Jennifer Sweeton – Trauma, PTSD & Traumatic Grief: Effective Assessments and Immediate Interventions

home assessment tools that assess clients’ symptoms and therapy progress, discover how traumatic experiences impact the brain, and learn how to use this knowledge along with the Three-Stage Consensus Model to develop individualized treatment plans for clients.

During the workshop, engage in live practice of multiple brain rewiring techniques that can help traumatized clients recover from trauma and develop resilience after trauma. In addition, become familiar with the uniqueness of traumatic grief and learn how to address traumatic grief while implementing a variety of trauma-based interventions. Incorporate evidence-informed treatment techniques for establishing safety, desensitizing and reprocessing traumatic memories, recovering from traumatic loss, and assisting clients in reconnecting to lives full of hope, connection and achievement.During the workshop, engage in live practice of multiple brain rewiring techniques that can help traumatized clients recover from trauma and develop resilience after trauma. In addition, become familiar with the uniqueness of traumatic grief and learn how to address traumatic grief while implementing a variety of trauma-based interventions. Incorporate evidence-informed treatment techniques for establishing safety, desensitizing and reprocessing traumatic memories, recovering from traumatic loss, and assisting clients in reconnecting to lives full of hope, connection and achievement.

OUTLINEOUTLINE

TraumaTrauma

• Recognize and define traumaRecognize and define trauma
• Single event vs. complexSingle event vs. complex
• Intergenerational traumaIntergenerational trauma
• PTSDPTSD
• Acute Stress DisorderAcute Stress Disorder
• Adjustment DisorderAdjustment Disorder
• Differential Diagnosis-DSM-5®Differential Diagnosis-DSM-5®

Trauma and the Brain, Body, Mind: Immediate Assessment & InterventionTrauma and the Brain, Body, Mind: Immediate Assessment & Intervention

• Assess symptom clustersAssess symptom clusters
• Review effective assessment toolsReview effective assessment tools
• Therapeutic relationshipTherapeutic relationship
• Commitment to treatmentCommitment to treatment
• Trauma and the triune brainTrauma and the triune brain
• Disruptions in neural systemsDisruptions in neural systems
• AttentionAttention
• MemoryMemory
• Affective stimuliAffective stimuli

Loss and Traumatic Grief: Immediate Assessment & InterventionLoss and Traumatic Grief: Immediate Assessment & Intervention

• Traumatic and complex griefTraumatic and complex grief
• Grief, bereavement and DSM-5®Grief, bereavement and DSM-5®
• Recovery from traumatic griefRecovery from traumatic grief

Immediate Interventions: Understand the Three-State Consensus ModelImmediate Interventions: Understand the Three-State Consensus Model

• 3 phases of trauma focused treatment: 3 phases of trauma focused treatment:
  • StabilizationStabilization
  • IntegrationIntegration
  • ReconnectionReconnection
• Manage body dysregulation & intrusive thoughtsManage body dysregulation & intrusive thoughts
• Explore effective treatment modalities Explore effective treatment modalities
  • EMDREMDR
  • Trauma-Focused CBTTrauma-Focused CBT
  • Prolonged ExposureProlonged Exposure
  • Cognitive Processing TherapyCognitive Processing Therapy
  • Narrative TherapyNarrative Therapy
• Explore adjunct treatment approaches Explore adjunct treatment approaches
  • Somatic and focusing intervention componentsSomatic and focusing intervention components
  • Mindfulness-informed componentsMindfulness-informed components
  • Acceptance and CommitmentAcceptance and Commitment
  • Therapy componentsTherapy components
  • Spiritual adaptationsSpiritual adaptations
• Building client resilienceBuilding client resilience
• Address vicarious trauma in mental health providersAddress vicarious trauma in mental health providers

OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES

• Describe the etiology and impact of traumatic stress on the client utilizing multiple assessment strategies.Describe the etiology and impact of traumatic stress on the client utilizing multiple assessment strategies.
• Identify the neurophysiological effects of trauma on the brain.Identify the neurophysiological effects of trauma on the brain.
• Identify the four active ingredients to heal trauma.Identify the four active ingredients to heal trauma.
• Demonstrate multiple treatment approaches to properly select the one that best fits the current phase of a client’s trauma experience.Demonstrate multiple treatment approaches to properly select the one that best fits the current phase of a client’s trauma experience.
• Recognize the biopsychosocial and spiritual manifestations of trauma, PTSD, and traumatic grief within the three phases of trauma recovery.Recognize the biopsychosocial and spiritual manifestations of trauma, PTSD, and traumatic grief within the three phases of trauma recovery.
• Detect and build resiliency from your own trauma exposure response.Detect and build resiliency from your own trauma exposure response.

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