Date: 10/30/2023 @ 8:45-4pm (EST) Cost: $150
Instructor: Tatia Williams, Psy.D., LPCC-S, Psychologist and Olivia Summa, Psy.D.
CE Credit Hours: 6
Program Description:
Though many of the people who present for treatment have experienced some form of trauma, clinicians often struggle to understand when to diagnosis a trauma disorder and how to incorporate an understanding of trauma into their conceptualization of treatment. In this training, participants will learn about the impact of trauma, how to recognize and diagnose trauma disorders, and will increase confidence in their ability to effectively treat trauma symptoms and disorders.
Goals:
-Learn to correctly identify and diagnose trauma and stressor disorders
-Understand the role of trauma in development and how to incorporate into case conceptualization
-Increase confidence in the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
-Learn the common elements of most trauma treatments
Objectives:
-Differentiate between post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder, and trauma symptoms as part of other diagnoses
-Conceptualize cases through understanding impact of trauma
-Develop appropriate trauma treatment and tailor to presenting diagnosis and symptoms
Outline:
8:45-9:00 Introduction and self-reflection
9-9:45 Etiology & Impact of trauma
· Neurobiological Underpinnings/Polyvagal Theory
· Social/environmental Contributions
· Clinical Assumptions
9:45-10:30 Diagnosis of Trauma & Stressor-Related Disorders
· Brief stats on prevalence rates and introduction to the trauma spectrum
· Acute stress vs adjustment disorder vs PTSD
· Brief discussion on Complex PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
· Differential diagnosis (AOD, Personality Disorders, GAD, Psychosis, etc.)
· Cultural Differences in Stress and Trauma Expressions
10:30-10:45 Assessment
· Use of questions to understand symptoms, severity, frequency, and duration
· Formal Standardized Assessment measures
10:45-11 BREAK
11:00-1 Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches & Application
· Top 5 Evidence-Based Treatments
· Evidence-Informed Intervention: Active Ingredients Approach to Trauma Treatment
*All training content is co-facilitated.
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
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 ACEPTM No. 7265.
- Teacher: Olivia Summa
- Teacher: Tatia Williams
