Psychotherapy work with Women in a homeless service Nicola Saunders Women’s Psychotherapist Life Works Psychotherapy Service nicola.saunders@mungos.org

Psychotherapy work with women in a homeless service Life Works Psychotherapy Service - client & staff facing. Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE’s) Trauma Informed Environments Development of Women’s Service – Shattered Lives Report Psychotherapy with women – psycho-social Psychosocial-educational group in the community Trauma, Gender & Psychologically Informed Staff training

Psychotherapy work with women in a homeless service Learning points Psychotherapy can be adapted for social care environments & complex need Women want psychotherapy and make use of it Women’s group more difficult than individual; in a neutral space & away from women they live with. Normalisation of education & support important Trauma informed and flight/fight - staff better able to understand PIE vs TIE Trauma opens up possibility of talking about secondary trauma or vicarious trauma with ourselves & each other Not embarked on systems yet we know it is important from our work with PIE We are looking for external links for our own learning