Half-day workshop – Delivering Psychological and Trauma Support Following a Crisis

Travel businesses may be required to support customers and staff who are caught up in a range of incidents; from assaults and accidents to major incidents such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters. As part of your business’ response to a crisis, it’s important to have an established procedure in place to support customers and staff.

Attend this workshop to increase your understanding of psychological trauma and learn how to prepare your staff who are deployed to deal with incidents. Discover the proactive steps you can take to offer psychological support to customers, relatives and staff. 

• The nature of trauma and how your business can respond 
• Training operational staff and telephone staff to deal supportively with survivors and relatives 
• How to communicate with customers who are dealing with trauma
• Offering proactive support after an incident and identifying those in need of support

• Kevin Tasker, Partner, Centre for Crisis Psychology (CCP)
• Donna Melbourne, Customer Policy Manager, TUI
• Angela Hills, Senior Destinations Manager, Health, Safety, Crisis & Operations, ABTA.  

• Gain insight into the psychological effects of trauma 
• Take steps to prepare for a crisis, in terms of delivering psychological support
• Hear strategies for supporting affected customers and staff 
• Learn how to train your operational staff who will be dealing with customers during a crisis 

This event is ideal for tour operators and travel agents who have responsibilities in a crisis situation, and is most suitable for directors, managers and team leaders.
 

ABTA Member/ABTA Partner* rate – £199 plus VAT 
Non-Member rate – £249 plus VAT

This half-day workshop takes place the day after our Crisis Management in Travel Conference. You will receive a 20% discount when you book both events. This will automatically be applied.

Non-Members are welcome to attend. For information about becoming a Member click here.

View our booking terms and conditions here.

_{*To qualify for the ABTA Member/Partner discount you must have a current ABTA Member/Partner number or your application must be in progress when the event takes place.}

Event partner

We are the Centre for Crisis Psychology (CCP) and we partner with many top UK businesses who trust our experience following traumatic incidents, large or small.  Our unique approach helps organisations to overcome traumatic events and stresses that affects their customers and employees. We have worked on over 8200 critical incidents providing specialist psychological trauma care using our proven clinical model.  Our in-house team of professional clinical practitioners respond 24 hours a day, 365 days a year travelling nationally and internationally on a daily basis.  Over the last 30 years we have dealt with terrorist attacks, hurricanes, sudden deaths, coach crashes, hotel fires and much more. We offer a wide range of interactive and experiential training courses to provide businesses with the knowledge and confidence to deliver well-timed and appropriate support to those affected in the immediate aftermath of an incident.