TARGET GROUP
Participants attending training courses on IPV/sexual violence.
WHEN TO APPLY
At the beginning of the training course.
AIM
Delivering theory of psychotraumatology and agreement on rules and basic conditions for practical exercises.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Laptop.
2. PowerPoint presentation.
3. Flipchart.
TIME REQUIRED
30 to 45 minutes.
DESCRIPTION
Participants are given basic information about psychological traumatisation, the renewing of a former traumatic event and secondary traumatisation. Participants also have to be advised that practical exercises (especially role plays) can renew their own previous traumatic experiences.
That is why ground rules (e.g. “do not choose roles based on your own experience”, “the role play can be stopped at any time”) for those exercises have to be defined at the beginning of the training session and written down on a flip-chart.
Participants have to be assured that they can consult a clinical psychologist or psychotherapist whenever signs of renewed trauma occurs.
12 September, 2015
