Human Flourishing and Trauma with Sarah Beisly (WEBINAR RECORDING)
3 webinar recordings. Understand the causes and impact of trauma and how we can care well for ourselves and others who have experienced trauma.
Description
In our calling to pastorally care for those who are hurting, an understanding of trauma and its impact on human flourishing will better enable us to help (and not harm) those who have experienced trauma. This three-session series will help you understand the causes of trauma (and vicarious trauma), its impact, and how we can - as individuals and as faith communities - care well for ourselves and all who have experienced trauma, so that together we can flourish!
"This series provides accessible and practical learning about human flourishing, trauma and vicarious trauma, trauma informed care, healthy self-care practices, and cultivating trauma aware practices. Watching this series with your leaders and teams will improve both how you care, and your continued ability to care well for the people you serve. Sarah provides real world, engaging teaching grounded in her own experience and reflective learning – and has presented one of the most useful webinars I’ve attended through Carey Lifelong Learning"
Helen Brereton
Transitions Pastor
NZ Baptist Family of Churches
WATCH A SAMPLE FROM THE SERIES
Webinar 1: Introduction to human flourishing and trauma.
- What does it mean to flourish as a human, from a theological perspective?
- What is trauma? A scientific perspective.
- How does trauma inhibit flourishing?
- How can we heal from trauma?
- Six ways that trauma theory can enrich our theological definition of human flourishing
- One way that our theological definition of human flourishing can enrich our understanding of trauma theory.
Webinar 2: What is vicarious trauma and how can it impact pastors and leaders?
- What is vicarious trauma?
- What makes pastors vulnerable to experiencing vicarious/secondary trauma?
- What are the signs that a person could be experiencing vicarious trauma?
- A self-assessment to test current levels of secondary trauma. https://proqol.org/proqol-measure (Permission to use this has been obtained).
- How do our pastors practice self-care, both to prevent and to manage secondary trauma?
- When supervision is not enough. How to know when you personally could benefit from seeing a therapist?
- Where does a pastor's responsibility begin and end? Boundaries when working with traumatised people. How do you know when to refer someone?
Webinar 3: Developing trauma aware faith communities.
- How can we change the question from “what's wrong with you?”, to “what happened to you?”
- How can we move away from the binary thinking that ostracises unwell people?
- Coaching our people to move from away from judgement and towards empathy.
- What can make churches more a safer spaces for people that carry trauma? What is a helpful response?
- What can we look out for, as we seek to support people that carry trauma?
Please note that the Q&A has been removed from these recordings to protect the privacy of those who attended the live sessions.
Presenter
Sarah Beisly conducted a research paper on the integration of theology and trauma, through a Carey post-graduate paper 'Human Flourishing'. In 2018 Sarah experienced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and received two years of excellent trauma treatment.
Her desire to do this research came from her struggle to know how to integrate her trauma healing journey and faith together.
Group viewing?
Please note, you are purchasing 3 recorded webinars. We trust that you'll treat this with respect and not share the recordings with others. If you do wish others to benefit from this resource, please refer them to our website to purchase the webinar series for themselves.