Trauma Informed Care: A Focus on Ethics and Cultural Competence

with Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC

In this webinar, Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, will discuss a historical perspective on trauma and trauma treatment in North America and implications for advocacy and ethics when counseling clients with traumatic stress disorders; the ethical responsibility to help break inter-generational patterns of addiction and trauma in families; integrating evidence based trauma treatment with cultural competent practice; non-traditional and culturally influenced approaches for addressing complex trauma, historical trauma and 24-7-365 terror; the importance of laughter and other self care strategies to avoid ethical dilemmas cause by secondary trauma. http://www.onthemarkconsulting25.com/

November 6, 2019
6:30 - 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time

$45 USD Early Bird Rate until October 27th (regular rate $55 USD). Student pricing available.

What Exactly is Trauma Therapy?

with Dana Ross, MD, MSc, FRCPC

In this webinar, Dana Ross, MD, MSc, FRCPC, will discuss what makes trauma therapy unique compared to other types of therapy. She will summarize recent modern and emerging theory in the field, and will use clinical scenarios to illustrate the practical application of these ideas and approaches. Four key components of complex trauma including relational injuries, affect dysregulation, attempts to regulate, and a fragmented sense of self, will be outlined. The core pathways to healing from trauma and a definition of trauma therapy will be discussed. A lot of opportunity for questions and answers will be provided in this webinar, and helpful handouts that can be used clinically will be provided along with a pdf of the presenter’s slides.

Date: January 27, 2020
12:00 - 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time

$25 USD Early Bird Rate (regular rate $35 USD). Student pricing available.

The Snow White Model: A framework for navigating complex trauma and dissociation

with Naomi Halpern, C.Q.S.W.

More details coming soon!

Naomi Halpern is director of Delphi Training and Consulting, based in Victoria, Australia. She trained as a social worker in the UK and pursued post graduate studies in Human Rights at Curtin University, Western Australia. Naomi has expertise in psychotherapy for complex trauma and provides clinical consultation for post traumatic stress disorder, dissociative disorders and related comorbidity, for mental health professionals working with survivors of sexual abuse, rape, and gender based violence, torture and other trauma. She has a wealth of experience working with people across cultures, socioeconomic groups, faiths and sexual orientation.

Date: February 17, 2020
Time: TBD Eastern Standard Time

$45 USD Early Bird Rate (regular rate $55 USD). Student pricing available.

Lasting Recovery from Addictions & PTSD

Knowing How: 20 Concepts to Rewire the Brain

with Julie Valenti

More details coming soon!

Julie Valenti, formerly a medical/surgical nurse, is the owner of the Wisdom and Recovery Healing Center located in Portland, Oregon. Her program provides individuals, couples, and families with support and guidance. Educational classes on addiction, trauma, brain re-wiring, as well as workshops and support groups for individuals and couples enrich the program. Mobile and Online access allows Julie to provide her clients with support and guidance across the U.S. and internationally.  https://www.wisdomandrecovery.com/

Date: March 16, 2020
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time

$45 USD Early Bird Rate (regular rate $55 USD). Student pricing available.

Forgiveness:  The Double-Edged Sword of Trauma Therapy

with Robert T. Muller, PhD

Forgiveness has become a popular topic in mental health writing.  Myriad specialists call us to its high road.  But in practice, when people have suffered from interpersonal trauma, often at he hands of those they trusted most, forgiveness can be easier said than done.  This webinar will take a detailed look at forgiveness in trauma therapy and consider the ways in which it serves as a double-edged sword.  Sometimes helpful and necessary, sometimes not.  We’ll examine such topics as rushed forgiveness and how it affects trauma clients.  We’ll look at apologies and their role in authentic forgiveness.  We’ll consider how it can be helpful for clients to view forgiveness as a process, rather than a virtue.  Finally, the workshop will address self-forgiveness, and how sometimes in trauma work, clients and therapists struggle to forgive themselves.  Throughout the webinar, clinical material will be used to illustrate concepts, and listeners will be invited to participate. Click here to learn more about Dr. Muller and to see his available books.

$45 USD Early Bird Rate (regular rate $55 USD). Student pricing available.