Trauma Treatment Across the Lifespan

Date: 4/9/24 & 4/16/24                   Time: 9-10:30am

Contact Hrs: 3                  CEU’s:  3

 Enrollment Limited to:  20

 Trauma is becoming more prominently identified in clinical and mainstream rhetoric. Even if clinicians do not work as “trauma therapists,” they will more than likely encounter survivors of trauma in their practice. The DSM-5-TR diagnoses of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders are complex in their criteria and differentials. Beyond that, the clinical picture is further complicated by the different presentations of survivors of complex and early developmental attachment trauma. This training will seek to inform participants about accurate identification and diagnosis of trauma-and stressor-related disorders, specifically highlighting appropriate screening tools and symptom measures. Once clients have been diagnosed, clinicians then face choice points related to treatment of the trauma. Some methods include cognitive work (Cognitive Processing Therapy [CPT]), others address behavioral components (Prolonged Exposure [PE] Therapy), and others provide narrative work or combined practice (Written Exposure Therapy [WET], Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing [EMDR], Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation with Narrative Therapy [STAIR NT], etc.). There are even more considerations when addressing trauma amongst children and teens, where Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Game-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (GB-CBT), and other family interventions may be of benefit. In this course, participants will be introduced to the many treatment options available, achieve an increased knowledge of the different predominant evidence-based frameworks, and gain clarity about how to select and complete trauma work. This course will further address the management of clinician burnout in working with a traumatized population. This training will provide fundamentals for clinicians who have not learned about these models in depth. 

Method:  Lecture, discussion.  

 Learning Objectives:  

• Understand and differentiate the criteria for various trauma-related disorders (PTSD, Acute Stress Disorder, Other Specified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders, Unspecified Specified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders, etc.)  
• Understand the rationale for trauma-informed treatments and the common factors across treatments 
• Become familiar with the techniques used in trauma therapies for children and adults, specifically Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), and Others (GB-CBT, WET, EMDR, etc.) 
• Explore implications of burnout from working with traumatized populations, and increase awareness of managing vicarious traumatization. 

 Instructor:  Hanna Cohen, Psy.D., Natasha Kostek, Psy.D. 

 Location:  Zoom  

 Cost:  $150 

Westchester Jewish Community Services is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0101, and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW0067. 

 Please note:  To receive CE credits, one must attend the entirety of the class. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the class.  Therefore, late arrival or an early departure of greater than 10 minutes constitutes not attending a class in its entirety. To document attendance, participants must sign in and out of the class and complete an evaluation at the end of each class. 

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