Working w/Trauma: (self care) Care for Others w/Ellen Gayle Sovinee
Friday, October 4, 2019
9:00-5:30 day
7 CEs
Early Registration – $119
After September 27th – Registration rate is $129
Instructor: Ellen Gayle Sovinee NCBTMB Approved CE Provider #450498-07
Ellen Gayle created this class after having had years of training as a student and teacher assistant in emotional release classes; volunteering her services to help trauma survivors and finding a nonprofit which offers holistic therapies to military veterans in need. “A great one day class for massage and bodywork practitioners looking to work with trauma survivors in a voluntary setting or in their private practice.”
Class Covers:
• What is Trauma?
• Major symptoms, conditions and signs of trauma
• How trauma can lead to PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
• Steps a trauma survivor need to take before feeling safe to enter back into society as well as feeling safe to receive a bodywork session.
• The Positive and Negatives when working with Trauma Survivors and what can happen when the caregiver doesn’t take care of themselves.
• Staying within the state’s Scope of Practice, what to know prior, during and after giving a session. • Hands-On: Role Playing using Verbal and Non-verbal Communication Techniques
A number of self-care exercises will be practiced throughout the day as well.
What to Bring: Fitted bottom table sheet and blanket
Website: www.holisticsymmetry.com
Additional Questions: email ellengayle@holisticsymmetry.com
We are a fully furnished massage school facility and provide Oakworks massage tables, class tables, and computer/projector for overhead presentations.
