Lori Dixon

Are you listening well?

 

If someone is struggling through trauma triggers and the stronghold of addictions, are you prepared?

 

This one day course is designed for anyone who wants to do effective, Trauma Informed Ministry to help the hurting. We will examine the power of empathy, which we can practice by listening, acknowledging and understanding how adverse experiences in a person’s childhood and adulthood have shaped their lives and health. Listening well instills respect and love which tears down shame and guilt, opening the door to help those struggling to find their true identity as a child of the Most High God, and a healthy new path to healing.

 

 

Course Description:
 

This course is designed for anyone who desires to increase their knowledge of trauma and individual (one-on-one) intervention techniques focused on Spiritual Care for those struggling with trauma triggers and addiction. 

 

 

Program Highlights:

• Trauma versus Offense

• Trauma Defined 

• Triggers Defined

• Trauma, The Body Keeps the Score

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and it's impact in adult years

• Fight, Flight, Freeze or Appease

• Empathy Versus Sympathy

• The power of Validation and Respect  

• Basic crisis communication techniques 

• Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions

• Forgiveness is only part of the story

• Risks of vicarious trauma (compassion fatigue)