“The trauma is not in the event, but in the nervous system.”
Dr. Peter A. Levine
“The trauma is not in the event, but in the nervous system.”
Dr. Peter A. Levine
In addition to providing individual funding for trauma therapies, the foundation also runs workshops designed for you. As part of our activities, we organize workshops and events for specialist groups, interested parties, and trauma survivors.
If you would like a workshop on the topic of trauma, regulation and resilience, please contact me so that we can discuss the details.
Thursday, 2 June 2024
Speaker:
Corinna Kärnbach Certified social worker/educator Psychotherapist (HP) Mediator, integrative Gestalt therapy, SE (Somatic Experiencing) NARM (Neuroaffective Relationship Model for Healing Developmental Trauma)
Thursday, 7 March 2024
How can I tell if nursery children are traumatised? What are post-traumatic stress disorders?
‘Trauma is stored in the body’ – overview of the neurobiology of trauma
Self-protection and self-regulation
Exercises for effectively dealing with challenging situations (based on specific case studies from your everyday work)
Opportunities for intervision/processing experiences with colleagues
Speaker:
Corinna Kärnbach Certified social worker/educator Psychotherapist (HP) Mediator, integrative Gestalt therapy, SE (Somatic Experiencing) NARM (Neuroaffective Relationship Model for Healing Developmental Trauma)
Monday, 18 December 2023
As part of the course content on child and adolescent psychiatry and psychosocial treatment methods, students in occupational therapy training will attend a lecture on trauma and school. In addition to the main focus on Stephen Porges' polyvagal theory, the lecture will cover personal experiences with body-oriented stress management, overcoming classroom disruptions, overcoming learning blocks and improving concentration.
Location:
Wannseeschulen für Gesundheitsberufe e.V. (Wannsee Schools for Health Professions)
Zum Heckeshorn 36
14109 Berlin
Speaker:
Mathias Thimm
Die Polyvagal-Praxis
Helgolandstr. 1, 14199 Berlin (Schmargendorf)
Email: beratung(at)familie-in-berlin.de
Telephone: 0179 1005332
Thursday, 23 November 2023
How can I tell if nursery children are traumatised? What are trauma-related disorders?
‘Trauma is stored in the body’ – overview of the neurobiology of trauma
Self-protection and self-regulation
Exercises for dealing effectively with challenging situations (based on specific case studies from your everyday work)
Opportunities for intervision/processing experiences with colleagues
Speaker:
Corinna Kärnbach Certified social worker/educator Psychotherapist (HP) Mediator, integrative Gestalt therapy, SE (Somatic Experiencing) NARM (Neuroaffective Relationship Model for Healing Developmental Trauma)
Saturday, 30 September 2023 Workshop for the Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation
The ‘Nature Guides’ project, in collaboration with social partners, supports vulnerable people with free activities in urban nature to improve the well-being, health and resilience of participants. Many of the participants are people who have experienced displacement and may therefore be burdened by traumatic experiences. The project's specialists, the nature guides, are given the opportunity to strengthen their knowledge of dealing with traumatised people. The workshop teaches basic knowledge about dreams and anxiety and develops ways of dealing sensitively and appropriately with traumatised people in the context of nature guiding.
The workshop will take place on 30 September 2023 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Speaker:
Mathias Thimm
Die Polyvagal-Praxis
Helgolandstr. 1, 14199 Berlin (Schmargendorf)
Email: beratung(at)familie-in-berlin.de
Telefon: 0179 1005332
Trauma is widespread, it is not unusual and therefore also plays a role in schools.
Monday, 24 April 2023, 3:00–5:00 p.m. This event is part of Berlin Foundation Week and is open to all interested parties free of charge. Please register at: r.eichner(at)caritas-berlin.de
An example:
A child whose needs are not seen or taken seriously in their family, who constantly has to fight angrily for themselves or has given up,
may also constantly fight to be seen at school or behave in a resigned and passive manner – even if the teacher may be trying to see and take the child seriously. The child's life experience and behaviour is more significant than their current experience with the teacher.
Trauma therefore manifests itself in an inappropriate reaction to a situation.
The reaction is inappropriate because, at its core, it is not a reaction to the here and now, but to the there and then.
And what can the teacher do at school?
First of all, it is important that the teacher understands the child's behaviour as an acquired survival strategy that they cannot simply discard.
The teacher can then use regulation exercises to help the child increasingly perceive the here and now at school as safe and experience it as appreciative.
Speaker:
Mathias Thimm, Trauma therapist
Mathias Thimm
Die Polyvagal-Praxis
Helgolandstr. 1, 14199 Berlin (Schmargendorf)
Email: beratung(at)familie-in-berlin.de
Telefon: 0179/1005332
What can I do when strong emotions arise in educational and social work?
Monday, 27 March 2023, 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
When young people and parents we work with are afraid, angry or desperate, we quickly reach the limits of our ability to help them with their life difficulties. This is because strong emotions often stand in the way of ‘reasonable’ solutions. And at the same time, we cannot ignore them.
This training course aims to show why emotions are an essential part of life, when they become traumatic, how we can regulate them, and how educational and social processes can be designed in such a way that solutions can be developed together.
Target group:
The training course is aimed at youth welfare and youth social work employees.
Speaker:
Mathias Thimm, trauma therapist