Full Course Description

Finding a Faster Way to Treat Trauma: A Neurobiologically Informed Approach

Increasingly, therapists are under pressure to provide short-term treatment for long-term issues. But how can we possibly treat trauma briefly? After all, many trauma treatments focus on helping the client remember and articulate what happened to them. It’s also especially difficult to provide short-term care for clients who exhibit suicidal or self-destructive behaviors, or for dysregulated clients who often find quick methods difficult to tolerate. So, what’s a trauma therapist to do? The answer lies in new, neurobiologically-informed treatments. Rather than treating traumatic events, neuroscience teaches us to treat their effects. In this recording, you’ll discover how to:

Pace the treatment to fit the demands of managed care
Capitalize on the body’s innate capacity to heal
Focus on traumatic effects rather than events
Apply a safe, neurobiologically informed brief therapy model that offers hope to trauma survivors

Program Information

Objectives

Evaluate the theory of trauma-related autonomic dysregulation.
Construct a “phase-oriented” treatment of trauma and create treatment tasks for each phase.
Utilize mindfulness-based treatment techniques with traumatized clients.
Practice three (3) somatic and cognitive interventions that directly address the neurobiological effects of trauma.

Outline

Understanding the neurobiological ‘living legacy’ of trauma
- Implicit versus explicit memory
- Survival-related defensive responses
- Autonomic dysregulation
Implications for brief therapy
- Phase-oriented treatment
- Pacing the tasks of treatment for a time-limited model
Tasks of the three phases of treatment
Approaches and interventions appropriate for a short-term model

Target Audience

Psychologists
Physicians
Addiction Counselors
Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/12/2022

The New World of Psychopharmacology: Essential Updates for Mental Health Professionals

How many of your clients are taking psychotropic medicines prescribed by other healthcare professionals? Do you always know what they’re taking. Or understand why? And if it’s working or doing more harm than good? Despite who wrote the script, it’s your responsibility to know your clients' symptoms and reactions to medications, and to coordinate their care. This session focuses on providing practical and useful information about antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, and medication for insomnia, as well as the tools to handle the ethical decisions that surround psychopharmacology. Get to the bottom line on the most prescribed antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, and medication for insomnia on the market today, and learn how to discuss scope of practice with your patients in order to optimize their care. The goal is for you to leave better prepared to communicate with your clients as well as the prescribers. You’ll discover:

The most effective ways to help your clients taking psychotherapeutic medications
Understand the research behind common medications used for the treatment of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and insomnia  
Recent advances in the medications for depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and insomnia

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Objectives

Investigate the proper role of mental health professionals who treat clients receiving both psychotherapeutic medications and psychotherapy.  
Determine the traditional medications used for the treatment of depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and medications for insomnia.  
Assess recent advances in the medications for depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and insomnia.

Outline

Why (and what) you should know about psychopharmacology  
Questions you can expect from clients and prescribers and how to answer them  
Latest information and newest medications for depression, anxiety, and insomnia

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 02/15/2021

Nutrition and Integrative Methods for Trauma: Enhancing Mood, Sleep, and Well-being

Evidence-based research suggests that there are significant limitations to pharmaceutical interventions for PTSD. Nutritional and integrative strategies can offer an effective alternative. Yet how do we help clients understand the connections between their physical well-being and traumatic etiologies? What methods and interventions do we choose, at what stage of recovery, and who is a viable candidate? This session will explore the latest research and clinical application of culinary, nutritional, herbal, and psychedelic medicine. You’ll discover how to ethically incorporate these methods into your practice and learn reliable tools to help your clients improve their well-being. You’ll explore:

How and when to introduce clients to integrative and nutritional methods to enhance well-being
How to provide your clients with a comprehensive overview of nutrition, food preparation, and mindful eating
Specific yogic, somatic, and breathing exercises to improve digestion, anxiety, and panic
What research tells us about psychotropic medication and viable alternatives

Program Information

Objectives

Organize 4 integrative and nutritional strategies that enhance mood and sleep in PTSD.
Utilize stage based methods to assist in the treatment of trauma.
Apply 3 clinical strategies to introduce and incorporate integrative and nutritional methods.
Describe the scientific literature on psychotropic medicine for PTSD and complex trauma.

Outline

Core Integrative and nutritional strategies that enhance mood and sleep in PTSD
Clinical assessments in nutritional psychology and their utility for PTSD
Stage-based integrative methods for PTSD recovery
Clinical strategies to introduce and incorporate nutritional support
Scientific literature on psychotropic medications for PTSD symptoms

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Physicians
Physician Assistants
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/16/2023

Working with Trauma Survivors: Critical Variables when Identifying Trauma in Clients for Mental Health & Healthcare Professionals

Whether you’re a therapist or healthcare provider, missing client’s trauma cues can leave them with no path forward in life…

Co-occurring symptoms, complex trauma and other factors muddy the waters even more.

Gain the education to identify and assess critical variables with trauma survivors. Join Robert Lusk, PhD, and get training to:

Spot the differences between developmental, complex & other trauma types
Simplify diagnosis with updates from DSM-5-TR™
Assess for co-occurring disorders
Interpret current research for improved clinical outcomes
Conceptualize treatment through a trauma phase framework

Don’t miss the signs of trauma – help your clients get the treatment they need from the first visit.

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Objectives

Determine the development of trauma and a trauma treatment framework.
Analyze DSM-5-TR™ criteria and assessment of trauma disorders and comorbidities.
Appraise trauma research and phases of trauma treatment.

Outline

Critical Variables in Clinical Work with Trauma Survivors

Risk Factors for worse effects of trauma
- Personal risk factors
- Event-related risk factors
  - Big T vs. little t trauma and toxic stress
- Recovery environment factors
  - Survival Mode
  - Helping clients without physical/emotional safety
  - Developmental factors & complex trauma
  - Current research
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders: Main symptoms & common pitfalls
- A new disorder in 2022: Prolonged Grief Disorder
- My “favorite” trauma diagnosis
- Dissociative Disorders
- Assessment skills & scales
- Managing co-occurring disorders
- DSM-5-TR™ diagnostic criteria & how to use it
Trauma symptoms commonly addressed in treatment
- NCTSN data (Youth)
- Adult samples
  - Effects of trauma
- Common effects and problems in addition to PTSD (including the pandemic)
- 5 Common trajectories of trauma symptoms
- Prevalence of trauma and PTSD
- Phases of treatment

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Case Managers
Addiction Counselors
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Physicians
Physicians Assistants
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 07/19/2022

The Craft of Treating Trauma: Applying Core Skills

How do we navigate the emotional landscape with a client when their present is more about the painful past or dreaded future? In this workshop, you will learn core skills to assist your clients in navigating the delicate balance of present, past and future. These valuable tools will strengthen your client’s sense of agency while they work to put past experiences in perspective, be more fully in the present, and instill hope for the future. In this session, you will discover how to:

Help clients approach and observe their emotional responses without getting overwhelmed
Identify and work with parts of self that get activated in the present
Develop a future vision beyond symptom relief, with more adaptive ways of thinking, feeling, and responding

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Objectives

Apply three strategies to facilitate dual attention in order to regulate the client’s affect.
Practice at least one strategy to help the client identify and observe parts of self that get activated under certain circumstances in the present.
Demonstrate how to guide clients in creating a vision for the future including at least one situation or a time where they will think, feel, and respond more adaptively to similar situations.

Outline

How to facilitate emotion regulation using dual attention, non-verbal cues and reflection
Strategies for working with parts of self to process present challenges
Using the Observe Self to increase emotional awareness
Skills to guide your clients beyond symptom relief, towards motivation, readiness for change and a sense of agency for managing future challenging situations
Limitations of this strategy based on limited research

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Physicians
Physician Assistants
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Other Mental Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/18/2023

Helping Clients Who Can’t "Feel"

Nothing defeats a therapist more than a client who’s numb or disconnected. When you ask why they’ve come for help, they may say, “I’m depressed” or “I’ve lost all hope,” but they can’t describe how they feel.

How can we help clients like this deepen into the work of therapy?

This recording offers a body-centered approach to helping clients access emotion and connect to themselves in a way that can’t be defeated by numbing. You’ll learn to use simple movements and sensations as a therapeutic entry point to help clients appreciate how their bodies prevent them from experiencing the emotions they’re entitled to feel.

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Outline

Why therapists need clients to ‘feel’

What the client cannot feel is not available for treatment
Therapeutic models emphasize emotional connection

The role of the autonomic nervous system

Numbness and avoidance as autonomic symptoms
How emotional numbing helps children survive

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: a somatic approach

Addressing numbness and ‘avoidance’ as somatic issues
A somatic approach to increasing the sense of safety
Using ‘feeling’ alternatives
Integrating movement and play into psychotherapy
Empowering clients to self-connection

Objectives

Reframe emotional and somatic numbing as a body phenomenon to improve clinical outcomes.
Discuss the role of emotional numbing in the client’s survival or adaptation to trauma.
Describe the autonomic arousal model and its role in emotional numbing.
Identify body-centered interventions that increase sensation or energy.
Implement strategies that increase autonomic arousal.

Target Audience

Psychologists
Physicians
Addiction Counselors
Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/22/2019

Bringing the Body into Therapy: Clinical Tools from Relationship Repair and Somatic Experiencing

When it comes to tapping into clients’ natural resources for healing from trauma, the body is an invaluable tool. Not only does it store information about our early attachment experiences, but it shows the signs of epigenetic and transgenerational influences. The body reveals how trauma negatively impacts relationships with friends, partners, colleagues, and loved ones. But research and experience show that trauma behaviors aren’t set in stone. Pulling from the latest developments in Somatic Experiencing and neuroplasticity, this recording will teach you a dynamic toolkit of body-oriented approaches for treating early developmental trauma as well as helping clients improve nervous-system regulation and repair relationships. You’ll explore:

The neurophysiological and embodied underpinnings of healthy relationships
How to create a vibrant experience of resilience and wholeness in your work
How implicit memory shapes our physiological and psychological responses to trauma and recovery
Three skills to work with the autonomic nervous system to rebound from trauma and overwhelm

Program Information

Objectives

Appraise the concepts of attachment theory, interoception, and the window of tolerance in the treatment of psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Evaluate the theory that traumatic memories are stored primarily in implicit memory.
Formulate a treatment process based on the approach of Somatic Experiencing for the treatment of trauma and discuss risks and limitations.
Practice three skills to work with the autonomic nervous system to rebound from trauma and overwhelm.

Outline

Introduction to Rupture and Repair cycles in attachment relationships, Interpersonal Neurobiology from a somatic perspective
Present Somatic Experiencing and the Window of Tolerance in the Autonomic Nervous System Model
Introduce interoception-based tracking and stabilization tools
Utilizing interoception in Relational repair models with demonstration
Explore attachment theory from a physiological lens
Mirroring intervention for attachment disruption

Target Audience

Psychologists
Physicians
Addiction Counselors
Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Art Therapists
Nurses
Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/11/2022

IFS and Polyvagal Theory: Healing Through Compassionate Connection

Despite the diversity of content that brings clients to therapy, difficulty regulating their emotional experience is at the heart of their struggles. Clients can feel hijacked by extreme emotional states, uncomfortable in their own skin, and think or behave in ways they wish they wouldn’t. Polyvagal Theory helps us understand what’s happening on a biological level when our clients are emotionally dysregulated. And IFS therapy offers a compassionate, non-shaming approach to healing the wounded, burdened, and traumatized parts of clients’ systems and increasing internal harmony and connection. In this session, you’ll:

Discover how IFS therapy allows us to work in a Polyvagal-informed way to help clients heal
Learn IFS strategies to shift your clients’ nervous systems towards regulation and help them access their own capacity for healing
Explore how to help your clients develop attuned, trusting relationships with their hyperaroused and hypoaroused parts
Discuss real video examples of how to seamlessly integrate IFS therapy and PVT in treatment

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

Program Information

Objectives

Develop skills to help clients foster attuned, trusting relationships with their hyperaroused and hypoaroused parts, as well as parts that strategically utilize adaptive survival responses, such as fight, flight, freezing, and numbing, for protection.
Theorize how Polyvagal Theory can help therapists implement IFS more safely and effectively, especially in the systems of clients with complex trauma.
Assess the impact of the therapist’s internal state on clinical work and how clinicians can use this awareness to facilitate client regulation and healing.
Analyze, through observation and discussion of real video examples, how to integrate IFS and PVT in treatment.

Outline

How Polyvagal Theory can help therapists implement IFS more safely and effectively, especially in the systems of clients with complex trauma.
Helping clients develop attuned, trusting relationships with their hyperaroused and hypoaroused parts, as well as parts that strategically utilize adaptive survival responses.
Recognizing the impact of the therapist’s internal state on clinical work and how clinicians can use this awareness to facilitate client regulation and healing.
Case studies
Discussion

Target Audience

Psychologists
Physicians
Addiction Counselors
Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Nurses
Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Copyright : 02/02/2022

The Many Faces of EMDR Therapy: An Integrative Approach

People don’t often think of EMDR as psychotherapy. But these two paths to healing can coexist. So how do we reconcile EMDR therapy as a breakthrough treatment for PTSD and an attachment-based psychotherapy approach? Whether your client is struggling with a major single PTSD event or ongoing issues with self-esteem and relationships difficulties, the root cause is the same—memory, which informs our present-day experience. Through videotaped illustrations of actual clients, you’ll learn about the different ways EMDR can be applied to treat disturbing life experiences that have a lasting impact, and how the psychotherapy of EMDR can transform life-long difficulties with self and others, resulting in a more authentic sense of sense of self. You’ll discover:

How to identify past–present connections relating to the client’s current difficulties
How to treat a PTSD episode that has roots in developmental trauma
How EMDR psychotherapy evolves over time beyond the remission of symptoms
The relational component of memory work as part of the journey toward healing

Program Information

Objectives

Categorize the key components of the Adaptive Information Processing model of EMDR therapy.
Apply the Floatback Technique to identify the past-present connections to the client’s current difficulties.
Organize the three components of EMDR’s Three-pronged Approach.
Demonstrate the 8 phases of EMDR therapy.
Appraise 2 social experiences or conditions that can contribute to racial or gender-based trauma.
Apply 2 relational strategies that facilitate the client’s processing experience.

Outline

Overview and Evolution of EMDR therapy
AIP Model of EMDR therapy
The 8 phases of EMDR
Cultural and racial contexts
Case examples

Target Audience

Psychologists
Physicians
Addiction Counselors
Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Art Therapists
Nurses
Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/11/2022

Transcending Trauma with IFS Therapy: Mending the Wounds We Carry

Hopeless, anxious, isolated. For many clients with complex PTSD, life can be a draining march of negative feelings and rejection. And for the therapists who treat them, it’s often difficult to cultivate hope while addressing trauma-related volatility and vulnerability. Fortunately, incorporating Internal Family Systems techniques into treatment has been shown to reduce relational trauma and early attachment wounds, allowing therapists to create that elusive, hopeful path forward. In this session, you’ll discover how to:

Unload distorted thoughts and beliefs; discharge troubling physical sensations; and release feelings of unworthiness, loneliness, and unlovability
Address protective client parts in a trauma-specific manner, and gain their permission to access hidden vulnerabilities
Clarify which cognitive, body-centered, and emotional tools release deeply engrained pain
Apply neuroscientific understanding to therapeutic decisions about extreme symptoms, and address common adaptations of relational trauma, like neglect, shame, and substance use

This product is not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with the IFS Institute and does not qualify for IFS Institute credits or certification.

Program Information

Objectives

Differentiate types of traumatic stress including those from early attachment ruptures.
Distinguish the ways IFS is different from traditional phase-oriented treatments for traumatic stress.
Demonstrate how IFS works with protective inner parts to access traumatic ruptures.
Integrate IFS principles with other psychotherapeutic models of treatment.
Evaluate common clinical setbacks to recovery from traumatic stress.

Outline

Comparison of IFS with other models and phase-oriented treatments for trauma
Understand risks and limitations of the approach
Demonstrate how to identify and address clients’ protective parts
How to gain permission from protective parts to access hidden vulnerabilities
Differentiate between compassion and empathy and why both are important to trauma recovery
The 6 F’s of trauma recovery in IFS and moving beyond the 6 F’s
Addressing early attachment wounds, separation, and preverbal trauma
Addressing dissociative and perpetrator parts
Two subtypes of PTSD and how to address them differently
Order of trauma recovery
Common roadblocks to trauma recovery in clinical work

Target Audience

Psychologists
Physicians
Addiction Counselors
Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Art Therapists
Nurses
Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Copyright : 03/11/2022

Racial Trauma and the Polyvagal Response: Mind-Body Healing for African American Clients

Not only were African Americans disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 due to rampant socioeconomic disparities, but other brutal reminders of systemic racism continue to erupt across the country and in the news. Daily microtraumas and a feeling of not being physically safe or valued in our society lead to a state of stress, anger, hypervigilance, mistrust, shame, and fear. This recording explores how neuroceptions and the Polyvagal pathways shape the adaptive reactions of African Americas to race-based stress and trauma—and what clinicians can do to address them and the related emotional burdens we all carry. Discover how to:

Create a safe, healing space for African American clients
Identify triggers and symptoms of racial trauma, as well as how it’s processed in the brain
Use mind-body techniques to deregulate the stress response and promote feelings of empowerment and safety
Explore how therapy is affected by the emotional reactivity of both Black and non-Black clinicians when treating Black clients

Program Information

Objectives

Evaluate the role the Polyvagal pathway plays in the African American client’s reaction to violence, police brutality, acts of racism, and discrimination.
Investigate how microtrauma impacts the psychosocial development of African Americans from a historical perspective.
Demonstrate how to identify and treat reactive symptoms and behaviors associated with the microtrauma of racisms, such as defensiveness and excessive worrying about safety and death.
Assess how the therapeutic process can be affected by the emotional reactivity of both African American and non-African American clinicians when treating African American clients.
Employ mind-body techniques in conjunction with Internal Family System theory to effectively deregulate the stress response and promote feelings of empowerment and safety. 
Analyze activated trauma memories involving violence and acts of racism.

Outline

Implement tools that address the impact of micro and macro-trauma on the psychosocial development of African American clients

Introduction and application of self-soothing grounding, and deep breathing techniques as tools to de-escalate traumas.
Application of the DBT describing skills to increase awareness of the present moment
Review of how mindfulness can be used to increase awareness of symptoms and microtrauma reactions

Introduce Microtrauma as a fear-based conditional response to situations that elicit terror and powerlessness.

Review literature on trauma and the brain response

Examine the role the sympathetic nervous system plays in their reactions to microtraumas.

Review nervous system
Discuss parasympathetic response (ventral vagal)
Parasympathetic stress response immobilization
Sympathetic Stress Response: Mobilization Flight/Fight Response

Provide clinical treatment interventions that determine levels of reactivity and offer treatment modalities.

Reprocessing of memories
Deep breathing techniques
Grounding and tapping
CBT thought stopping and disputing techniques
Introduction of SUDS and Body scanning techniques

Incorporate trauma and shame reducing techniques in sessions to help African American clients access memories that keep them stuck in the narrative of victimization

Recreating the shame
Self-affirmations
Creating a practice of self-compassion and non-judgmental stance

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

Happily Even After: Fostering Well-Being and Resilience in Difficult Times

In recent years, research has shown that positive psychological principles can play an important role both in fostering well-being during good times, but also in cultivating resilience after life’s worst moments. As much of the world begins to emerge from a time of unprecedented crisis, we have an opportunity both individually and collectively to face the future with greater compassion, gratefulness, wonder, and kindness. Drawing from positive psychology, mindfulness-based approaches, and cutting-edge neuroscience, this recording will examine how positive psychological practices can help reduce suffering and foster greater well-being. You’ll explore:

Common barriers to well-being and how the COVID-19 crisis exacerbated already-troubling trends
The positive psychology literature on the impact of positive emotional states on health, relationships, creativity, and job performance
How positive neuroplasticity can help strengthen the brain regions linked to well-being
Key principles for increasing happiness and well-being, including awe, gratitude, compassion-based approaches, savoring, and psychological richness

Program Information

Objectives

Identify the most common barriers to well-being and how the COVID-19 crisis exacerbated already-troubling trends.
Categorize the positive psychology literature on the impact of positive emotional states on health, relationships, creativity, and job performance.
Catalogue key brain regions linked to well-being, and how positive neuroplasticity can help strengthen these areas.
Demonstrate at least 4 key principles for increasing happiness and well-being.

Outline

Explore common barriers to well-being and how the COVID-19 crisis exacerbated already-troubling trends
Review the positive psychology literature on the impact of positive emotional states on health, relationships, creativity, and job performance
Understand key brain regions linked to well-being, and how positive neuroplasticity can help strengthen these areas
Explore key principles for increasing happiness and well-being, including awe, gratitude, compassion-based approaches, savoring, and psychological richness
Discuss various strategies for enhancing well-being and provide easy to use skills that can be incorporated into treatment

Target Audience

Psychologists
Physicians
Addiction Counselors
Counselors
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Art Therapists
Nurses
Other Behavioral Health Professionals

Untangling Shame: Brené Brown’s Approach to Fostering Resilience and Courage in Everyday Life

Even though shame is universal, how much did you learn about it in your training as a mental health professional? It’s critical that we help clients address this primitive human emotion, which is the intensely painful experience of believing that we are flawed, damaged, broken, or inferior—and therefore unworthy of love and belonging. Thanks to the 20 years of research conducted by Brené Brown, we understand that trauma, shame, and fear of vulnerability go hand in hand. In this session, based on Brown’s research, you’ll discover the four elements to shame resilience, including how to:

Recognize shame and understand its triggers, exploring narratives that block us from deeply connecting with others, especially individuals from different cultures than our own
Practice critical awareness by reality-checking the messages and expectations that are driving shame
Own and share your story, to truly experience empathy and build courage and authenticity
Use language and story to bring light to shame and allow yourself to get your needs met

Program Information

Objectives

Appraise the relationship between authenticity, self-awareness, fear, shame, guilt, and self-compassion.
Demonstrate how shame-based messages are obtained through Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), systemic oppression and intergenerational trauma.
Appraise how shame is relationally projected from one person to another and understand key societal underpinnings that impact us collectively.
Utilize specific shame resilience strategies to begin healing painful narratives regarding worthiness and vulnerability.

Outline

How shame based messages are obtained through Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), systemic oppression and intergenerational trauma
The most common shame triggers and correlating fears/limiting beliefs
The role that self-awareness plays in courage building and shame resilience
Personal narratives that block us from deeply connecting with ourselves and others
Demonstrate effective strategies to provide an environment of healing for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status
Specific shame resilience strategies to begin healing painful narratives regarding worthiness and vulnerability
Review limitations of current research

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Physicians
Physician Assistants
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Other Mental Health Professionals

Healing the Wounds of Trauma

FEATURING Dr. Gabor Maté comes an in-depth workshop based on his brand-new book The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, & Healing in a Toxic Culture – a riveting follow-up to In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts.

With SPECIAL GUEST Bruce Perry, MD, renowned child psychiatrist and co-author of the NYT Best-Selling What Happened to You? (with Oprah Winfrey) and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog.

This all-new clinical workshop, based on the brand-new book The Myth of Normal, could powerfully shift your understanding of traumatic stress and how we, as therapists, can help people recover and heal.

Together, they’ll explore with you the most common misconceptions around trauma and chronic stress, how and why we get stuck, and the specific pathways to healing.

Gabor will specifically cover some of the most prevalent mental health diagnoses therapists are seeing today including: ADHD, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Self-Harm, ODD, Eating Disorders...

And how we should be treating them through the lens of developmental trauma.

Program Information

Objectives

Evaluate current theories around what are and are not traumatic experiences
Extrapolate from the research seven different impacts of traumatic experiences on both physical and mental health
Appraise 5 common mental health and psychiatric disorders through the lens of developmental trauma
Demonstrate a process of inquiry that changes limiting beliefs as related to clinical treatment. 
Integrate knowledge of developmental trauma into supporting recovery from common mental health disorders.

Outline

Part 1: Making Sense of Trauma & Chronic Stress

What trauma is not (hint, it’s not “stress”): An elimination checklist

Two forms of trauma and why they are critical to understand
Seven impacts of trauma
Problems with the mind-body split

Part 2: The Nature of Mental Illness & Suffering

The nature of mental illness

Exploring common disorders and diagnoses through the lens of stress and developmental trauma

Depression
ADHD
Self-Harm
ODD

Bipolar Disorder
Eating Disorders

Part 3: Supporting Healing & Creating Change

How we can be catalysts for change
How to help people create meaning from pain

Target Audience

Counselors
Psychologists
Social Workers
Marriage and Family Therapists
Addictions Counselors