At FD Consultants we specialise in supporting anyone who has been impacted by trauma through work or personal circumstances, whether directly or indirectly. If you work as an emergency first responder, for a mental health charity, or in the humanitarian sector then becoming trauma informed is crucial. To become trauma informed is also vital for lawyers, teachers, medical personnel, therapists, and anyone who works in a caring role and is supporting individuals who may be traumatised. Whether you have personally been impacted by a traumatic event or you are supporting a loved one through trauma, we need to increase our knowledge of the impact of trauma. We need to be able to recognise the signs of trauma, identify distressing triggers, understand the physiology and neuroscience of trauma, and be confident in having tools to support someone who is traumatised. We need to understand the ‘Many Faces of Trauma’, such as, developmental trauma, vicarious trauma, delayed trauma, inter-generational trauma, traumatic grief, PTSD and C-PTSD. At FD Consultants we have had many tech companies reaching out to us for support over the last year. The high-profile case where staff sued Facebook for suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), after viewing traumatic material online, has thrown into the limelight the impact of Vicarious trauma. Vicarious trauma, also sometimes referred to as secondary trauma, is the indirect impact of trauma, such as researching traumatic material, listening to stories, interviewing those who have been impacted by trauma, or exposure to traumatic material online. Does you work expose you to traumatic material? Are you experiencing trauma symptoms? Have you been personally impacted by a traumatic event? Do you want to help others who have been injured by the psychological impact of trauma? Do you want to become trauma informed? If you answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then sign up for our half day ‘Many Faces of Trauma’ workshops. We are offering three more dates this year: Thursday 7th October, Friday 19th Nov, Tuesday 14th Dec 2021 To book your place on one of the courses please click here: https://rebrand.ly/TraumaWorkshop “I have suffered from PTSD and this course has provided me with the tools and knowledge that I have been desperately in need of to support myself better.” We can also organise half day ‘Trauma Awareness’ workshops for organisation. If you feel your team or organisation would benefit from this workshop, then email us directly on: [email protected]. “This course is so interesting, and I now understand trauma so much more and feel confident in supporting traumatised individuals.”
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Training is an important factor in preparing and protecting staff and individuals when working in high stress environments. FD Consultants offers many training programmes, as shown below, and we can create bespoke training programmes as required.
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FD Consultants Individual support At FD Consultants we can help individuals recover from PTSD, vicarious trauma, stress, anxiety, depression and burnout. We are a network of accredited therapists. Organisational support For organisations looking for employee psychological support, FD Consultants are the well-being service who will best deliver a reliable, quick, and bespoke support system in the workplace. FD Consultant’s team of accredited specialists will offer ongoing support to help manage stress, prevent burnout and provide specialist trauma care where required, enabling your staff with the tools to cope, and recover more quickly. Back in 2016 an article was published (101 Fundraising) regarding the mental wellbeing of professional fundraisers and how they can be exposed to vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burnout and yet even today very little support is given to staff in these roles.
It is widely recognised that those on the frontline of caring for others e.g. firefighters, aid workers, paramedics etc are at risk of developing mental health issues, potentially leading to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There are also so many other roles that could be categorised as high risk due to the level of exposure to traumatic material, such as fundraisers, researchers, and front-of-office staff. While these roles are not on the frontline, pulling bodies from collapsed buildings, medically caring for someone who is severely injured, or supporting a survivor of sexual violence, their role is indeed to help. They are often exposed to listing to traumatic stories of supporters and donors. There is a great deal of research now to show the risk of being effected by traumatic material indirectly, known as vicarious trauma. At FD Consultants we make sure organisations do not overlook the corrosive impact of vicarious trauma, sometimes known as secondary trauma. Research states that by listening to stories of trauma, we can start to be impacted by trauma symptoms, especially if we are empathic or intuitive, as our mirror neurones start to fire in the same way as the person telling us the story. Listening to the media or reading traumatic material can impact us vicariously. We also offer a half-day ‘Trauma and Vicarious Trauma Workshop’. Staff that are identified in ‘high risk’ roles, possibly through the location or intensity of their work, or the risk of being exposed to traumatic material, whether directly or indirectly, would benefit from this workshop. There are many myths and misunderstanding about how to best treat individuals who are traumatised. There is also a great risk of re-traumatising someone, who is suffering from trauma symptoms, without the knowledge from this workshop. Therefore, this workshop is also helpful for managers supporting staff who may be suffering from PTSD or vicarious trauma. Peer support programmes train peers to offer early and good quality support which can prevent an individual’s vicarious trauma developing into post-traumatic stress disorder, or stress developing into burnout. If someone goes off work with stress-related issues they may be off work for a few days, if someone goes off work with burnout, they may be off work for weeks or even months and may never return to the workplace. Additionally, research shows that when an individual receives support early, they will recover quicker, therefore preventing long-term health problems. Please do contact us at [email protected] if you require our psychological support services. For organisations looking for employee psychological support, FD Consultants are the trauma specialists and well-being service who will best deliver a reliable, quick, and bespoke support system in the workplace. FD Consultant’s team of accredited specialists will offer ongoing support to help manage stress, prevent burnout and provide specialist trauma care where required, enabling your staff with the tools to cope, and recover more quickly. |
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