Trauma-Informed Treatment Conference

In this dynamic 2-day conference, you receive a wealth of practical approaches and strategies for working with your clients on healing the wounds of trauma. This conference is different as the focus will be on treatment, not theory.

Dr. Jamie Marich, trauma expert, author and presenter, will help you easily through the theory, research and hype about trauma. Discover the most useful strategies for identifying trauma with various populations, as well as key strategies for assessment. Dr. Marich will show you how to make critical trauma-informed decisions based on setting, client preparedness, and other important contextual variables. You will learn how to improve your efficacy by becoming more trauma-competent in your clinical work.

The interventions in Day 1 cover the essentials of trauma assessment, stabilization and treatment. The content of Day 2 builds upon the first day and is ideal if you want to work with clients on “going deeper” in healing the trauma. This two-day conference is comprehensive and a must attend for anyone who works with traumatized clients.

OUTLINE

Trauma Made Simple: Effective Treatment

• Defining trauma
  • PTSD vs. adverse life experiences
  • Complex trauma
  • Impact of trauma on society
  • Connections between trauma and grief/loss
• Trauma and the DSM-5®
• Assessing for trauma and its impact
• A crash course on trauma neuroscience
• Mindfulness, neuroscience, and the therapeutic relationship

Principles of Trauma Treatment

• The 3-phase consensus model of trauma treatment
• A review on what works in trauma treatment
• The importance of trauma stabilization
  • It’s all about the relationship: Establishing rapport
  • Boundary setting with trauma clients
  • Creating a context for healing

Practical Approaches in Trauma Stabilization

• Teaching affect regulation and self-soothing
  • Breath work
  • Muscle relaxation
  • Body scanning & body cuing
  • Walking meditation
  • Multisensory mindfulness (e.g., mindful listening, aromatherapy)
  • Yoga, dance, & movement approaches
• Motivational enhancement and stages of change

What Makes a Good Trauma Therapist

• Addressing personal biases in working with trauma
• Literature review on qualities of an effective trauma therapist
• Making decisions about specialized training

OBJECTIVES

• Define trauma from several perspectives (e.g., etymological, clinical/psychological/neurobiological/diagnostic).
• Summarize the impact of unhealed trauma on human behavior and societal systems.
• Describe the similarities between working with trauma and addressing grief/loss and mourning.
• Describe the Triphasic/consensus model of trauma treatment and explain its origins.
• Explain the role of the therapeutic relationship and boundary setting in effective trauma treatment.
• Develop a plan of stabilization for a client impacted by trauma.
• Implement five trauma-informed stabilization skills with clients presenting in human services settings.
• Discuss qualities of effective trauma therapies, including the ability to assess one’s own capacity for working with trauma in clients.

To order the book, EMDR Made Simple: 4 Approaches to Using EMDR with Every Client, please visit our product store.

To order the book, Trauma Made Simple: Competencies in Assessment, Treatment and Working with Survivors, please visit our product store.

To order the book, 101 Trauma-Informed Interventions: Activities, Exercises and Assignments to Move the Client and Therapy Forward, please visit our product store.

To order the DVD, Complete 3-Part Set: Trauma Treatment: Psychotherapy for the 21st Century, please visit our product store.

Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Case Managers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI, Inc., PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

ADA Needs

PESI would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 800-844-8260.