Dealing with Trauma, Benzodiazepines and Difficult Emotions. Working Towards Recovery

The Scottish Alcohol and Drug Strategy, Rights Respect and Recovery (2018), emphasises the importance of trauma-informed, person-centred recovery services.  An understanding of the fundamentals and strategies for assessment of trauma-related reactions is essential for services working with people who are using substances.  Supporting people in developing skills to manage intense emotional reactions is a key part of person-centred recovery and this course introduces strategies for emotional regulation and manging disclosure.

Learning Outcomes

· Explore the range of experiences which may be involved with trauma reactions and

· the factors to consider.

· Understand the role of emotions in trauma reactions.

· Explore strategies for helping people identify emotions and their intensity.

· Practice strategies to help people learn how to better manage intense feelings.

· Explore strategies for increasing the effectiveness of recovery-orientated treatment

· within a Scottish context, including motivational enhancement for lifestyle change.

Please note that numbers for each course will be limited therefore to avoid disappointment please contact Aileen.Trappitt@nhs.scot  to book your place.

Participants must be able to attend for both days of the Training.

HADP are operating a waiting list for this Training