Trauma wounds victims by disconnecting them from themselves, others, and God. It shatters their sense of self and undermines their belief in a meaningful and safe world. Trauma destroys trust and leaves victims feeling abandoned. Without proper care, this can lead to disorders like PTSD, depression, substance abuse, and more. For healing, helpers must focus on reconnecting victims to themselves, others, and God by rebuilding trust, autonomy, competence and safe relationships through empowering experiences.
Treatment Issues and Relational Strategies for Working with Complex PTSD and ...Daryush Parvinbenam
By: Daryush Parvinbenam M.A., M.Ed., LPCC-S, LICDC
Prevalence of Childhood Trauma: "50-60% of women seeking health services have experienced childhood sexual abuse. Up to 75% of women seeking mental health services has experienced childhood sexual abuse. Children of mothers who were sexually abused are twice as likely to experience childhood sexual abuse."
A free educational training event was being held for community leaders and members to learn about understanding trauma, its effects, and effective trauma treatment. The all-day event included keynote sessions in the morning and afternoon led by experts on topics like the Adverse Childhood Experience Study, neurobiological changes from toxic stress, and inter-partner violence. Several panel discussions were also scheduled featuring local agencies, survivors of trauma, and professionals discussing trauma in the community and approaches to building a more trauma-informed community.
Course Description (From www.PESI.com):
Attend this day of training and leave with a brand new toolkit of skills, interventions, and principles for rapid success with traumatized clients. Join Jamie Marich and learn the standard of care for treatment in the field of traumatic stress – and its key ingredients. Implement evidence-based treatment protocols and interventions for establishing safety, desensitizing and reprocessing trauma memories, metabolizing and resolving grief/loss and finally, assisting clients in reconnecting to lives full of hope, connection, and achievement.
Jamie is a certified EMDR Therapist and approved consultant through the EMDR International Association (EMDR). She is additionally a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP), and has earned Certification in Disaster Thanatology.
Jamie began her career in social services as a humanitarian aid worker in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina opening her eyes to the widespread, horrific impact of traumatic stress and grief.
Objectives:
Describe the etiology and impact of traumatic stress on the client utilizing multiple assessment strategies.
Assess a client’s reaction to a traumatic event and make an appropriate diagnosis.
Explain how grief, bereavement, and mourning are accounted for in the new DSM-5®.
Implement interventions to assist a client in dealing with the biopsychosocial manifestations of trauma, PTSD, and traumatic grief/complicated mourning.
Utilize appropriate evidence-based interventions to assist a client in dealing with the biopsychosocial-spiritual manifestations of trauma.
Explain the effects of trauma on the structure and function of the brain.
This was released as Episode 373 of Counselor Toolbox Podcast. You can find specific episodes and CEU courses based on the podcasts at https://allceus.com/counselortoolbox You can also subscribe on your favorite podcast app like Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Castbox.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
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Learn about co-dependency and interventions to help the person with co-dependency issues.
The document discusses the path of forgiveness as a journey with steps including loss, anger, acceptance, learning, forgiveness, and restoration. Forgiveness is described as a bridge that carries people from hurt to greater peace and acceptance. It involves choosing love over fear and allows one to regain a sense of wholeness. The path of forgiveness weaves through memories to restore what was lost and come to terms with one's life story.
This document provides information about grief and loss. It discusses myths and facts about grief, theories of the grieving process, types and signs of loss, how children, adults and the elderly grieve, and interventions and treatments for grief. It also includes sections on global and workplace grief, death at school, helpful resources, and references.
This document discusses the concept of forgiveness. It defines forgiveness as dissolving feelings of anger, resentment, and hatred towards someone who has deliberately harmed you, through cultivating compassion for the offender. It notes that unforgiveness causes suffering, while forgiveness can be liberating and promote well-being. Anger has value as an initial response to injustice but should be accepted and eventually released through forgiveness to avoid prolonged misery. Forgiveness does not require forgetting, excusing harmful actions, or reconciliation with the offender.
Treatment Issues and Relational Strategies for Working with Complex PTSD and ...Daryush Parvinbenam
By: Daryush Parvinbenam M.A., M.Ed., LPCC-S, LICDC
Prevalence of Childhood Trauma: "50-60% of women seeking health services have experienced childhood sexual abuse. Up to 75% of women seeking mental health services has experienced childhood sexual abuse. Children of mothers who were sexually abused are twice as likely to experience childhood sexual abuse."
A free educational training event was being held for community leaders and members to learn about understanding trauma, its effects, and effective trauma treatment. The all-day event included keynote sessions in the morning and afternoon led by experts on topics like the Adverse Childhood Experience Study, neurobiological changes from toxic stress, and inter-partner violence. Several panel discussions were also scheduled featuring local agencies, survivors of trauma, and professionals discussing trauma in the community and approaches to building a more trauma-informed community.
Course Description (From www.PESI.com):
Attend this day of training and leave with a brand new toolkit of skills, interventions, and principles for rapid success with traumatized clients. Join Jamie Marich and learn the standard of care for treatment in the field of traumatic stress – and its key ingredients. Implement evidence-based treatment protocols and interventions for establishing safety, desensitizing and reprocessing trauma memories, metabolizing and resolving grief/loss and finally, assisting clients in reconnecting to lives full of hope, connection, and achievement.
Jamie is a certified EMDR Therapist and approved consultant through the EMDR International Association (EMDR). She is additionally a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, the International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP), and has earned Certification in Disaster Thanatology.
Jamie began her career in social services as a humanitarian aid worker in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina opening her eyes to the widespread, horrific impact of traumatic stress and grief.
Objectives:
Describe the etiology and impact of traumatic stress on the client utilizing multiple assessment strategies.
Assess a client’s reaction to a traumatic event and make an appropriate diagnosis.
Explain how grief, bereavement, and mourning are accounted for in the new DSM-5®.
Implement interventions to assist a client in dealing with the biopsychosocial manifestations of trauma, PTSD, and traumatic grief/complicated mourning.
Utilize appropriate evidence-based interventions to assist a client in dealing with the biopsychosocial-spiritual manifestations of trauma.
Explain the effects of trauma on the structure and function of the brain.
This was released as Episode 373 of Counselor Toolbox Podcast. You can find specific episodes and CEU courses based on the podcasts at https://allceus.com/counselortoolbox You can also subscribe on your favorite podcast app like Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Castbox.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Unlimited Counseling CEUs for $59 https://www.allceus.com/
Specialty Certificate tracks starting at $89 https://www.allceus.com/certificate-tracks/
Live Webinars $5/hour https://www.allceus.com/live-interactive-webinars/
Instagram: AllCEUs
Pinterest: drsnipes
Learn about co-dependency and interventions to help the person with co-dependency issues.
The document discusses the path of forgiveness as a journey with steps including loss, anger, acceptance, learning, forgiveness, and restoration. Forgiveness is described as a bridge that carries people from hurt to greater peace and acceptance. It involves choosing love over fear and allows one to regain a sense of wholeness. The path of forgiveness weaves through memories to restore what was lost and come to terms with one's life story.
This document provides information about grief and loss. It discusses myths and facts about grief, theories of the grieving process, types and signs of loss, how children, adults and the elderly grieve, and interventions and treatments for grief. It also includes sections on global and workplace grief, death at school, helpful resources, and references.
This document discusses the concept of forgiveness. It defines forgiveness as dissolving feelings of anger, resentment, and hatred towards someone who has deliberately harmed you, through cultivating compassion for the offender. It notes that unforgiveness causes suffering, while forgiveness can be liberating and promote well-being. Anger has value as an initial response to injustice but should be accepted and eventually released through forgiveness to avoid prolonged misery. Forgiveness does not require forgetting, excusing harmful actions, or reconciliation with the offender.
A group program using Compassion Focused Therapy, adapted from the book CFT Made Easy by Russel Kolts, and The Power of Self Compassion by Mary Welford and the Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Unlimited Counseling CEUs for $59 https://www.allceus.com/
Specialty Certificate tracks starting at $89 https://www.allceus.com/certificate-tracks/
Live Webinars $5/hour https://www.allceus.com/live-interactive-webinars/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CounselorToolbox
Pinterest: drsnipes
Examines codependency in terms of its function to help the codependent survive, identifies common cognitive pitfalls and proposes some basic interventions to get people started addressing their codependency issues.
This document provides an overview of trauma and trauma-informed care. It defines trauma as experiences that overwhelm an individual's ability to cope, such as abuse, violence, loss or disasters. Trauma has widespread impacts on physical, emotional and cognitive functioning. High rates of trauma are seen in populations experiencing homelessness, addiction and mental illness. The core principles of trauma-informed care emphasize safety, trust, choice and empowerment. Trauma-informed practices view behaviors as adaptations to past trauma and focus on building safety and resilience. Implementing trauma-informed care requires organizational changes and self-care to prevent burnout among providers from secondary traumatic stress.
The document discusses the psychology of fear and phobias. It describes how the body has an evolutionary fight or flight response to perceived dangers through increased heart rate, sweating and adrenaline. While the physical response is the same, people experience fear emotionally in different ways, with some seeking thrills and others avoiding fear. Repeated exposure to a feared situation reduces the fear response through familiarity, forming the basis of treatments for phobias. Phobias represent an abnormal fear response directed at objects that pose no real danger, with the person's fear of the fear itself worsening over time.
The document discusses simple and complex trauma, including definitions, prevalence, risk factors, common reactions and diagnoses like Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It also outlines stages of trauma treatment from safety and stabilization to resolution, and principles of trauma-informed care like reducing retraumatization and understanding the impacts of trauma.
Mental illness stigma ppt slides - cultural infoJoe Tinkham
This document discusses mental illness stigma in several non-Western cultures. It finds that most cultures exhibit somatization of emotional distress and idioms of distress that are culturally specific. Treatment often focuses on pharmacotherapy due to stigma, and families prefer to keep mental illness private. While biomedical views are more common in urban areas, traditional beliefs involving spirit possession or witchcraft remain influential, especially rurally. Integrating biomedical and traditional views into mental healthcare may help reduce stigma.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Unlimited Counseling CEUs for $59 https://www.allceus.com/
Specialty Certificate tracks starting at $89 https://www.allceus.com/certificate-tracks/
Live Webinars $5/hour https://www.allceus.com/live-interactive-webinars/
CEs can be earned for this presentation at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/search?q=family+dynamics
Pinterest: drsnipes
YouTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/allceuseducation
Nurses, addiction and mental health counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists can earn continuing education credits (CEs) for this and other course at:
View the New Harbinger Catalog and get your 25% discount on their products by entering coupon code: 1168SNIPES at check out
AllCEUs has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6261. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC Credit are clearly identified. AllCEUs is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
AllCEUs is also approved as an education provider for NAADAC, the States of Florida and Texas Boards of Social Work and Mental Health/Professional Counseling, the California Consortium for Addiction Professionals and Professions. Our courses are accepted in most states through those approvals.
Family Dynamics of Addiction
Objectives
Define the Family
Examine how addiction impacts the family
Emotionally
Socially
Physically
Spiritually
Why I Care/How It Impacts Recovery
The identified patient does not exist in isolation
As the IPs behaviors/problems developed, the family’s behaviors changed to try and maintain stability
When the IP begins to change in recovery, that disrupts the balance.
When the IP did _____ the family members always reacted with ____
Example:
When John was late coming home from work….
When Sally started sleeping late and going to bed early…
When Jane starts cleaning a lot and getting irritable…
The family needs to
Understand the impact of the IPs behavior on the family
What the function of the IPs behavior was
How to examine old behaviors in a new context
The document discusses the concept of forgiveness. It defines forgiveness as letting go of resentment and ill-will towards someone who has wronged you. The document notes that forgiveness is a choice that provides benefits like peace of mind, and it outlines steps to cultivate forgiveness such as making a commitment to reconcile and forgiving others and oneself. It also discusses teaching forgiveness to children through steps like acknowledging hurt feelings and suggesting they see the offender's goodness beyond the offense.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Unlimited Counseling CEUs for $59 https://www.allceus.com/
Specialty Certificate tracks starting at $89 https://www.allceus.com/certificate-tracks/
Live Webinars $5/hour https://www.allceus.com/live-interactive-webinars/
CEs can be earned for this presentation and more at: https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/search?q=love+me
Pinterest: drsnipes
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/allceuseducation
Counselor Toolbox Podcast: https://allceus.com/counselortoolbox
Nurses, addiction and mental health counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists can earn continuing education credits (CEs) for this and other course at:
View the New Harbinger Catalog and get your 25% discount on their products by entering coupon code: 1168SNIPES at check out
AllCEUs has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6261. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC Credit are clearly identified. AllCEUs is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
AllCEUs is also approved as an education provider for NAADAC, the States of Florida and Texas Boards of Social Work and Mental Health/Professional Counseling, the California Consortium for Addiction Professionals and Professions. Our courses are accepted in most states through those approvals.
Existential psychotherapy is a philosophical approach that focuses on concepts like freedom, responsibility, and meaning. It views humans as always evolving and defines our existence by our capacity for self-awareness and search for purpose. Key existential philosophers discussed include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Camus. Rollo May was influential in introducing existential ideas to psychotherapy in the US. Existential therapy addresses fundamental human concerns like anxiety, death, relationships and uses concepts like creative living to help clients develop authenticity. While flexible, it can also be complex and difficult to apply due to its philosophical nature.
The document discusses psychological trauma and injury. It proposes that trauma results from experiences of loss, disaster/tragedy, or betrayal, which damage one's sense of self-worth. Unresolved trauma can lead to symptoms of depression, anxiety, guilt, anger, and shame as protective behaviors to regain control. Over time, symptoms may become rigid coping habits or ways to control others and avoid responsibility. The document advocates understanding depression and anxiety not as conditions but as meaningful belief structures arising from trauma.
Addiction develops from behaviors driven by pain, shame, and secrets that provide temporary relief but do not cure the underlying issues. The addictive behaviors are like a tree with roots representing the causes of addiction such as abuse, trauma, genetics, loneliness, fear, shame, guilt and anger. As long as the root causes are not addressed, the addictive symptoms will return and potentially worsen over time. Recovery requires addressing the underlying causes that contribute to feeling stuck and fuel addictive patterns.
This document provides a briefing for faith communities on responding to trauma in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It discusses the impact of COVID-19 at the population, faith community, and ministry team levels. It emphasizes that COVID-19 has caused collective trauma and that faith communities need to ground their trauma response theologically and use evidence-based practices. The document provides frameworks and resources for faith communities to develop trauma-informed recovery plans, support self-care, and enable post-traumatic growth.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Continuing education can be purchased for this at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/search?q=anger
Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC, NCC, SPARC, CDRC
Objectives
Explore the function of anger
Identify the costs and benefits of anger
Identify anger triggers
Rejection/Isolation
Failure
Loss of control
The unknown
Explore multiple skills necessary for Anger Management:
Mindful self-awareness
Distress tolerance
Values clarification/Goal setting
Motivational enhancement skills
Cognitive behavioral skills
Cognitive processing skills
Communication skills
Compassion focused skills
Self-esteem building skills
Wellness skills (Vulnerability identification and prevention)
Existential psychotherapy focuses on fundamental human experiences like death, freedom, relationships and finding meaning. It views people as responsible for making their own choices and finding their identity. Key influences include Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, Rollo May who applied existential philosophy to therapy, and Irvin Yalom who emphasized concerns with death, freedom, isolation and meaninglessness. Existential therapy aims to help clients through increased self-awareness and by addressing anxiety from confronting human realities rather than eliminating it.
This document discusses childhood trauma and its treatment within an integrated residential and educational environment. It defines different types of trauma including acute, chronic, and complex trauma. Symptoms of complex trauma are then outlined. Statistics on childhood trauma within the general population and looked after children are provided. The document emphasizes that effective trauma-informed assessment and treatment can help children recover from traumatic experiences. Core components of trauma interventions are described, including safety, self-regulation, relationship building, and future focus. The benefits of a therapeutic learning environment for traumatized children are explored. Overall it promotes an integrated approach addressing children's emotional and academic needs to facilitate recovery from trauma.
This document provides information for those working with traumatized children. It discusses the effects of trauma on children's cognition, behavior, affect, and physical health. It describes common reactions in children like repetitive play, regression, and somatic complaints. The document also covers trauma-informed care, the impact of trauma on the brain, trauma bonding, and treatment options like CBT, prolonged exposure therapy, and EMDR. Key aspects of working with traumatized children are understanding developmental stages and communicating with parents about topics like boundaries and healthy sexuality.
This presentation was designed as a tool for an adult learning course on Positive Psychology and increasing your levels of happiness at the University of Guelph-Humber.
The document summarizes a presentation on the neurobiology of regulation and resiliency given by Sophia Deborah Erez. It discusses how the triune brain, autonomic nervous system, and trauma can impact affect regulation. Specifically, it describes how trauma can cause the nervous system to become dysregulated and stuck in hyper-arousal or hypo-arousal states outside the optimal window of tolerance. The presentation emphasizes how developing self-regulation and expanding one's window of tolerance through trauma therapy can promote more resilient affect regulation.
Anger management-psychologist-psychiatrist-therapist-trainingJ. Ryan Fuller
Anger Management is offered in a variety of settings. There is scientific support for particular kinds of treatment. Unfortunately, there is also evidence that many techniques therapists use can in fact make things worse-- increasing aggression and anger.
This presentation introduces evidence based anger management in terms of conceptualization, diagnostic issues, treatment efficacy (scientific studies), and specific techniques.
EWMA 2013 - Ep546 - The impact of implementing evidence standardized wound as...EWMAConference
This document describes a quality improvement project to standardize wound assessment and documentation at a 600-bed tertiary care hospital. An audit found that only 22% of wound charts had complete documentation. The project team developed and implemented a standardized wound assessment tool. Post-implementation audits showed documentation compliance increased to 76%, 88%, and 90% over subsequent checks. The standardized tool, education on its use, and regular audits were key to improving wound care documentation and planning.
Diabetes, vascular disease, impaired mobility or cancer is highly related to difficult-to-heal wounds that are challenging care providers. Wound management is time and cost intensive and a critical issue for every Health Institution. Related to acute or chronic conditions, the wound-healing process has an impact on patient outcomes and quality of life.
A group program using Compassion Focused Therapy, adapted from the book CFT Made Easy by Russel Kolts, and The Power of Self Compassion by Mary Welford and the Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Unlimited Counseling CEUs for $59 https://www.allceus.com/
Specialty Certificate tracks starting at $89 https://www.allceus.com/certificate-tracks/
Live Webinars $5/hour https://www.allceus.com/live-interactive-webinars/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CounselorToolbox
Pinterest: drsnipes
Examines codependency in terms of its function to help the codependent survive, identifies common cognitive pitfalls and proposes some basic interventions to get people started addressing their codependency issues.
This document provides an overview of trauma and trauma-informed care. It defines trauma as experiences that overwhelm an individual's ability to cope, such as abuse, violence, loss or disasters. Trauma has widespread impacts on physical, emotional and cognitive functioning. High rates of trauma are seen in populations experiencing homelessness, addiction and mental illness. The core principles of trauma-informed care emphasize safety, trust, choice and empowerment. Trauma-informed practices view behaviors as adaptations to past trauma and focus on building safety and resilience. Implementing trauma-informed care requires organizational changes and self-care to prevent burnout among providers from secondary traumatic stress.
The document discusses the psychology of fear and phobias. It describes how the body has an evolutionary fight or flight response to perceived dangers through increased heart rate, sweating and adrenaline. While the physical response is the same, people experience fear emotionally in different ways, with some seeking thrills and others avoiding fear. Repeated exposure to a feared situation reduces the fear response through familiarity, forming the basis of treatments for phobias. Phobias represent an abnormal fear response directed at objects that pose no real danger, with the person's fear of the fear itself worsening over time.
The document discusses simple and complex trauma, including definitions, prevalence, risk factors, common reactions and diagnoses like Acute Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It also outlines stages of trauma treatment from safety and stabilization to resolution, and principles of trauma-informed care like reducing retraumatization and understanding the impacts of trauma.
Mental illness stigma ppt slides - cultural infoJoe Tinkham
This document discusses mental illness stigma in several non-Western cultures. It finds that most cultures exhibit somatization of emotional distress and idioms of distress that are culturally specific. Treatment often focuses on pharmacotherapy due to stigma, and families prefer to keep mental illness private. While biomedical views are more common in urban areas, traditional beliefs involving spirit possession or witchcraft remain influential, especially rurally. Integrating biomedical and traditional views into mental healthcare may help reduce stigma.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Unlimited Counseling CEUs for $59 https://www.allceus.com/
Specialty Certificate tracks starting at $89 https://www.allceus.com/certificate-tracks/
Live Webinars $5/hour https://www.allceus.com/live-interactive-webinars/
CEs can be earned for this presentation at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/search?q=family+dynamics
Pinterest: drsnipes
YouTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/allceuseducation
Nurses, addiction and mental health counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists can earn continuing education credits (CEs) for this and other course at:
View the New Harbinger Catalog and get your 25% discount on their products by entering coupon code: 1168SNIPES at check out
AllCEUs has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6261. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC Credit are clearly identified. AllCEUs is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
AllCEUs is also approved as an education provider for NAADAC, the States of Florida and Texas Boards of Social Work and Mental Health/Professional Counseling, the California Consortium for Addiction Professionals and Professions. Our courses are accepted in most states through those approvals.
Family Dynamics of Addiction
Objectives
Define the Family
Examine how addiction impacts the family
Emotionally
Socially
Physically
Spiritually
Why I Care/How It Impacts Recovery
The identified patient does not exist in isolation
As the IPs behaviors/problems developed, the family’s behaviors changed to try and maintain stability
When the IP begins to change in recovery, that disrupts the balance.
When the IP did _____ the family members always reacted with ____
Example:
When John was late coming home from work….
When Sally started sleeping late and going to bed early…
When Jane starts cleaning a lot and getting irritable…
The family needs to
Understand the impact of the IPs behavior on the family
What the function of the IPs behavior was
How to examine old behaviors in a new context
The document discusses the concept of forgiveness. It defines forgiveness as letting go of resentment and ill-will towards someone who has wronged you. The document notes that forgiveness is a choice that provides benefits like peace of mind, and it outlines steps to cultivate forgiveness such as making a commitment to reconcile and forgiving others and oneself. It also discusses teaching forgiveness to children through steps like acknowledging hurt feelings and suggesting they see the offender's goodness beyond the offense.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Unlimited Counseling CEUs for $59 https://www.allceus.com/
Specialty Certificate tracks starting at $89 https://www.allceus.com/certificate-tracks/
Live Webinars $5/hour https://www.allceus.com/live-interactive-webinars/
CEs can be earned for this presentation and more at: https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/search?q=love+me
Pinterest: drsnipes
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/allceuseducation
Counselor Toolbox Podcast: https://allceus.com/counselortoolbox
Nurses, addiction and mental health counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists can earn continuing education credits (CEs) for this and other course at:
View the New Harbinger Catalog and get your 25% discount on their products by entering coupon code: 1168SNIPES at check out
AllCEUs has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6261. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC Credit are clearly identified. AllCEUs is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
AllCEUs is also approved as an education provider for NAADAC, the States of Florida and Texas Boards of Social Work and Mental Health/Professional Counseling, the California Consortium for Addiction Professionals and Professions. Our courses are accepted in most states through those approvals.
Existential psychotherapy is a philosophical approach that focuses on concepts like freedom, responsibility, and meaning. It views humans as always evolving and defines our existence by our capacity for self-awareness and search for purpose. Key existential philosophers discussed include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Camus. Rollo May was influential in introducing existential ideas to psychotherapy in the US. Existential therapy addresses fundamental human concerns like anxiety, death, relationships and uses concepts like creative living to help clients develop authenticity. While flexible, it can also be complex and difficult to apply due to its philosophical nature.
The document discusses psychological trauma and injury. It proposes that trauma results from experiences of loss, disaster/tragedy, or betrayal, which damage one's sense of self-worth. Unresolved trauma can lead to symptoms of depression, anxiety, guilt, anger, and shame as protective behaviors to regain control. Over time, symptoms may become rigid coping habits or ways to control others and avoid responsibility. The document advocates understanding depression and anxiety not as conditions but as meaningful belief structures arising from trauma.
Addiction develops from behaviors driven by pain, shame, and secrets that provide temporary relief but do not cure the underlying issues. The addictive behaviors are like a tree with roots representing the causes of addiction such as abuse, trauma, genetics, loneliness, fear, shame, guilt and anger. As long as the root causes are not addressed, the addictive symptoms will return and potentially worsen over time. Recovery requires addressing the underlying causes that contribute to feeling stuck and fuel addictive patterns.
This document provides a briefing for faith communities on responding to trauma in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It discusses the impact of COVID-19 at the population, faith community, and ministry team levels. It emphasizes that COVID-19 has caused collective trauma and that faith communities need to ground their trauma response theologically and use evidence-based practices. The document provides frameworks and resources for faith communities to develop trauma-informed recovery plans, support self-care, and enable post-traumatic growth.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Continuing education can be purchased for this at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/search?q=anger
Instructor: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSP, LMHC, NCC, SPARC, CDRC
Objectives
Explore the function of anger
Identify the costs and benefits of anger
Identify anger triggers
Rejection/Isolation
Failure
Loss of control
The unknown
Explore multiple skills necessary for Anger Management:
Mindful self-awareness
Distress tolerance
Values clarification/Goal setting
Motivational enhancement skills
Cognitive behavioral skills
Cognitive processing skills
Communication skills
Compassion focused skills
Self-esteem building skills
Wellness skills (Vulnerability identification and prevention)
Existential psychotherapy focuses on fundamental human experiences like death, freedom, relationships and finding meaning. It views people as responsible for making their own choices and finding their identity. Key influences include Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, Rollo May who applied existential philosophy to therapy, and Irvin Yalom who emphasized concerns with death, freedom, isolation and meaninglessness. Existential therapy aims to help clients through increased self-awareness and by addressing anxiety from confronting human realities rather than eliminating it.
This document discusses childhood trauma and its treatment within an integrated residential and educational environment. It defines different types of trauma including acute, chronic, and complex trauma. Symptoms of complex trauma are then outlined. Statistics on childhood trauma within the general population and looked after children are provided. The document emphasizes that effective trauma-informed assessment and treatment can help children recover from traumatic experiences. Core components of trauma interventions are described, including safety, self-regulation, relationship building, and future focus. The benefits of a therapeutic learning environment for traumatized children are explored. Overall it promotes an integrated approach addressing children's emotional and academic needs to facilitate recovery from trauma.
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2. TRAUMA: Means Wound
Trauma is defined as: a psychologically
wounding experience (physical, sexual,
neglect, institutional, intergenerational,
disasters) that induce powerlessness,
fear (terror), recurrent hopelessness
and a constant state of alert.
National Center on Trauma-Informed Care
3. Trauma is the “affliction of the powerless
… the overwhelming of normal human
adaptations to life … an experience of
intense fear, helplessness, loss of
control and threat of annihilation.”
The experience is intensified when the
victim is taken by surprise, trapped,
pushed to exhaustion, physically
injured or violated, exposed to extreme
violence or grotesque death.
Judith Herman
4. TRAUMA WOUNDS BY:
1. Shattering the structure
of the self
2. Undermining the belief system
in a meaningful and safe world
3. Destroying a relational sense
of trust—feeling abandoned
by God and man
5. Trauma Causes a Disconnect
… from Pain
Circuit breaker in the house
Surge protector on your electronics
6. What Elements Intensify the
Trauma?
• Human involvement in the pain
• Intent—accident or purposefully done
• Element of evil (assault + humiliation +
sadistic enjoyment)
• Degree of fear and terror
• Degree of bodily harm or threat to life
• How—gruesome, horrific or catastrophic
8. Trauma Wounds by Shattering
the Structure of the Self
• It disconnects self from self …
something has to withdraw, numb,
get buried or walled off inside.
• When danger …
fight … flight … freeze
9. Trauma Wounds by Shattering
the Structure of the Self
• It disconnects self from self …
something has to withdraw, numb,
or get buried
• It erodes your positive sense of self
10. Trauma Wounds by Shattering
the Structure of the Self
Power used against her damages
her sense of dignity, value,
self-esteem and respect.
She is denied:
•Own voice and opinion
•Control over her own body
•Own effectiveness to avert the bad
11. When power is used against any
person it damages their sense of
autonomy.
• Initiative is thwarted.
• When initiative is thwarted
helplessness and hopelessness
begin to take over.
• A positive sense of self is lost!
13. • 65% of female sex trafficking victims
sustain serious physical internal
injuries
• 68% of trafficked females meet the
clinical criteria for PTSD
• 80% of those trafficked were abused
in the home
14. Risk Factors for Developing PTSD
• Women are twice as likely
• Adults under 25
• Less than a college education
• Childhood traumas
• Deprivation, divorce before age 10
• Adverse life events: job loss, divorce,
health problems etc.
• Lack of social support after event
19. TRAUMA WOUNDS BY:
1. Shattering the structure
of the self
2. Undermining the belief system
in a meaningful and safe world
20. A LOOK AT THE BEGINNING:
Development of attachment in
an infant:
• Trust develops as mother meets
baby’s biological & emotional needs.
• Identity is formed through the
reflection of self in the mother’s gaze
• Emotional capacity is developed
through accurate mirroring by mother
of her baby’s feelings
23. Daniel Shore (neurobiology):
Babies learn best in a state of JOY!
What is joy? How do we define it?
“I am happy to see you!”
The baby will look at mother’s left eye
to discern her true emotions
24. When there is
a disconnect
Baby loses security
Joy is gone
Confusion
Needs unmet
Emotional distress
Fear
Progressive withdrawal
or constriction
25. A child must develop the capacity to
Form intimacy
Take initiative
Form identity
Self-soothe
Regulate body
Trust
Feel safe
26. A child must develop the capacity to
Sense control
Personal power
Sense of self
Have hope
And of course, children learn it best
while in a state of JOY
27. A child develops But in the abused
the capacity to: child’s environment:
Form intimacy Perverted relationships
Take initiative Controlled by abuser
Form identity Defined “Slave/Whore”
Self-soothe Lack of solace
Regulate body Body is at disposal
of others
Trust Caretakers/people
are untrustworthy
28. Safety Lack of protection
Sense control Situation is terrifying
and unpredictable
Personal power Situation hopeless
Sense of self Others are cruel,
helpless, uncaring
Have hope Abandoned to power
without mercy
29. The child adapts, creates a persona
or false self and becomes what the
environment necessitates.
All actions (early decisions) are a
child’s attempt at a solution to belong,
get love, be safe.
30. 2. Trauma undermines the
belief system in a meaning-
ful, orderly and safe world.
The person’s world is
controlled by, limited by,
and monitored by their
abuser, handler or “owner.”
It may have rigid rules or
random chaos … but it is
rarely safe.
31. TRAUMA WOUNDS BY:
1. Shattering the structure
of the self
2. Undermining the belief system
in a meaningful and safe world
3. Destroying a relational sense
of trust—feeling abandoned
by God and man
32. 3. It destroys a relational
sense of trust feeling
abandoned by God and man
• Those entrusted with your
care and safety are the
abusers
• You finally tell and it doesn’t
matter
• The authorities are in on it
• You feel everyone can see
but no one notices or helps
33. Her world is different
from her friends at school.
34. Who Are the Abusers?
Who are the Traffickers?
• Father, mother, brother,
uncle, boyfriend, coach,
teacher, peer, someone
they meet on the street
or online
• Not always organized criminals
• Both men and women
of varying ages
• Any ethnicity or race
35. Mexican cartels
are paying
young men to
date young
women for the
purpose of
betraying them
and handing
them over to
traffickers.
36. Who can ever
be trusted?
When/how does safety
and freedom come?
37. Who can ever
be trusted?
When/how does safety
and freedom come?
And if you pray …
and nothing changes?
38. TRAUMA WOUNDS BY:
1. Shattering the structure
of the self
2. Undermining the belief system
in a meaningful and safe world
3. Destroying a relational sense
of trust—feeling abandoned
by God and man
39. SO HOW DOES TRAUMA WOUND?
By disconnecting the victim from
SELF … OTHERS … GOD
40. SO HOW DOES TRAUMA WOUND?
By disconnecting the victim from
SELF … OTHERS … GOD …
resulting in a variety of disorders
52. Recovery can take place
ONLY within the context
of relationships.
It cannot occur
in isolation.
53. HOW DO WELL INTENTIONED
HELPERS WOUND?
By separating ourselves
from those we are trying to help:
•By our dress
54. HOW DO WELL INTENTIONED
HELPERS WOUND?
By separating ourselves
from those we are trying to help:
•By our dress
•Our choice of words
55. HOW DO WELL INTENTIONED
HELPERS WOUND?
By separating ourselves
from those we are trying to help:
•By our dress
•Our choice of words
•Our opinion of them
57. HELPERS CAN ALSO RE-WOUND:
• By doing “secondary wounding”
• By taking away their autonomy
58. HELPERS CAN ALSO RE-WOUND:
• By doing “secondary wounding”
• By taking away their autonomy
• By replicating the dynamics from
their abuse
59. HELPERS CAN ALSO RE-WOUND:
• By doing “secondary wounding”
• By taking away their autonomy
• By replicating the dynamics from
their abuse
Remember the ways they may have
been controlled—
60. Methods of Control
Robbed of identity and
personhood:
•Identification confiscated
•Given a new identity,
including a new name
•Branded/tattooed
•Told what to wear
•Must ask permission
65. WHAT DO NORMAL PEOPLE DO?
• Counting light bulbs
• Discovering preferences
• Learning how to play
• Seeing self-advocacy
& fair fighting and other stories
66. Other helpers who help the wounded!
They love, are loyal, uncritical,
and their look says
“I’m happy to see you!”
= JOY
67. Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the orphan.
Fight for the rights
of widows.
Isaiah 1:17
68. “He has sent me to
proclaim freedom
for the prisoners …
to release the
oppressed”
Jesus
Luke 4:18
Editor's Notes
Whether familiar or new. Shatters the environment where these qualities can be learned.
Develop the capacity for joy. Safe in their vulnerability. Unafraid of expressing needs or any emotions. No matter…mom will love and not disconnect.
Can be a cascade of feelings until connection is reestablished. Distress in babies before they learn object constancy…playing peek-a-boo.
Trafficked victims are becoming increasingly younger as pimps recruit youth to facilitate the entrapment.
But we don’t want to end this as if this is the end! Defining the problem is how you prepare and plan for the recovery & healing…
But we don’t want to end this as if this is the end! Defining the problem is how you prepare and plan for the recovery & healing…
But we don’t want to end this as if this is the end! Defining the problem is how you prepare and plan for the recovery & healing…
But we don’t want to end this as if this is the end! Defining the problem is how you prepare and plan for the recovery & healing…
But we don’t want to end this as if this is the end! Defining the problem is how you prepare and plan for the recovery & healing…
But we don’t want to end this as if this is the end! Defining the problem is how you prepare and plan for the recovery & healing…
But we don’t want to end this as if this is the end! Defining the problem is how you prepare and plan for the recovery & healing…
But we don’t want to end this as if this is the end! Defining the problem is how you prepare and plan for the recovery & healing…