Being trauma informed

Dr.Teresa Ngigi

29 October – 1 November 2024 in Vienna, organised by alp and led by expert Teresa Ngigi.

Overview of the training

The training addressed the following contents:

    • Introduction to trauma and its impacts on a person
    • Types of trauma – both individual and collective
    • Trauma and its impacts on the brain
    • Signs and symptoms of unhealed trauma
    • The Polyvagal theory
    • Techniques for Healing Trauma
    • Self-regulation and Co-regulation
    • Prevention of empathy fatigue and burnout

Competences acquired

As result of the participation in this training experience, alp members  gained the following competences:

  • ability to distinguish the different types of trauma
  • ability to see the effect on trauma on well-being
  • knowledge about the attachment styles
  • knowledge about the drama triangle
  • knowledge about the different approaches to resilience
  • strategies to forgive based on the effect of trauma