This online half-day webinar, led by Dr Karen Treisman MBE, focuses on creative, relational activities you can use with children and young people in asylum-seeking and refugee contexts.

Karen will share adaptable ideas and examples, particularly around:

• Names and name journeys
• Identity layers and belonging
• Strengths and skills
• Mixed and blended feelings

These are tools to be infused with your existing cultural humility, and trauma-informed relational skills. The session will spark ideas, deepen reflection and expand your creative repertoire.

NB: This is not specialist training on asylum systems, refugee law, cultural humility, or complex trauma assessment. Instead, you will leave with creative and adaptable life story work activities.

What will I take away from this Live Classroom?

• An introduction to a range of adaptable life story work activities that can be used with children and young people seeking asylum and those with refugee backgrounds.
• New ideas to expand your creative repertoire.

What people have said about this Live Classroom:

“It was amazing and has encouraged me to think more creatively. I feel inspired.”

“So glad you managed to get Karen as one of your guest trainers, thank you so much!”

About Dr Karen Treisman MBE

Dr Karen Treisman MBE is a highly specialist clinical psychologist who has worked in the national health system and children’s services. Karen has also worked cross-culturally in both Africa and Asia with groups ranging from former child soldiers to survivors of the Rwandan Genocide. She is the author of 10 books, including the bestselling book, A Therapeutic Treasure Box.

Karen has extensive experience in the areas of trauma, parenting, adversity (ACEs) and attachment, and works clinically using a range of therapeutic approaches with families, systems, and children in or on the edge of care, unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people, and adopted children.

She specialises in supporting organisations and systems to implement adversity, culture and, trauma-informed, infused, and responsive practice.

Karen is the founder and director of Safe Hands and Thinking Minds and is a TEDx speaker on the power of relationships and viewing behaviour as communication.

Tickets are £50, or included in a Creative Life Story Work membership. Everyone is welcome.