Introduction to Trauma: Finding Healing in the Pain
Date: Thursday 3/16/2023
Time: 1:00-4:15p EST
CEUs offered: 3
Presented by: Stephanie Albertz MSW, LISW-S
Modality: Live, Interactive Session with Activities & Discussion
Attendance: This training is offered 100% Virtually using Zoom Healthcare
• NOTE: This is a live, interactive, training presented through Zoom as an online Webinar. . Zoom recommends having a broadband wired/wireless connection, speakers, and a microphone to effectively participate via this platform. (requirements listed on zoom’s website here: LINK).
Recording Date: NA
Cost: $60
Links to Access Material:
• To access training: Links will be sent after registration, 2-3 days before training.
• To complete training evaluation (to be submitted once training is completed): The link will be shared 2-3 days before the training, as well as during the training.
Program Summary:
This training provides new insight into what happens internally when an individual experiences trauma. Utilizing the latest neurobiological research, this training teaches clinicians about the neurobiology of trauma, provides interventions for developing felt safety, and gives insight into how music is linked to some of the same areas of the brain impacted by trauma.
Learning Objectives:
· Review research surrounding mental health and trauma, including evidence-based treatments.
· Provide clinicians with a new understanding of how trauma impacts the brain.
· Educate clinicians regarding the neurobiology of trauma;
· Provide interventions that clinicians can utilize in session to assist clients in processing of trauma;
· Introduce and discuss felt safety and how it can be applied in session.
Audience & Skill Level:
· Introductory- this session is designed for mental health professionals who have little to no experience serving clients who have experienced trauma. Participants will review foundational concepts and receive training with some basic interventions that can be considered when serving individuals who have been traumatized.
Course Outline/Agenda:
· 1:00 Introductions, Overview, & Definitions
· 1:30- 2:30: Neurochemicals, limbic system and PolyVagal Theory
· 2:30- 3:30: Mirror Neurons, ACEs, interventions to use in session
· 3:30-4:15: introduce how music is used/helpful in being a coping skill, how it is linked to similar areas of the brain that trauma impacts; Q&A, Discussion, and Evaluations
To Receive Course Credit Participants Must:
• Attend and engage with the entire training.
• Complete the post-training evaluation.
• Certificates will be sent within seven business days of confirming attendance and receiving the evaluation.
Instructor Bio’s:
Stephanie has been working in the mental health field since 2005, including inpatient, outpatient, residential and community mental health settings. Stephanie received her Trauma Responsive Care Certification (TRCC) in 2019, which sparked a vast interest in how trauma is treated and how clinicians can better serve those who have experienced trauma. It has since become Stephanie’s life's work to help those who have been traumatized, as wll as the clinicians that serve them.
Program Approvals:
Ohio CSWMFT Approval
This training is approved for counselor, social work, and marriage and family therapy continuing education. In addition, it is approved by the Ohio Chemical Dependency Board for chemical dependency continuing education. Check CE Broker for detailed breakdown of CE types (provider number 50-24074).
For questions, comments or concerns:
Please contact TrainingCenter@Mindfully.com or via telephone: 513-939-0300
• Grievance policy: If you are dissatisfied with your experience, please feel free to share this with us via email: TrainingCenter@mindfully.com or via telephone: 513-939-0300, or via your program evaluation. All complaints will receive a response within seven business days outlining actions taken and proposed responses which may include issuing a refund, credits for future trainings, updating course content or taking appropriate action with presenters, among others.
• Request for Accommodations: Should any accommodations enhance your program experience, please contact us via email: TrainingCenter@mindfully.com or via telephone: 513-939-0300, to explore what options you may have.
References:
· Cozolino, L. (2017). The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy: Healing the Social Brain (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) (Third ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.
· Cozolino, L. (2014). The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) (Second ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.
· van der Kolk, B., MD. (2014). The Body Keeps the Score. Van Haren Publishing.
· Landau, E. C. (2018, January 23). This is your brain on music. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/health/brain-music-research/index.html
· Levitin, D.J. (2006). This is your brain on music: the science of a human obsession. New York, NY: Plume.
· Vicario, M. (2019). Finding Hope Consulting Theory to Practice Handbook for the Tristate Trauma Network Trauma Responsive Care Certification [Slides]. Www.Findinghopeconsulting.Com. https://www.findinghopeconsulting.com