Beyond the Basics:
Developing Expertise in the Treatment of Trauma
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Do you want to make a more meaningful impact with your clients who struggle with trauma?
Do you want to grow in skills and confidence as a trauma therapist, and learn how to integrate holistic interventions into your sessions?
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Are you tired of wasting time, energy, and money with online trainings?
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You're in the right place!
Come join Dr. Shanti M. Pepper,
PSYCHOLOGIST AND TRAUMA SPECIALIST, FOR A 3 DAY IN-PERSON WORKSHOP.Â
The Beyond the Basics workshop is aimed at helping therapist truly evolve as trauma specialists, explore holistic approaches to healing, feel centered and confident as a provider, transform their clients' lives, and stay in love with their career.
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WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR?
- Therapists in training: graduate students, psychology interns, and post-docs
- Early career therapists
- Seasoned therapists who want to build mastery in trauma treatment
Earn up to 15 CE hours for LCSW, LAC, LCPC, LMFT, LMSW, LBSW and CBHPSS professionals.
In partnership with NASW’s Montana Chapter.
What you'll learn
MODULE 1
Foundations of PTSD & Trauma
- History of PTSD
- Treatments for trauma: thoroughly understand the nuances of EMDR, CPT, PE, and more
- Neurobiology of trauma, the nervous system, and Polyvagal Theory
MODULE 2
Clinical Assessment & Stages of Treatment
- Accurately assess PTSD and DID
- Learn a clinical decision-making model to safely assess when clients are ready for deeper workÂ
MODULE 3
Suicide Assessment and PreventionÂ
- Review of research regarding risk factors, barriers, etc.
- Assess, intervene and monitor for suicide
- Tools and resources
MODULE 4
Stabilization Skills, Resourcing, and Returning to Self
- Mindfulness
- Breath practice
- Gentle movement
- IFS and Polyvagal exercises
MODULE 5
Healing the Healer
- Vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and the ethics of burnout
- In-class gentle restorative yoga, which you can do, personally, in small segments at work. Bring your own yoga mat and blocks, if you have them
BONUS SECTIONS
Special Considerations
- VeteransÂ
- Sexual assault survivors
- Death and dying:
- Develop self-awareness around and evaluate your own personal relationship with
grief, death, and dying - Identify ways to support a terminally ill client or patient
- Identify ways to support caregivers of the terminally ill or dying
- Develop self-awareness around and evaluate your own personal relationship with
Holistic Interventions
 A unique feature of this workshop is the extensive hands-on learning!
Therapists often hear WHAT to do without understanding HOW to do it. This workshop offers HOURS of clinical coaching to train participants in both stabilizing clients and the practical steps to empower clients to become their own experts in self-regulation. Come prepared to develop mastery in Stage One trauma interventions.
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