PSY-5716: Using a Trauma-Informed Approach to Tar geting Therapy-Interfering Behaviors

Recent advances in trauma treatment have highlighted a need for clinicians to go beyond learning the basic principles and interventions associated with empirically-based protocols and be prepared to treat the complex, multi-disordered client that doesn’t fit neatly into clinical trials or academic studies. Researchers have highlighted rates of substance abuse, expressed anger, treatment drop-out, dissociation, therapy ruptures and other symptoms can be higher in clients with a history of trauma, and can lead to negative treatment outcomes in trauma treatments, if not addressed. Therapists treating adults with a complex trauma history utilizing exposure-based treatments (CPT, EMDR, PE, or DBT) are often faced with therapy-interfering behaviors not covered in basic training manuals. These behaviors need to be identified, conceptualized, and addressed with a trauma-informed lens. This course addresses the key problems of retention, motivation, and commitment when applying trauma-focused recovery. It will provide an overview of the current research and methods of addressing several therapy-interfering behaviors, teaching clinicians how to safely observe, describe, and address them with a guiding therapeutic frame grounded in recent advances in trauma treatment. Content will also explicitly address the role of clinical “burnout”, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and trauma informed-ecological systems in working effectively with highly traumatized populations, providing discussion and insight on therapist burn-out as a treatable and preventable part of ethical practice
Min. Credits: 1.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles
Method(s): Workshop
Prerequisites: PSY-5220A: Perspectives: Trauma and Its Effects
Faculty Consent Required: N
Program Approval Required: N
Course Type Psychology, Counseling and Therapy

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PSY-5716: Using a Trauma-Informed Approach to Tar geting Therapy-Interfering Behaviors