Trauma Treatment Across the Lifespan

Dates: 4/1/25 & 4/8/25
Contact Hrs: 3
CEU’s:  3
Enrollment Limited to:  20

Clinicians are likely to encounter survivors of trauma in their practice. In addition to clients who meet criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders from single traumatic events, survivors of complex and early developmental attachment trauma may also present more complex clinical pictures. This course will address diagnostic criteria for PTSD and approaches to assessment of traumatic stress-related disorders, and will introduce participants to several trauma-focused treatments, increasing participants’ awareness of the predominant evidence-based frameworks and of how to select appropriate treatments. Specifically, participants will be introduced to the triphasic model of treatment for complex trauma and to several evidenced-based approaches to treatment of traumatic stress-related disorders for both adults and children, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). In addition, the course will address common challenges in treatment of trauma survivors, including discussion of the impacts on clinicians of working with a traumatized population.

Method: Lecture, discussion.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the diagnostic criteria for PTSD.
• Become familiar with screening measures for trauma and stressor-related disorders.
• Understand the rationale for trauma-focused treatments and primary mechanisms of change across treatments.
• Become familiar with common trauma therapies for children and adults, such as Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT).
• Increase awareness about common barriers in trauma treatment, as well as how to address them, and about impacts on clinicians related to working with traumatized populations.

Instructor: Hanna Cohen, Psy.D. & Erzulie Coquillon, M.A., J.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 and by The New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0313

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.

Refund Policy: Refundable up to 2 weeks prior to start date.