Responding to Trauma

A 5 day workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal

‘how do we be alongside those who are and have been violated and are suffering-responding to injustices?’

In this five day workshop we will explore 

  • the politics of trauma

  • the effects of trauma on people’s bodies, sense of self, their relationships and hopes

  • people’s and communities responses in face of trauma

  • pay close attention to the wisdom of our bodies and breath 

  • explore  the Absent but Implicit map of narrative practices to develop richer stories of communities and people’s know-hows in response to violence

  • and look closely at trauma informed practices.

In the workshop the techniques of common thread trauma intervention will also be explored.

Common thread is a narrative textile to respond to trauma where we create story cloth to express what might otherwise be “inexpressible” without focusing on words. It gives a way to be witnessed and heard for the experiences we have endured and the insights we have gained.

Digital illustration of a blue flower with green stem and leaves which is part of the NPI logo.
A close up view of the colourful ground from top in which a single mushroom is growing in the centre and is surrounded by small stones, small plants, grass and dried fallen branches.
A close up view of the ground from side with one small off-white mushroom in the centre. Surrounded by dried leaves, dried twigs and branches.
Two big light brown mushroom caps towards the centre and surrounded by dense bush of green ferns and dried leaves and branches.
A blackish brown exposed true trunk covering almost the full image with small orange mushrooms growing from the cracks in the trunk.

Facilitators

 Dates : 7th to 11th April 2024

Timings : 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Nepal time

Language of Facilitation : English

Venue : Samatha Psychosocial Care PVT. LTD. Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur, Kathmandu opposite of The British School

Cost : (inclusive of lunch, tea, coffee and workshop materials)

NRS 12,500 (Nepalese people)

INR 25,000 ( For people who are not Nepalese)

NRS 11,000 (Students )

NRS 11,000 per person (if registering as group of three or more)

Email : samathapsychosocialcare@gmail.com

The workshop is for mental health practitioners, social workers, educators, lawyers, writers, story-tellers, artist, anyone who is interested in learning about responding to violence and trauma.

This workshop is the coming together of Samatha Psychosocial Care and Narrative Practices India Collective

Image description: Narrative Practices India logo is a depiction of rhizomatic growth which is nurturing and nurtured through grass, birds, flowers, caterpillars and nest with little baby birds that connect to each other in diverse ways and at multiple moments of time.