What if nowhere felt safe?

A Silence Speaks Up talk delivered to the Mental Health & Wellbeing Network in Cardiff on August 22nd. Based upon both professional, & lived experience, our founder Steven discusses the complexities of understanding complex trauma.

Talks & Workshops

At Silence Speaks we provide talks and workshops that combine a wealth of professional experience, built upon a foundation of lived experience. Silence Speaks Up talks & workshops are facilitated by our in-house counsellor Steven Crichton, Founder of Silence Speaks.

Steven holds a First Class Honours in Psychology with Counselling, is a certified practitioner of NLP, & has also trained in Counselling Skills through CPCAB. In his counselling practice he supports clients from all walks of life, offering: Couples Therapy, Individual Counselling, & Walking Therapy through Silence Speaks Counselling. On a more personal level, Steven has experienced childhood trauma, parental separation/family breakdown, being bereaved by suicide, suicide ideation, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, & drug addiction.

In a world dominated by social media, where success is celebrated & proudly shared, individual suffering is now increasingly becoming a silent struggle. While awareness is rising, stigma still stubbornly stands in the way, causing those that are suffering, to do so alone. Our talks & workshops are set out with two clear purposes -

To encourage those that feel alone with their suffering to reach out, to offer an environment where they feel understood & can better understand themselves, & to provide the tools & words needed to describe what they are currently feeling, thinking, or experiencing.

The second purpose is to use such workshops & talks to facilitate a conversation that provides those that want to understand with the environment & facilitation needed to do so.

  • Through our professional experience, we can guide organisations & groups through sessions that cover many aspects of mental health & wellbeing, from stress & anxiety, to daily habits & replacing negative coping strategies with positive approaches.

    Through a mix of both professional & lived experience, we also offer specialised sessions that cover: PTSD, Panic/Anxiety Attacks, Trauma/Childhood Trauma, Suicide Ideation/Prevention, Grief, & navigating challenging life transitions.

  • We can deliver sessions in person, or online, with varying restrictions on group sizes dependent on the topic, & whether it is a workshop or talk being delivered. In person events must be accommodated by the group or organisation.

  • This is dependent on your group or organisations needs. The sessions that we typically offer include:

    40 Minute Talk/Presentation

    Lunch & Learn

    Half Day Workshop

    Full Day Workshop

    Most requests we receive fall within one of the 4 categories above, but we can discuss any specific needs during a free consultation call.

If you would like to host a talk or workshop where Silence Speaks Up, then please feel free to get in touch so that we can provide a personalised solution to your groups needs.

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