‘Mentalising with complex clinical presentations in children and families: a systemic and trauma-informed approach’ is a webinar that will workshop help clinicians use a mentalizing and systemic approach to assess, formulate, and treat complex trauma in children, young people, and families. Through practical training and a pre-recorded MBT introduction, participants learn to apply trauma-focused mentalization techniques across clinical work and wider support systems.
Booking
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£15 ACAMH Undergraduate/Postgraduate Members
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About the talk
This workshop supports clinicians to think and work with complex clinical presentations involving trauma and adversity, using a mentalizing and systemic lens, Including:
- How to develop focused assessments and treatment plans tailored to children, young people and families who have experienced complex trauma
- How to apply trauma focused mentalization based techniques with children, parents, families, and broader support systems
This session is supported by a pre-recorded introduction to MBT concepts, to allow the live session to stay practical and focused.
Learning outcomes
- To understand how mentalizing principles can be used within a systemic frame to develop case formulations for children, young people and families who have experienced complex trauma
- To understand how mentalizing principles can be used within a systemic frame to inform interventions for children, young people and families who have experienced complex trauma
- To understand how mentalizing principles can be used within a systemic frame to support the systems around children and young people impacted by complex trauma.
About the speaker
Dr. Emma Morris, DClinPsy is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, founder of MultiFamilyProject.org and co-director of The Trauma Recovery Space, a specialist trauma service in the UK. She worked in the National Health Service for 15 years, and the Anna Freud Centre for 10 years, where she was involved with the development and evaluation of Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) for children and young people and families. She specialises in MBT, interventions for parental conflict and multifamily therapy. She has published articles in peer reviewed journals and co-authored and edited books on these topics.