Trauma Informed Care and Practice - An Indigenous Approach to Developing Worker Skills
9th - 11th October 2024
A 3-day workshop which begins to unpack ‘Symptom as
History’ providing tools to develop generational resilience
in healing from trauma and systems transformation
Developed by Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson AO and Dr Caroline Atkinson PhD and facilitated by Jem Stone and Gina O'Neill
This workshop unpacks the topics that are most commonly requested by people working in the Human Services field and Indigenous families who are living with trauma behaviours. It is an experiential and interactive workshop. A safe space to talk about the issues, where sense can be made of the Number 1 question: ‘WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AND WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT?'
TOPICS INCLUDE (but not limited to):
- improving responses to trauma behaviours
- working with Indigenous young people & communities
- trauma audits using genograms & loss history maps
- experiential and interactive activities
- Indigenous healing practices, what do they look like
- de-escalation strategies
- exploring behaviour as language
- story mapping, how history of place strengthens
responses - unpacking cultural safety, cultural sensitivity, cultural
fitness, cultural security, cultural competency and what
they all mean - how trauma is stored in the brain and the body
- art, dance, drama, music, song, massage therapies
- strengthening integrative service responses in your
community - developing communities of care within communities of
practice - effective yarning circles & action planning
- self care practices and debriefing
- how to minimise and respond to vicarious trauma and
burn-out - physical, psychological, mental ill-health and substance use
- defining and understanding violence
Download the training brief, click here.
Download the training briefFor group ticket registration and payment, email [email protected]. This workshop is open to the public.
Cost: $990 per person
Dates: Wednesday 9th October to
Friday 11th October 2024
Times: From 9:00am to 4.30pm
Venue: Zoom. A link will be sent a week prior to the workshop.
Max: 25 places
What is Provided:
- PDF copy of the workbook
- Two Facilitators
- Zoom operator/Support Facilitator
- Certificate of Attainment
What we ask of you:
- Have access to your own screen rather than a shared screen
- Screens always on during the training(this is non-negotiable)
- Avoid work commitments during these three days
Workshop Facilitators
Jem Stone
Lead Facilitator
Jem Stone is a First Nations Woman with mixed heritage, Cultural Educator, Wellness Practitioner and Trainer who is passionately integrating original knowledge systems into education and wellness spaces through connection and decolonised learning methods.
Working and training in the wellness industry for over twenty years, Jem Stone dedicates much of her time learning from Elders and other cultural teachers and works as a Cultural consultant and trainer in academic and wellness spaces.
Jem is trained as a Psychedelic Assisted Therapist, Wayapa Wuurrk Practitioner and Trainer, We Al-li Facilitator, Rebirthing Breathwork Therapist and Educator, Meditation and Yoga instructor who is passionate about creating safe, inclusive, decolonised spaces for healing.
Jem is a co-founder of IPAT- Indigenous Psychedelic Assisted Therapies and Rebirthing Breathwork Australia.
Jem Stone is a proud mother of 3 adult children and is based on Wurundjeri lands in Melbourne and travels gently throughout Australia to share this work.
Gina O’Neill
Lead Facilitator
Gina O’Neill, a Ngāti Kahungunu woman with Irish-German descent, ecotherapist, supervisor and trainer, walks, lives and works on Eora and Bundjalung lands in Australia. With 20 years of clinical experience, she specialises in supporting individuals, families and groups with addictions, burnout and trauma-related issues. Gina has worked in various settings, including private psychiatric clinics, NGOs and public health and is now in private practice.
She is a member of the PACFA College of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Practices leadership group and Waka Oranga Māori Psychotherapists collective. Gina focuses on integrating Te Ao Māori Healing Practices and Gestalt psychotherapy in the transformation process of healing and wellness.
Gina is deeply committed to culturally trauma informed care with the intention to foster healing through a holistic approach that honours both Indigenous knowledge and modern therapeutic methods in and with nature, our greatest healer.
Charlotte Wighton
Zoom Operator/Support Facilitator
Charlotte Murial Wighton, a proud Wiradjuri woman residing on Bundjalung country, is the Operations Officer at We Al-li. She ensures the seamless execution of workshops and facilitator initiatives, empowering Indigenous communities through her dedicated management. Charlotte’s role goes beyond logistics, as she helps create spaces for cultural exchange and growth.
In her spare time, Charlotte engages in fire keeping, works with Indigenous youth, and captures cultural and family moments through photography.
