TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS:
With approximately 70% of Americans experiencing a traumatic event in their lifetime and up to 20% of these individuals developing clinical PTSD, mental health clinicians are positioned to have a profound impact on individuals, families, and communities. Trauma-informed care is a crucial skill for mental health clinicians.
Clinical research demonstrates that the trauma-informed interventions learned during this training improve immune function and digestion, strengthen vagal tone, increase heart rate variability, and teach the nervous system to self-regulate. Measurable results include reduction of blood pressure, anxiety, muscle tension, and fatigue.
Faculty Lauren Going, MSW, LCSW-C, RYT 500 will be joined by guest speaker Mercedes Hightower, MSW, LCSW-C who will lead conversations on Power and Privilege and how it relates to trauma informed care.
This program is designed to educate mental health care providers regarding the impact of trauma neurologically, physiologically, and emotionally. The training also explores how interfacing with clients' traumatic experiences can result in vicarious trauma for the clinician. The program provides the latest research on the neurobiology of trauma, recent advancements of trauma theory, and evidence-based practices to resolve trauma.
Learning Objectives:
Define "trauma"
Understand the prevalence and various types of trauma, and articulate trauma's effects on the body
Understand the impact of trauma on diverse populations and consider ethical factors in providing trauma-sensitive care
Use strategies learned and practiced during the training to facilitate internal and external safety in clinical work with clients
Identify when a client is hyper- or hypo-aroused and use somatic skills learned during the training to intervene and effectively return clients to the window of tolerance
Take a trauma-informed assessment that will allow clients to feel safe and remain within the window of tolerance
Identify vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout in their own work and use skills to more effectively take care of themselves
Topics of Discussion Include:
Exploration of trauma from a body-based perspective
Types of trauma
Prevalence of trauma
Impacts of trauma on diverse populations
Mitigation of trauma
Fostering resilience through body-based practices such as breathing and body scanning
Foundational skills necessary to ethically provide trauma-sensitive care
Define Vicarious Trauma and Secondary Traumatic Stress, and develop tools and strategies to ease these effects.
Mental health clinicians are positioned to have a profound impact on individuals, families, and communities through effective trauma-informed practice.
Register today! To register, click here.
This program has been submitted to various professional regulatory boards for 11 contact hours. BodyWise Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Please email trainings@bodywiseinstitute.com to learn of updates regarding these approvals, and to have any of your questions answered about the program.
