Strategic Interventions presents a specialized training series for mental health professionals, counsellors, therapists, social workers, and frontline service providers. These workshops equip participants with practical tools to support trauma survivors using a trauma- and gender-based violence-informed narrative therapy approach. Rooted in social justice and feminist perspectives, the training fosters a compassionate, effective, and culturally responsive practice.

This foundational workshop introduces the principles of narrative therapy in the context of trauma and gender-based violence. Participants will explore key concepts, develop trauma-informed communication skills, and learn how to support survivors from diverse backgrounds.

Learning Outcomes:

• Core Principles of Narrative Therapy: Understand how narrative therapy applies to trauma and gender-based violence.
• Culturally Responsive Practice: Develop skills to support survivors from diverse backgrounds with an intersectional approach.
• Trauma-Informed Interviewing: Learn to conduct narrative therapy interviews tailored for individuals who have experienced multiple forms of trauma.
• Understanding the Impact of Trauma: Gain insight into the lasting effects of gender-based violence, intimate partner violence, and childhood trauma.
• Applying a Social Justice Lens: Integrate trauma- and gender-based violence-informed narrative therapy with feminist and anti-oppressive frameworks.
• Supporting Survivors Across the Lifespan: Learn best practices for working with clients of all ages who have experienced gender-based violence and complex trauma.

This training series is ideal for those looking to expand their trauma-informed practice with a specialized focus on narrative therapy and gender-based violence. Participants will leave with enhanced skills to support survivors and foster healing in their communities.