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Sense of Safety for Practitioners Foundation Course

This course is designed to care for each practitioner's own sense of safety as they learn how to integrate trauma-informed whole person care that is healing oriented into their everyday practice. 

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It is practical, interactive and paced to ensure sustainable change without overwhelming the learner.

 

It introduces the rationale, history, and research behind the Sense of Safety Theoretical Framework, grounded in clinical experience, First Nations wisdom, and transdisciplinary evidence.

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The Sense of Safety for Practitioners Foundation Course will enhance your clinical competence and confidence, your own wellbeing, and equip you to facilitate care that builds a sense of safety in those you care for.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

"This course is so helpful for ensuring that health professionals are able to offer victims or survivors â€‹â€‹â€‹of trauma the important support they need - with safety and compassion." 

Janise Mitchell, CEO Australian Childhood Foundation 

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"Thank you for such a practical distillation of Sense of Safety. It has helped me to care for myself through reflective prompts and to bring these dynamics to my patients. This is crucial wisdom for anyone working in whole person generalist care." 

Dr Ami Thies, Australian General Practitioner 

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"This course is beautifully written and designed. Not only is it a masterclass in integrating theory, practice, and decades of wisdom, it supports the everyday work of the healthcare professional themself in equal measure. You will actually enjoy moving through each module and realise that we have more in common with our clients and patients than we think." 

Dr Paul Fung, Deputy Commissioner, Mental Health Commission of New South Wales

Who is this for?

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Designed for professionals who provide care to people in our community including but not limited to health professionals, social workers, educators, mental health professionals, and public policy makers. It is ideal for anyone seeking to integrate trauma-informed, whole-person approaches into their practice to enhance both their own sense of safety and the safety of their clients or patients. The course supports practitioners in building sustainable, effective, and compassionate care strategies.

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You will learn how to:

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  • Apply the Sense of Safety Theoretical Framework in practice.

  • Identify stressors affecting practitioners and their sense of safety.

  • Use evidence-based techniques for managing stress and building sense of safety.

  • Integrate the seven Whole Person Domains of trauma-informed care.

  • Discern how sensing safety impacts and links relationships, meaning, context and lifelong health.

  • Care for both practitioner and client, student, and patient wellbeing

This course was designed by Dr Johanna Lynch with support from Better Health Co. All proceeds from this course support further research and translation of Sense of Safety. 

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The Sense of Safety Project acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land now called Australia and those First Nations peoples in the USA, Norway, and Canada, where our researchers are located. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the lands now called Australia were never ceded and recognise their people’s continuation of culture and connection to land, sky and sea. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples and honour the rich diversity of the world’s oldest living culture and knowledge systems that protect a whole understanding of health as linked to kin, country and spirit.

We also acknowledge the support from the University of Queensland for the doctoral research cited in this work.

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