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Compassionate Companions: Supporting Partners of CSA Survivors: Video Course
Compassionate Companions: Supporting Partners of CSA Survivors: Video Course
The echoes of past trauma often linger, subtly shaping the contours of adulthood. For survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and their partners, this journey is marked by moments of both profound connection and profound challenge. It’s within the intricacies of relationships—moments of intimacy, vulnerability, and shared experiences—that the reverberations of past trauma can be most keenly felt. As survivors navigate the complexities of healing, partners find themselves drawn into a delicate dance of empathy and understanding, grappling with their own emotions and uncertainties.
In this immersive workshop, we delve deep into the heart of these complexities, offering a holistic exploration of the challenges faced by survivors and their partners as they navigate the terrain of healing and connection.
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Partners often find themselves standing on shifting ground, unsure of how best to support their loved ones amidst the tumultuous and unexpected assault of emotions and memories. The journey of healing is not a linear path; rather, it is marked by peaks and valleys – moments which can mark significant progress as well as intense retreats. Partners may witness their loved ones grappling with hypervigilance, their senses heightened to the slightest hint of danger, or emotional dysregulation, where even the gentlest touch can evoke a flood of memories and emotions. Fear of sexual intimacy may cast a shadow over the relationship, as survivors struggle to trust and feel safe in sexual intimacy with their partners. Moreover, struggles around setting boundaries and saying no, approval seeking, mind reading, and difficulties in relaxing and experiencing pleasure can further complicate the journey.
Yet, amidst these challenges lie opportunities for profound growth and connection.
Our course is meticulously designed to provide partners with the insights and tools needed to navigate these turbulent waters with grace and resilience. Through a blend of psychoeducation, experiential learning, and compassionate support, partners will gain a deeper understanding of the survivor’s journey, learning to navigate the complexities of trauma and its impact on relational dynamics. Through psychoeducation, partners will be empowered to link relational, intimacy, and sexual challenges to past experiences, identifying triggers, and contextualizing confusing behaviour, thereby alleviating feelings of responsibility, unworthiness, shame, rejection, or feeling overwhelmed.
The webinar will also explore how partners can support survivors in pivotal moments, such as disclosing abuse to family, friends, or professionals, or confronting the abuser. It’s crucial to discuss these scenarios in advance and mutually agree on how to navigate them, especially if the survivor wishes to maintain contact with the abuser or have access to grandchildren. Furthermore, therapists play a pivotal role in helping partners identify their own childhood experiences and how these shape their present behaviours and relationship dynamics. By understanding these patterns, partners can better navigate their own emotional journey alongside their loved ones.
This webinar will help us:
- Understand the nuanced challenges faced by survivors of CSA and their partners, including hypervigilance, emotional dysregulation, fear of sexual intimacy, struggles around setting boundaries and saying no, approval seeking, mind reading, difficulties in relaxing and experiencing pleasure, and shame
- Equip partners with practical strategies to support survivors in navigating triggers, setting boundaries, and reclaiming agency within the relationship
- Foster an environment of open communication and mutual understanding, where both partners feel empowered to express their needs and fears without judgment
- Provide guidance on supporting survivors in disclosing their abuse to family, confronting the abuser, and establishing healthy boundaries around contact and communication
- Emphasize the importance of identifying partners’ own childhood experiences and how they may manifest in present relationship dynamics
- Empower partners to prioritize self-care and establish boundaries, ensuring they have the support and resources needed to navigate their own emotional journey alongside their partner
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the challenges faced by survivors of CSA and their partners, including hypervigilance, emotional dysregulation, fear of sexual intimacy, struggles around setting boundaries and saying no, approval seeking, mind reading, difficulties in relaxing and experiencing pleasure, and shame
- Explain practical strategies to partners to support survivors in navigating triggers, setting boundaries, and reclaiming agency within the relationship
- Discuss how to support survivors in disclosing their abuse to family, confronting the abuser, and establishing healthy boundaries around contact and communication
Join us on a transformative journey of healing and connection, where empathy, understanding, and empowerment serve as guiding lights in the darkest hours. Together, we can forge a path towards resilience, reclaiming the power of love and connection in the face of adversity.
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What's included in this course
- Presented by world-class speaker(s)
- Handouts and video recording
- 3 hrs of professionally produced lessons
- 1 year access to video recorded version
- CPD / CE Certificate
- Join from anywhere in the world
In this immersive workshop, we delve deep into the heart of these complexities, offering a holistic exploration of the challenges faced by survivors and their partners as they navigate the terrain of healing and connection.
Learning objectives
- Explain the challenges faced by survivors of CSA and their partners, including hypervigilance, emotional dysregulation, fear of sexual intimacy, struggles around setting boundaries and saying no, approval seeking, mind reading, difficulties in relaxing and experiencing pleasure, and shame
- Explain practical strategies to partners to support survivors in navigating triggers, setting boundaries, and reclaiming agency within the relationship
- Discuss how to support survivors in disclosing their abuse to family, confronting the abuser, and establishing healthy boundaries around contact and communication
Christiane Sanderson BSc, MSc. is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Roehampton, of London with 35years of experience working with survivors of childhood sexual abuse and sexual violence. She has delivered consultancy, continuous professional development and professional training for parents, teachers, social workers, nurses, therapists, counsellors, solicitors, the NSPCC, the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Committee, the Methodist Church, the Metropolitan Police Service, SOLACE, the Refugee Council, Birmingham City Council Youth Offending Team, and HMP Bronzefield.
She is the author of Counselling Skills for Working with Shame, Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma: Healing from Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse, Counselling Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 3rd edition, Counselling Survivors of Domestic Abuse, The Seduction of Children: Empowering Parents and Teachers to Protect Children from Child Sexual Abuse, and Introduction to Counselling Survivors of Interpersonal Trauma, all published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She has also written The Warrior Within: A One in Four Handbook to Aid Recovery from Sexual Violence; The Spirit Within: A One in Four Handbook to Aid Recovery from Religious Sexual Abuse Across All Faiths and Responding to Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: A pocket guide for professionals, partners, families and friends for the charity One in Four for whom she is a trustee.
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