Course info

Date: 11/14/2022 @ 8:45am-1:00pm (EST) Cost: $80                                          

Instructor: Miranda Zircher, M.S. LPCC-S

CE Credit Hours: 4

Program Description:

Sexual abuse is a significant public health problem in the United States and across the world. Significant physical, emotional, social, cognitive and behavioral problems are related to sexual abuse trauma. This course will equip mental health providers with a foundation for treatment of sexual abuse survivors by providing the basic components of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) as well as discuss methods used by this agency in the treatment of trauma.

Goals:

• Gain an understanding of the impact of sexual abuse on survivors and their families.
• Gain knowledge and develop skills for the diagnosis and treatment planning of sexual abuse survivors.
• Gain knowledge of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), it’s effectiveness in treating victims of sexual abuse and practice therapy techniques associated with the treatment model.

 Objectives:

• Give two examples of the emotional, physical, cognitive and social impact of sexual abuse.
• Describe characteristics of children and families who would benefit from TF-CBT.
• Describe the treatment components of TF-CBT and demonstrate skills relevant to each treatment component.
• Given a case scenario, evaluate the role of family in the treatment process and propose an appropriate course of action.    

Workshop Outline:

1. Introductions and overview (8:45 – 9:00)
2. Impact of Sexual Abuse: Education and Statistics (9:00 – 9:15)
3. How survivors and their families are affected (9:15 –9:45)
4. Treatment of Sexual Abuse Survivors: Treatment goals, Interventions, Discharge criteria (9:45 – 10:00)
5. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) (10:00 – 10:45)
6. Break (10:45 – 11:00)
7. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) (11:00 – 12:00)
8. Applying the techniques (12:00 – 12:30)
9. Family involvement (12:30 – 1:00)

Mid-Ohio Psychological Services, Inc. has been approved as a CE provider by the Ohio Psychological Association (#311358292), the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (RCS060502), and as a NBCC ACEP^TM No. 7265.