Becoming Trauma-informed in Groups Settings: Building Group Safety

NOTE: This workshop runs across two-days Wednesday, 28th 10 am to 1 pm and Thursday, 29th 10 am to 1 pm.

This workshop is ideal for group facilitators, peer support workers, community volunteers and people looking to develop empathetic leadership skills.

• Best practice, trauma-informed group leadership.
• Reflecting and identifying trauma-informed actions in our work.
• Pillars and themes of being trauma-informed
• Dynamics of ‘safety’ and ‘risk’ essential to learning and connection in groups.
• Relational and structural interventions for increasing safety in groups

Liz Scarfe is a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with a special interest in trauma and social marginality and a facilitator and facilitator trainer. She's been teaching facilitators to integrate trauma-informed practice into groupwork for seven years and is passionate about learning together how to create safe-enough spaces. Liz is also passionate about knitting! Louisa is a community development practitioner at Support Groups QLD. She has worked with a range of community groups with diverse lived experiences and health conditions to reach their goals. She has successfully facilitated a range of workshops, including Living with Involuntary Childlessness, Grief and Loss workshops, and trauma-informed workshops. These workshops have provided a safe space for participants to share their experiences and equipped them with practical tools to navigate their challenges. In her free time, she loves to bake a sweet treat or two, go bushwalking, and find new places to dine. She also loves learning and continuously enrols in one course or another.