Working with Complex Trauma: What Do I Do First?

Clinical Masterclass

Where experienced practitioners explore the challenges textbooks don't always prepare you for.

A global Masterclass series bringing together clinical expertise, real-world cases and practical thinking to address the complex challenges practitioners encounter in therapeutic practice.

Working with Complex Trauma: What Do I Do First?

A Practical, Case-Based Masterclass

Complex trauma rarely presents as one straightforward problem.

A client may come to therapy with anxiety, emotional dysregulation, avoidance, relationship difficulties, nightmares or dissociation — leaving practitioners with an important clinical question:

What do I work with first?

Join this 4-hour interactive, case-based Masterclass designed to help practitioners develop a clearer framework for understanding complex presentations, identifying clinical priorities and deciding what to do next.

Rather than focusing on a single symptom or therapeutic technique, the Masterclass explores how to formulate the whole person, consider safety and readiness, respond to destabilisation and develop an appropriate treatment pathway.

Why Attend This Masterclass?

Working with complex trauma requires more than knowing trauma-processing techniques. Practitioners need to understand when to intervene, what to prioritise and whether a client is ready for trauma-focused work.

Through case formulation, clinical decision-making, breakout exercises, group discussion and trainer analysis, you will work through a complex client presentation and explore practical approaches that can be applied within your existing scope of practice.

What You Will Gain

Formulate the Person

Look beyond the presenting problem to understand the client's history, triggers, patterns, resources and needs.

Prioritise Safely

Explore how safety, stability, functioning and readiness influence what should happen next.

Respond Practically

Develop strategies for responding when clients become overwhelmed, shut down, disconnect or struggle to regulate emotionally.

Build a Treatment Pathway

Consider how approaches including Cognitive, EMDR, relational, Systemic and Ego State therapies can inform clinical understanding and treatment planning.

Practical, Case-Based Learning

You won't just listen — you will work through a clinical problem.

After registration, you will receive preparatory case material and a short video. During the live Masterclass, you will take part in case formulation, breakout exercises, clinical discussion, stabilisation work and guided clinical reflection.

Participants will also receive the LSCCH Complex Trauma Clinical Toolkit, providing practical frameworks to support formulation, prioritisation, readiness assessment, stabilisation and clinical decision-making.

Who Should Register?

This Masterclass is designed for practitioners working with anxiety, stress, trauma and emotional wellbeing in therapeutic settings, including:

• Counsellors

• Psychotherapists

• Clinical Hypnotherapists

• Therapists

• Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners

• Other appropriately trained professionals supporting clients with anxiety, stress or trauma

Whether you are already working with complex presentations or want to strengthen your understanding of trauma-informed clinical decision-making, this Masterclass will help you develop a clearer and more structured approach to deciding what to do first and what comes next. Who Is the Speaker? Peter Mabbutt

Peter Mabbutt is an experienced Integrative Psychotherapist, Trauma Therapist, lecturer and author, specialising in Clinical Hypnotherapy, EMDR, Ego State Therapy and Energy Psychology.

As Director of Studies at the LSCCH–LCCH Asia Group, Peter has spent many years teaching clinical hypnosis, psychotherapy and trauma-related subjects to therapists, healthcare professionals and clinical communities around the world.

His work combines extensive clinical experience with a practical understanding of how trauma presents in the therapy room — and how practitioners can work with it safely, confidently and effectively.

Peter is a former President of the British Society of Clinical Hypnosis and a Fellow of the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists. APDIP PATHWAY

One Masterclass. A Wider Clinical Pathway.

This masterclass can be taken as a stand-alone professional development experience, giving you practical knowledge and approaches you can bring into your therapeutic work.

For practitioners who want to go further, it can also be a starting point for deeper specialist training with LSCCH.

Continue your development through our Specialist Certificate programmes and explore the pathway towards the Advanced Practitioner Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (APDIP) — designed for practitioners looking to broaden their therapeutic knowledge, integrate multiple approaches and develop greater depth in clinical practice.

Start with one masterclass. Continue as far as your professional journey takes you.

Event Details

Date: 10 October 2026 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM UK (BST)

5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Malaysia (MYT)

7:00 PM – 11:00 PM Sydney (AEST)

Duration: 4 Hours

Format: Live Online Interactive Masterclass

Certification:CPD Certified

Fee:  £79 £99 (Special promotional price available until 30 September 2026.)

Places are limited to maintain an interactive and clinically focused learning experience.