Resources

Explore our curated collection of links and resources to support your employees and organisation.

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Knowing who to trust and where to turn during times of trauma and stress can seem overwhelming. We hope these professional resources we’ve compiled will offer appropriate guidance whenever you need it. From helpful links to insightful documents, this collection offers support for all situations. If you’re looking for more personalised support, please reach out to our team.

INFO SHEETS

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PODCASTS

GUIDES

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INFO SHEETS

BOOKS

WEBINARS

VIDEOS

PODCASTS

GUIDES

ARTICLES

Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers: A Roadmap of Trauma and Critical Incident Care

Get your copy of Fiona’s book, Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers. It will appeal to all those working in the field of humanitarian…

Psychologically Safe Management

Breakdown to Breakthrough

General
Mindfulness Exercise Series

FD Consultants – A year in Review

Pandemic

Blossoming Flower

Who am I not to

It is enough that I am just me

Caring for the Carers: Supporting the Humanitarian worker

Children of Humanitarians

War at my front door – An exploration of a young Syrian’s relationship with home after ten years of civil war.

Mindfulness Exercise Series: Breathing & Relaxation

Mindfulness Exercise Series 1: 4-Step Breathing

Mindfulness Exercise 2: Releasing Negative Energy

Mindfulness Exercise 3: Compassionate Mindfulness

Mindfulness Exercise 4: Body Scan Meditation

Mindfulness Exercise 5: Healing Light Meditation

Mindfulness Exercise 6: Mountain Meditation

Tech Against Terrorism

Institutionalising Counterterrorism Practitioner Welfare…

Trauma Informed | Episode 15 | with Fiona Dunkley

Trauma and counselling interview (Flirt Radio)

The Role of Community in Trauma Therapy Podcast

FIONA DUNKLEY is a trauma therapist and counsellor who has helped people and communities affected by war, terrorism and sexual violence. Drawing on experiences…

Managing Restructure & Redundancy – Guidance for Managers

If you are a manager having to make members of your team redundant, it is important to be aware of the multiple challenges you may be facing and to look after yourself. Enforced change means that many of the things you are facing will be beyond your control. However, there will be some aspects that you can influence. These are things you can do in order to aim for a ‘good enough’ ending with staff who will be leaving, and an optimally smooth transition for those who will remain within your team.

Facing Restructure & Redundancy – A Guide for Staff

Have you been informed your role is to be made redundant, or are you aware that your organisation is restructuring and that jobs are likely to be lost as a result? Perhaps voluntary redundancy has been offered to you as an option? If any of these issues are present in your working life right now, you are likely to be experiencing a range of emotions, alongside having practical concerns about the future.

Supporting Someone Bereaved or Affected by Suicide

It can be hard to know how to talk to someone who has been bereaved, we often worry about ‘saying the wrong thing’ or upsetting that person by reminding them of their loss. If someone close to you has been bereaved or affected by suicide this fact sheet provides relevant information, and also details of where those bereaved or affected by suicide can access further support.

Trauma Management Program for organisations

Over the last 12 years I have seen an increase in the demand for trauma therapy. It is essential organisations have a thorough and well-rehearsed critical incident plan, which needs to incorporate a ‘Trauma Management Programme’ (Dunkley, 2018). In this information sheet I explain what a trauma management programme should include and provide advice on how to set one up.

Trauma Support Resource Sheet

Dealing with a traumatic event can be very difficult, as these events can often overwhelm us, and reduce our ability to cope with the stress they cause. Added to this is the longevity of the traumatic responses that, in some cases, can be felt for months, or even years, after the event. If you feel traumatised, this information sheet provides 10 tips for supporting yourself after a traumatic event.

Recognising and Recovering from burnout

Burnout is one of those road hazards in life that high-achievers really should be keeping a close eye out for, but sadly – often because of their “I can do everything” personalities – they rarely see it coming. Because high-achievers are often so passionate about what they do, they tend to ignore the fact that they’re working exceptionally long hours and taking on exceedingly heavy workloads.

Absence Management Training

The most common approach to supporting staff after sickness absence is a ‘Return to Work’ interview. Managers need to be competent when managing a member of staff’s return-to-work plan.

Conflict Resolution Training

Conflict costs employers £28.5 billion per year. 10 million staff have experienced conflict at work, and of those, over 50% suffered from stress, anxiety and depression.

PFA Peer Support Training

1 in 4 adults experience at least one diagnosable mental health problem in any given year. Stress, anxiety & depression are thought to be responsible for half of working days lost due to health issues.

Stress Management RB

The Global Emotions Report, surveying 160,000 people in 116 countries found nearly 190 million people experienced significantly higher stress in 2020 than in years past. People suffering stress is on the increase.

Trauma Training

Trauma is about an individual’s perception of an event. How someone is supported directly after a traumatic event can have a crucial impact on their recovery, and therefore it is important we all have the skills to promote recovery, rather than cause further harm.

Wellbeing Webinars

If you want to improve the world start by making people feel safer (Porges, 2001). A person-centred organisation has people at its heart – both people it serves and people it employs.

Management and Leadership Training

We all have the capacity to inspire and empower others. But we must first be willing to devote ourselves to our personal growth and development as leaders.

BACP Counselling at Work – Working on the Edge

Fiona Dunkley outlines the work of InterHealth Worldwide to psychologically prepare, support and sustain humanitarian and aid workers responding to crises around the world.

BACP Workplace Magazine Article

Fiona is very proud to have had an article published in the BACP Workplace Magazine about the RESPECT model. Relentless exposure to our clients’ traumatic material is a risk to our health so in this article Fiona outlines a resilience toolkit for those carers most at risk of vicarious trauma. This article appeared in the July 2018 issue of BACP Workplace, which is published by the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy. 2018©

The Psychologist Article

Fiona is very proud to have had an article published in The Psychologist Magazine where she discusses her book Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers: A Roadmap of Trauma and Critical Incident Care and why she become a specialist trauma counsellor. This article appeared in the February 2019 issue of The Physiologist Magazine©

BACP Counselling at Work – 12 years of Trauma

From the 7/7 bombings (2005) to the Grenfell Tower fire (2017), Fiona Dunkley explains why organisations need a trauma management programme.

BACP Counselling at Work – Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR) in practice at Transport for London

Fiona Dunkley and Melvin Claridge explain how the trauma intervention model works.

Work with FD Consultants

At FD Consultants, we aim to be a beacon of hope and endurance when others feel as though they have none left. We’re here to help individuals and organisations recover from stress, burnout, and trauma. We believe anyone can recover from a challenging experience with the right support behind them. Offer your staff the psychological support they need, and reach out to our team of specialists today.