Date: Wednesday, 12th November 2025, 9:00AM - 4:00PM

Location: Online/ Zoom

Cost: This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) and Mental Health service including peer workers.

Description

This is a full day workshop with Jen Thompson, a psychotherapist and trainer passionate about creating welcoming, hopeful, and trauma informed service systems.

Trauma Responsive Practice is foundational training for AOD and Mental Health workers that builds on the Introduction to Trauma Informed Care e-learning.

This workshop will explore the following concepts and will bring them to life with experiential exercises and discussion:

Creating safety and the felt experience of safety
Understanding trauma in the context of substance use
Bringing body awareness into our work
Understanding trauma informed care principles and applying to our work
Understanding Polyvagal Theory
The Zone of fabulousness
Collective Care and Solidarity Teams

Eligibility Criteria

This training has been funded for workers employed in a Victorian State-funded Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) and Mental Health service including peer workers.

Who is not eligible?

Students on placement or internships and AOD workers outside of Victoria.

Terms & Conditions

If you cannot attend, cancel your registration at least 24 hours before the cancel your registration and make your spot available to someone else on the waitlist.

No shows will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.

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