ISOLDE BLAU MASTERCLASS – 26th September 2008

A number of issues were highlighted at the Master Class on the 26th  September which were worked on during the workshop, as follows.

These included:
•	Management of disclosure in group settings. 
*	How to contain the survivor and work on the issues at the same time? 
*	How to deal with feelings of disquiet about her ability to protect the children?

•	Working within in-patient settings.
*	How to manage and prioritise in this setting?
•	As a team
•	As a system

•	Working with abuse in private practice 
*	How to work with individual without having access to the wider system?
*	How to manage the responsibility?

•	Management of retrospective disclosure.

•	Working with the individual who discloses abuse but is not ready to deal with the consequences of disclosure.

•	How to take care of self while working in abuse settings?
*	How to unburden self?

•	How to work with clients who are both victims and perpetrators?

•	How to work with clients who are abused but claim that the perpetrator is no longer a risk to children?

•	How to establish boundaries around extended responsibilities?