2017-2018 Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies Full Course Details Unit 1: Trauma foundations and the impact of attachment disruption Title: Course Introduction: Complexity of Adaptation to Trauma Presenter: Jana Pressley, Psy.D. 1. Introduction to trauma exposure 2. Long term consequences and adaptation to traumatic stress 1. Analyze and discriminate some distinctions among ordinary stress, traumatic stress, and complex traumatic stress. 2. Articulate the key markers of exposure to traumatic stress, including epidemiology and clinical course 3. Communicate the long-term consequences of exposure to traumatic stress Title: Trauma Foundations: Part I Presenter: Bessel van der Kolk, MD 1. Normative brain development 2. Impact of traumatic exposure on brain development 1. Articulate normative brain development. 2. Deduce how traumatic experiences impact brain development and functioning. 3. Formulate ways in which the brain is implicated in the ongoing trauma response. Title: Race, Class, and Context Presenter: Jana Pressley, Psy.D. 1. Social identity and contextual experience of the therapist 2. Intersection of race, class, and trauma exposure 1. Break down the various social identities, and differentiate ways these have influenced their experience, assumptions, and access to resources. 1 P a g e
2. Establish how race and class intersect with exposure to individual and societal trauma. 3. Communicate thoroughly the role of poverty and context in development. Title: Engaging Families and Building Parenting Capacities Presenter: Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D. 1. Engagement with trauma-impacted families 2. Intervention strategies for engaging clients and families 1. Communicate at least 3 common barriers to engagement among families of trauma impacted youth. 2. Present the role of caregiver engagement in facilitating trauma-focused intervention. 3. Articulate at least 2 key targets of intervention for caregivers of traumaimpacted youth. Title: Trauma Foundations: Part II Presenter: Bessel van der Kolk, MD 1. Complex developmental trauma and neurodevelopmental risk factors 2. Introduction to nonverbal interventions with developmental trauma 1. Characterize complex developmental trauma. 2. Determine neurodevelopmental risk factors cultivated by exposure to complex early stress. 1. Communicate at least one way that nonverbal may support recovery from trauma. Title: Adult Attachment Relationships Presenter: Jana Pressley, Psy.D 1. Adult attachment relationships in light of interpersonal trauma 2. Interpersonal self-regulation: vulnerability and intervention 2 P a g e
1. Articulate implicit relational knowing as a way of understand the development of lifelong relational difficulties beginning in early childhood interpersonal development. 2. Consider interpersonal regulation as a form of the larger construct of selfregulation. 3. Communicate ways in which early attachment disruption can have a negative impact on adult interpersonal interaction patterns. 4. Communicate areas of vulnerability in adult romantic relationships that can be impacted by early attachment disruption. Unit 2: Special topics in trauma-informed treatment Title: We Do Not Work Alone: Implementing and Sustaining Trauma Informed Systems Presenter: Patricia D. Wilcox, LCSW 1. Development of trauma-informed systems: an introduction 2. Implementation strategies for successful trauma-informed systems 1. Substantiate reasons why it is important to implement trauma-informed systems. 2. Articulate three distinct key strategies for implementation trauma-informed care in a treatment program. 3. Communicate various resources for successful trauma-informed systems. Title: Children Who Act Out Their Pain: Sexual Behavior Problems Presenter: Lynn Sanford, MSW 1. Introduction to understanding sexual behavioral 2. Treatment planning and placement with youth with sexual behavior problems 1. Characterize the different types of sexual behavior problems based on motivation and history 2. Articulate appropriate treatment planning and placement decisions for each type of sexual behavior problems 3. Communicate the role of past trauma in the children who engage in sexual behavior problems Title: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of the Children and Youth 3 P a g e
Presenter: Lisa Goldblatt Grace, LICSW, MPH 1. Overview of commercial youth sexual exploitation 2. Safety and resources with victims of sexual exploitation 1. Analyze current research related to the exploitation of adolescent girls, the role of pimps and the process of recruitment, and the clinical dynamics of involvement; 2. Explore potential paths for leaving the Life and finding safety and stability. 3. Analyze personal role in identifying victims and helping girls exit 4. Establish concrete area resources for helping girls leave the Life. Title: Intersections of individual and community trauma and loss Presenter: Diya Kallivayalil, Ph.D. 1. Collective/community trauma and loss 2. Clinical approaches to community violence and homicide bereavement 1. Categorize factors which distinguishes political and/or collective trauma from other types of trauma 2. Communicate the nature of traumatic grief following homicide and/or a loss from community violence 3. Articulate diverse clinical approaches for treating patients impacted by community and/or political violence Unit 3: Treatment Foundations Title: Timing and Pacing of Phase-Oriented Treatment Presenter: Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D. 1. Introduction to understanding phase-oriented treatment 2. Application of therapeutic pacing in trauma treatment 1. Explore the phases of exposure to and recovery from trauma. 2. Formulate concrete examples of phase-oriented treatment. 3. Analyze ways that phase-oriented treatment highlight broader principles of trauma treatment. 4 P a g e
Title: Adult Treatment Through the Lens of CBP Presenter: Elizabeth Hopper, Ph.D. 1. Introduction to Component-Based Psychotherapy 2. Therapist parallel process: strengths and limitations of therapist stance/style 1. Articulate the integration of four core components of complex trauma intervention for adult survivors of childhood emotional abuse and neglect 2. Employ new techniques of CBP. 3. Communicate personal stages of development as a trauma therapist and assess strengths and limitations of their predominant therapeutic stance/style. Title: Incorporating Play Therapy into Evidence-Based Treatment Presenter: Jenn LeFebre-McGevna, Psy.D. 1. Introduction to play therapy 2. Incorporating play therapy in other trauma-informed treatments 1. Categorize and communicate the core components found within the leading evidence-based trauma treatments (TF-CBT, EMDR, CPP) 2. Evaluate how the trauma-informed treatment components fit with the specific needs and preferences of the children they are working with 3. Articulate at least five play therapy techniques that are consistent with the core components of trauma-informed treatments, and point out how to support the use of these developmentally-appropriate play-based adaptations Title: Caring for the Caregiver: Vicarious Trauma Presenter: Jana Pressley, Psy.D. 1. Introduction to understanding the impact of vicarious trauma 2. Therapist self-care 1. Characterize "vicarious trauma". 2. Analyze the signs and potential sources of vicarious trauma. 3. Communicate strategies to address vicarious trauma. 5 P a g e
Title: Treatment of Trauma: Frontiers of Trauma Treatment Presenter: Bessel van der Kolk, MD 1. Emerging practices in trauma treatment 2. Application of innovative techniques in trauma treatment 1. Articulate approaches in the treatment of traumatic stress. 2. Evaluate factors limiting the potential success of classic therapeutic interventions with complex trauma survivors. 3. Designate approaches to innovative methods for treatment traumatic stress. Unit 4: Regulation Title: ARC & Supporting Regulation in Childhood Presenter: Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D. 1. Introduction to understanding dysregulation in trauma-impacted youth 2. Modulation strategies with dysregulated youth and families 1. Detect influential factors leading to dysregulation in trauma-impacted children / adolescents. 2. Establish targets when addressing regulation in children and adolescents. 3. Evaluate modulation strategies for at least two distinct child presentations. Title: Sensorimotor Treatment of Regulation Presenter: Anne Westcott, LICSW 1. Procedural learning: the body and traumatic memories 2. Intervention strategies with body-based trauma symptoms 1. Communicate the role of the body in trauma treatment with their clients. 2. Articulate how trauma experiences are stored in the body via procedural learning. 6 P a g e
3. Determine when a physical action can be utilized in psychotherapy to change procedural patterns, decrease symptoms, and increase feelings of empowerment. 4. Support clients to engage in 3 physical actions effective for reducing symptoms of traumatic activation and dissociation. Title: Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART): Bottom-up Interventions for Childhood Trauma Presenter: Elizabeth Warner, Psy.D. 1. Overview: Sensory integration and trauma exposure 2. Introduction to the SMART approach 1. Communicate concepts from sensory integration that are relevant to treatment for complex trauma in children and adolescents. 2. Employ the SMART approach to regulation and trauma processing in child and adolescent treatment for complex trauma. 3. Integrate therapist skills with sensory motor tools through experiential learning. Title: Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Presenter: David Emerson, E-RYT 1. Introduction and rational for trauma-sensitive yoga 2. Yoga techniques for clients and clinicians 1. Articulate the rationale for use of yoga with trauma-exposed clients. 2. Characterize the physiological markers associated with the use of yoga. 3. Communicate yoga techniques that can be introduced into individual or small group treatment. 4. Employ yoga-based self-care techniques for clinicians working with trauma survivors. Title: Sand Tray Therapy Presenter: Robert Aikin, LICSW 1. Overview of sandtray therapy in trauma treatment 2. Application of sandtray therapy techniques 7 P a g e
1. Communicate basic principles of sandtray therapy and the history of its use with children and adolescents. 2. Explore the role of sandtray therapy in trauma treatment and its use in processing trauma. 3. Articulate sandtray skills and techniques used in trauma treatment with children and adolescents. Unit 5: Dissociation Title: Internal Family Systems Presenter: Frank Guastella Anderson, M.D. 1. Introduction to the Internal Family Systems model 2. IFS application in the clinician 1. Articulate increased understanding of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) concept of Self and Parts. 2. Explore how to facilitate communication among Self and Parts. 3. Analyze treatment goals and course of IFS therapy. 4. Substantiate the importance of an IFS therapist working with his/her own parts. Title: Dissociation: Foundations Presenter: Frances Grossman, Ph.D. 1. Understanding dissociation in complex trauma 2. Introduction to parts work in CBP 1. Articulate the new Components Based Psychotherapy Model, including dissociation. 2. Present how clinicians and theorists have conceptualized and worked with dissociative parts. 3. Explore CBP s model of working with parts. Title: Intervening with Dissociation: Parts Work Presenter: Frances Grossman, Ph.D. 8 P a g e
1. Overview of the levels of parts work in CBP: risks and benefits 2. Introduction to understanding and intervening with enactments 1. Explore how to implement the first two levels of working with parts. 2. Communicate what is involved in the deepest level of parts work 3. Analyze What Parts Work risks and benefits. 4. Consider enactments and how to work with them. Unit 6: Trauma Experience Integration Title: Traumatic Experiences Integration Presenter: Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D. 1. Trauma experiences integration as a treatment component 2. Application of trauma experiences integration strategies 1. Explore the application of integration strategies. 2. Substantiate the importance of integrating traumatic experiences into a life narrative. 3. Determine timing and phasing guidelines when working on traumatic experience integration. Title: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: A Model for Accelerated Change Presenter: Deborah Korn, Ph.D. 1. Introduction to EMDR treatment 2. Introduction to understanding EMDR techniques with trauma survivors 1. Articulate the basic tenets of EMDR Therapy's Adaptive Information Processing Model (AIP). 2. Present the phases of EMDR Therapy. 3. Specify the kinds of negative cognitions (related to responsibility/defectiveness, safety, and control/power) addressed in EMDR Therapy 9 P a g e
Title: Trauma Processing With Children Presenter: Michelle Henderson, LICSW 1. Incorporating EMDR with children with complex trauma 2. Practical application of EMDR with children in cohesion with play therapy 1. Communicate the diverse uses of EMDR with children 2. Articulate the utilization of EMDR and play therapy to provide comprehensive trauma treatment 3. Explore EMDR techniques in targeting specific trauma-related symptoms. Unit 7: Enhancing Competency and Future Directions Title: Future Directions Presenter: Bessel van der Kolk, MD 1. Traditional and innovative techniques in trauma treatment 2. Innovations in trauma treatment: Q&A 1. Articulate current and future traumatic stress or related issues. 2. Explore the potential role of both traditional and innovative techniques in the future of the field of traumatic stress. 3. Determine personal future needs as continuing clinicians working in the field. Title: Impact of Trauma on Adult Spirituality and Meaning-Making Presenter: Jana Pressley, Psy.D 1. Impact of trauma exposure on adult spirituality 2. Application of spiritually sensitive treatment in CBP 1. Explore core themes of spiritual impact that may overlap with a complex trauma history, including the potential positive and/or negative religious beliefs, experiences, and coping practices that can affect recovery. 2. Administer spiritually sensitive trauma treatment through the lens of Component-Based Psychotherapy (CBP) and the four key components: Relationship, Self-Regulation, Parts work, and Narrative. 3. Articulate the influence of client and therapist religious differences as a relevant cultural variable in the therapeutic relationship. 10 P a g e
Title: Terminations in Trauma Treatment Presenter: Jana Pressley, Psy.D. 1. Issues in trauma treatment 2. Clinician parallel process in trauma intervention 1. Evaluate the role of termination through exploration of parallel process in their own termination from the trauma certificate program. 2. Articulate the complexity of termination when working with traumatized clients. 3. Characterize personal clinical material, highlighting both negative and positive experiences of termination. 4. 11 P a g e