Where: The Trauma, Bereavement & Loss training runs from 32 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, CH41 6AE.
When: The Trauma, Bereavement & Loss training is a five week training program (30hrs) which is normally delivered in 6hr sessions once a week. The group will be made up of between 8- 10 men maximum. Men must agree to want to attend and commit to all sessions to complete and stay on the training.
Eligibility: Anybody who is male and over 18 is eligible for our welcome sessions to access our support.
The training is to help men explore and cope with bereavement, trauma, or any other loss.
Please Note: We work alongside WEB Merseyside to reduce duplication, share skills and knowledge between the two charities. If you do not meet this criteria and want to learn more about WEB Merseyside’s services such as the Women Service and Youth provision; please click on the ‘Useful Resources’ at the top of the page and select WEB Merseyside.
About trauma and bereavement training:
Designed for men who have experienced bereavement and loss through trauma related events. The exploration and healing process will take place through ‘experiential’ programme of support using a mixture of therapeutic arts, sand play, music, poetry, and meditation. This course focuses on the ‘healing of the trauma’ as opposed to ‘replaying the trauma’.
Men Too’s Trauma, Bereavement & Loss program is accessible to all who have suffered bereavement and loss by violence, crime, and suicide related deaths and losses. Also, individuals who may have been through the ‘trauma of being removed from their families and communities and who have been through the care system’ (we recognise some of those losses may also be through long term imprisonments).
At Men Too we recognise that the impact of trauma is devastating and far reaching, affecting individuals, whole families, and often the wider community. This therapeutic and experiential workshop will work at the pace of each ‘individual’ as we realise each healing journey is unique to everyone. This healing workshop will be facilitated by experienced and qualified counsellors who are trained in ‘working creatively with trauma’.
We run this training throughout the year and if you are interested, we can invite you in for a welcome session and put your name down for the next available date. In the meantime, you are more than welcome to use our other services such as the mind maintenance groups, counselling or any other programs that may be running beforehand.
The programme can help build better relationships with grounding and coping techniques, self-awareness, acceptance, and closure, exploring the past, learning about the impacts of trauma and the effects it can have.
Types of things we cover on the program include:
Group work
Check in’s and check out.
Visualisations.
Hopes and fears.
Exploring Different types of bereavement and loss.
Things we do culturally that support us with grief and loss.
Feelings and emotions
Stages of grief
Grounding exercises.
Sand play therapy:
Brain trauma – How the brain works and what happens when you experience trauma.
Impacts of our childhood trauma
Generational trauma.
Flight, fight, or freeze response.
Genealogy map.
Healing exercises.
Ending exercises.
Ground rules will apply to all of the sessions, and you will be involved in creating your own for your group. If you would like to read examples of ground rules, please click on the ‘About us’ section at the top of the page and go to ‘Centre ground rules’.
We provide drinks, snacks and lunch on the day and have breaks in-between throughout the day.
Please note that places are limited and so will be allocated on a first come first served basis, and you must be able to commit to all of the sessions.
If you would like to arrange a welcome session to access our services, please click on the ‘referral’ at the top of the page and fill an online form to submit to us. Alternatively, if you have any questions or need assistance to fill out a form, please feel free to contact us on 0151 653 3771. To find out more about our welcome sessions click on ‘services’ at top of page and go to welcome sessions.
We will keep you updated on any upcoming dates for programs and training through our social media so please check our pages for any updates. To access our social media, click on the ‘useful resources’ at the top of the page and go to ‘social media’.
