cover:
- The impact of adverse childhood and lifetime experiences for individuals in prisons, the challenges this presents and future directions.
- The clinical implications of trust for recovering from trauma and adversity
- Dealing with workplace trauma and the benefits of knowing about this for psychologists from different backgrounds
- Preventing medical trauma for people living with a heart condition from birth – polyvagal theory perspective
- Steps towards a Trauma informed Scotland and the role of psychologists from different areas of practice in this
