BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6402@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T133000 DTSTAMP:20210604T104909Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/collective-encounters-online-tra ining-trauma-informed-practice-for-participatory-artists/ SUMMARY:: Collective Encounters (Online): TRAINING: Trauma Informed Practic e for Participatory Artists DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nTraining for participatory arts facilitators and practiti oners in trauma informed practice\nBOOK HERE\nTrauma informed practice “ is tantamount to acknowledging the truth of what has happened or is happen ing in someone’s life\, the resources one draws on to respond to challen ges\, and how this reality continues to be expressed in thoughts\, feeling s\, behaviors\, and relationships in the present”\n\nA Drama Therapist ’s Perspective on Teaching Theatre in Times of Crisis by Nisha Sajnani\n \nAbout this training:\n\nAlthough it’s very important to maintain the d istinction between art and therapy\, participatory artists are often in po sitions where they need support their participants’ mental health. This training is specifically for artists and facilitators and takes a person-c entred approach to understanding trauma and incorporating this understandi ng into your creative practice.\n\nThis training will:\n\n Provide an ove rview of the physiology of trauma and an insight from the perspective of a clinical psychologist\;\n\n\n Unpick popular perceptions and misuse of l anguage around trauma and PTSD\;\n Offer practical tips for creating safe spaces for participants and avoiding practices which may retraumatise par ticipants\;\n Create a space to explore problem solving using real-life s cenarios.\n\nThis event is aimed at artists working in communities\, theat re-makers and activists interested in using theatre as a tool for positive change.\n\nLength: 2.5 hours\n\n \;\n\nTicket Cost: For participants who are supported by their organisation or company the full price of a ti cket is £25.\n\nFor freelancers and individual attendees the ticket cost is £20\n\nA discount rate for those on low or no income is available for £15.\n\nWe also have a small number of bursary places available for those with limited funds\, please email Marianne at marianne@collective-encount ers.org.uk\n\n \;\n\nAccess: This event will use live transcription. If you require BSL interpretation\, or any other access support please get in touch before the event.\n\n \;\n\nTrainers: AIDAN JOLLY is a musi cian\, performance maker\, trainer and researcher with more than 25 years ’ experience of working with communities in struggle. He works on projec ts that seek redress for historic and current injustices\, and is the Cour se Director for Collective Encounters' Radical Makers programme. He is als o studying for a Masters by Research at Edge Hill University\, looking at the ethics of participatory arts projects. He has worked with survivors of torture\, veterans\, homeless people\, and has personal experience of com plex PTSD.\n\nJESS MICHAELSON is a Gestalt Psychotherapist\, Supervisor an d Trainer with over 20 years’ experience of working with traumatised adu lts from diverse communities\, in particular with refugee survivors of Hum an Rights abuses. For the last 17 years Jess has been working as a psychot herapist and trainer for Freedom from Torture. Jess also works as a freela nce supervisor and trainer offering training on many aspects of therapeuti c work which includes working with asylum seekers\, working with interpret ers and self-care. Jess has a longstanding passion in human rights as well as in the therapist’s journey when developing their work with survivors of human rights abuses.\n\nJess has written a chapter “Holding hope: th e challenge for therapists working with survivors of torture” in Psychol ogical Therapies for Survivors of Torture: A Human Rights approach for peo ple seeking asylum. Boyles\, J (ed) 2017.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2021/06/cepoliticaL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210328T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR