PICTURE RELEASE THERAPY (PRT)
TRAUMA RECOVERY COACHING
In Person CPD Training for Practitioners
When your traumatised clients get stuck, do you get stuck too?
When a traumatised client gets stuck they may
When their therapist gets stuck they may
When a client's psychological wounding has been so severe, chronic or entrenched, or is so far back in the past, it can be incredibly difficult to help them get to the roots of their issues.
This can be challenging for both the client and the therapist.
For a client with unresolved trauma, getting 'stuck' during therapy can lead to extreme feelings of fear, shame, hopelessness and despair, resulting in overwhelm, disconnection and shut down.
It can rapidly exacerbate existing negative views of themselves and their future, often driving them to seek respite through increased levels of familiar harmful or self limiting behaviours, or cause them to give up completely.
For some therapists, the desire to help clients overcome this natural 'resistance' may cause them to push harder, risking retraumatising their client in the process.
The challenges many therapists face helping traumatised and retraumatised clients navigate their way through these blocks can greatly affect their confidence in their own abilites. For some, and particularly for new practitioners, this can be enough for them to abandon the business of therapy altogether.
This regrettable loss of hope, self esteem, financial and personal investment for clients and therapists can be avoided.
Picture Release Therapy (PRT) is a highly effective method designed to resolve these issues
PICTURE RELEASE THERAPY (PRT)
What is Picture Release Therapy (PRT) and how does it work?
Picture Release Therapy is a psychological therapy specifically designed to safely access information related to the most difficult to reach traumatic events in order to bring relief from suffering and effect lasting positive change.
It combines the principles of art therapy and Emotional Freedom Technique in conjunction with trauma informed counselling, psychotherapy and coaching techniques.
Using a variety of materials, the client creates a series of 'drawings', which they explore while using psychotherapy strategies and Emotional Freedom Technique protocols.
As they move through the process, key information and connections effortlessly emerge, enabling awareness and understanding to take place, whilst allowing emotions to be easily released and solutions to come forth.
something that relates to the symbolism of the tree, roots, branches, leaves etc. reaching aspects of a person, their past experiences and their future - about going back to your roots and growth etc.,
The role of the therapist using PRT is to expertly question and guide the client through the process of safely discovering, acknowledging, expressing, challenging, releasing and replacing any hidden self limiting or harmful thoughts, feelings or beliefs which have been imprinted, suppressed or repressed as a result of trauma.
As the client releases the blocks associated with their trauma they use PRT to further explore the resolutions they have reached and the freedom of choice this brings.
By combining PRT with a variety of coaching and counselling techniques, the client is not only able to uncover, or rediscover their unrealised hopes and desires, but to create a practical, tailor made plan of action to help bring them to fruition.
Having acquired a valuable self help tool, clients now have the means to gain clarity on future goals, as well as a way in which to comfortably manage any issues that may arise as they work towards them.
PRT - A Unique Trauma Release Therapy, For When Words Are Not Enough
What makes PRT so unique?
What makes PRT unique is the truly multidomensional way in which it operates.
multidimensional fluidity
it flows
What makes Picture Release Therapy so unique is the safe, supportive, internal communication between every aspect of person can
all the different parts and functions of the mind, body and spirit working in unison to enable freedom of expression
greater within us
It enables each of the different parts of a person, and everthing which makes the of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
the concious and the subconscious work in tandem, communicating for the benefit of the client,
it's like the different parts of the brain all communicate with each other using a non threatening language, which stops the cleint from getting frightened or retraumatised and brings it into conciousness in such a safe fast effective way.
links and connects
gentle yet powerful
no need to relive the trauma because the mind creates representations of the significant aspects of the event in the form of marks on the page. What safely emerges are the associated feelings, and the tapping redices the intensity of the feelings making it possible for the client to process the whatever the need to.
meaningful symbolism and representations which are unique to that individual, which the therapist doesn't need to know or understand
because it has a phsyical component, it allows trauma to be released from the body as well as the mind.
it's fast
Integrates global and personal issues
free flowing
Who is PRT suitable for?
Due to its benign nature, Picture Release Therapy is suitable for anyone.
It is particularly suited to those who are unable, for whatever reason, to recall, access or verbalise their trauma and the associated feelings.
This may be as a result of the trauma occuring at a preverbal stage of a client's life, when they didn't have the language to express what they experienced.
It may be because what has been experienced is so complicated in nature, with many varying elements covering an extended period of time, that the client simply can't put it all into words and wouldn't know where to start even if they could.
It may be that the profoundly life changing impact a trauma has had on someone is, to them, indescribable.
As such, Picture Release Therapy is an invaluable therapeutic tool for protracted Post Traumatic Stress disorder and C-PTSD, where there may have been multiple global and personal events which were extremely shocking, taboo, shameful, or complex.
Whether it is because of extreme fear, lack of trust, lack of commitment, loss of hope, or repeated 'failed' attempts at sustained recovery, PRT has the ability to help clients in situations where nothing else has worked.
PICTURE RELEASE THERAPY (PRT)
About The CPD Course
This is a personalised, 1 to 1, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Course in Trauma Recovery Coaching, using Picture Release Therapy (PRT).
It is designed for qualified practitioners who are seeking safe, effective methods of helping traumatised clients who, despite everyone's best efforts, have become 'stuck'.
This is an experiential training where, in addition to learning the theory of PRT, the methods can be applied to the practitioner's own issues which may be keeping them stuck, either personally or professionally.
Alternatively, participants can apply the practical skills of the training to their client work, in the form of professional supervision or mentoring.
Why Individual Training?
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disclosure
don't want to share their most personal history... this may limit them in their participation,
Have you ever been 'triggered' on a group training course?
Did someone or something bring to the surface a personal issue of yours, or open up an old wound?
Was the understanding and personal support you needed lacking? Or not available when you needed it most?
Did it cause you to shut down, overshare or even drop out?
When taking part in any kind of therapy training, being 'triggered' is usually accepted as par for the course.
Even when supervised, peer to peer practice sessions and demonstrations, either as an observer or a volunteer, can have a detrimental effect on some students.
The concept of the 'wounded healer' is widely recognised within the helping professions. In terms of trauma therapy, it is often those who have had personal experience in this area who are most drawn to help others who are still suffering.
It is important then that those professionals who are Inspired by their personal traumas to help Heal Old Wounds in others are appropriately protected and fully supported in a safe, sensitive, trauma informed learning environment.
This is what the iHOW Method™ provides.
What makes this CPD course so unique?
uniquely tailored to you and your needs
can be adapted as appropriate
safe, confidential
learn / process at your own pace
we specialise in psychoeducation
flexibility
shift in emphasis focus towards towards your particular needs
meet you where you are in your professional journey
Therapy / supervision/ mentoring
guided by an expert
experiential learning
see the practical application for yourself and / or your clients.
Trauma is multi layered and even when we think we have resolved all of our personal issues it's not uncommon for something to come out of the blue.
you can't learn when you are in f response mode
as a former student support officer-
At The iHOW Method we do not use live or filmed demonstrations of sessions with either clients or students. We strongly believe that anyone who has experienced personal trauma, and particularly those who have been subjected to complex trauma, deserve to have what is personal to them, remain personal.
The concept of the 'wounded healer' is especially
providing you with the ongoing support ou need
disclosure
abuse, hidden nature confidentiality vital
don't want to share their most personal history... this may limit them in their participation,
empathetic witness
the personal nature of trauma
emphasise the personal and personalised nature of this course.
privacy issues of group training in relation to trauma
the personal nature of trauma
the need for self protection, personal boundaries
taboo subjects
gives you control
can explore issues in more detail
About the Training
Who is this CPD course suitable for?
This course is suitable for therapists and practitioners who have professional qualifications in the following:
Counselling, Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT, Coaching.
What you'll gain
CPD & Accreditation
WHAT WE WILL COVER
- understanding trauma
- understanding trauma release therapy
- trauma healing, recovery & growth
- Principles of EFT
- EFT Protocols
- understanding trauma
- understanding trauma release therapy
- trauma healing, recovery & growth
- Principles of EFT
- EFT Protocols
About the Trainer
Theresa Kelly
MNCH(Reg)HPD. DHP.CH. SFACCPH
Theresa is a Trauma Recovery Coach specialising in Complex Trauma and C-PTSD.
She is the creator of The iHOW Method™ - a unique therapeutic approach for those 'Inspired To Heal Old Wounds'.
She has over 13 years experience in private practice as a Professional Hypnotherapist and Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner, facilitating healing, recovery and growth from complex psychological trauma.
With 30 years personal experience of hypnosis and hypno analysis she is now dedicating her life to educating therapists and professionals in how best to treat the long lasting debilitating affects of childhood trauma, abuse, neglect and chronic adversity.
Complex Trauma &
C-PTSD Specialist
As a Senior Fellow of Accredited Coaches, Counsellors, Hypnotherapists & Psychotherapists (ACCPH) Theresa provides Supervision and Mentoring to professionals seeking to advance their skills in trauma therapy.
She provides trauma recovery coaching to personal clients as well as personal therapy to qualified practitioners and to those in training.
Her professional memberships include The UK Psychological Trauma Society, The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) and The
National Council For Hypnotherapy.
As an ACCPH Chartered Organisational Member, The iHOW Method™ offers a range of specialist CPD Trainings in Complex Trauma and C-PTSD treatment, including one to one and bespoke training to meet practitioners and other associated professionals individual requirements.
As a highly respected trauma therapist, coach and trainer, Theresa is committed to providing a safe supportive space for experiential learning for anyone wishing to help and support those suffering from the lasting adverse effects of trauma.
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