Certified Clinical Trauma Professional: Two-Day Trauma Competency Conference

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J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS Related seminars and products

Compassion Unlimited

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J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, DAAETS, FAAETS is an internationally recognized leader in the study and treatment of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. His Ph.D. is from Florida State University where he studied with Professor Charles Figley--a pioneer of these two fields. In 1997, he co-developed the Accelerated Recovery Program (ARP) for Compassion Fatigue - the world's only evidence-based treatment protocol for compassion fatigue. In 1998, he introduced the Certified Compassion Fatigue Specialist Training and Compassion Fatigue Prevention & Resiliency Training. These two trainings have demonstrated treatment effectiveness for the symptoms of compassion fatigue, and he published these effects in several journals. He has trained over 100,000 health professionals over the past 20 years.

Dr. Gentry was original faculty, curriculum designer and Associate Director of the Traumatology Institute at Florida State University. In 2001, he became the co-director and moved this institute to the University of South Florida where it became the International Traumatology Institute. In 2010, he began the International Association of Trauma Professionals - a training and cortication body-for which he was the vice president.

In 2005, Hogrefe and Huber published Trauma Practice: Tools for Stabilization and Recovery-a critically acclaimed text on the treatment of traumatic stress for which Dr. Gentry is a co-author. The Second Edition was released in 2010 and the Third Edition in 2015. He is also the author of the groundbreaking Forward-Facing® Trauma Therapy: Healing the Moral Wound. He is the co-author of Forward-Facing® Professional Resilience: Resolution and Prevention of Burnout, Toxic Stress and Compassion Fatigue, Unlocking the Keys to Human Resilience, and Transformative Care: A Trauma-Focused Approach to Caregiving. These books provide a new vision for trauma therapy in the 21st Century. He has written numerous chapters, papers, and peer-reviewed journal articles in the areas of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. Dr. Gentry is a Master Traumatologist with over 35 years of clinical experience with trauma, Complex PTSD, Personality disorders, and dissociation.

He is the President and CEO of The Forward-Facing® Institute and owner of Compassion Unlimited -- a private psychotherapy, training, and consulting practice-in Phoenix, AZ.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Dr. J. Eric Gentry is the owner and President of Forward-Facing Institute, LLC. and the CEO of Compassion Unlimited. He is an adjunct professor at the Florida Center for Theological Studies, Argosy University, and Webster University. Dr. Gentry is a consultant and receives compensation. He is a published author and receives royalties. He receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Dr. J. Eric Gentry is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, and others. For a complete list, please contact info@pesi.com.

Objectives

1. Distinguish the nature of traumatic stress, grief, & loss and their sequelae.
2. Analyze the clinical application of various theoretical treatment models for traumatic stress, grief & loss.
3. Evaluate traumatic stress, grief & loss from neurobiological, biochemical, psychological, social & spiritual perspectives in order to improve clinical outcomes.
4. Analyze the clinical research that supports the imperative factors that influence the efficacy of trauma treatment.
5. Assess the comorbidity of traumatic stress in other diagnoses, including personality disorders and Dissociative Identify Disorder, and identify appropriate treatment interventions.
6. Utilize psychoeducation and cognitive restructuring techniques for maximizing client engagement and participation in early stages of treatment.
7. Determine the efficacy of self-regulation skills as a preliminary treatment intervention for trauma.
8. Determine the 10 core competencies of traumatic stress, grief and loss and specify the clinical application of each.
9. Conduct clinical interventions and techniques for the initial assessment, safety and stabilization phase of treatment as well as the remembrance and mourning phases of trauma treatment.
10. Evaluate the potential clinical limitations and benefits of completing a needs assessment for better progress in treatment.
11. Utilize clinical skills to support and facilitate recovery from complicated bereavement in clients.
12. Integrate CBT skills to promote the development of stability, self-efficacy, anxiety management, and relational capacities in traumatized clients.

Outline

A Brief History and Evolution of Traumatic Stress, Grief & Loss

• Systemic traumatic stress theory
• Symptom review
• Review of effective treatments
• Tri Phasic model
• Most commonly used instruments to assess traumatic stress

Core Competencies of Traumatic Stress, Grief & Loss

Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Factors that Produce Anxiety & Traumatic Stress

• Precipitating events
• Meaning making
• Physiology of Trauma
• Perception

Adaptive and maladaptive coping behaviours

• Trauma Adaptation
• Systemic influences
• Emotional & psychological stressors
• Integrated theoretical concepts from stress, crisis & trauma theories
• Information Processing Model
• Psychosocial Model

Review of Effective Treatment Interventions

• Cognitive Behavioural Techniques (PE, CPT & SIT)
• EMDR & Bilateral Stimulation
• Thought Field Therapy (TFT)/Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
• Sensorimotor

The Biochemical, Affective, and Cognitive Impacts of Traumatic Stress

• Affective volatility
• The body keeps the score
• Neurobiology and biology of traumatic stress

The Impacts of Traumatic Stress Over Time & Across & Within Developmental Stages

• Epigenetics
• Reactive Attachment Disorder
• Adrenal fatigue

The Role of Traumatic Stress in Clinical Disorders such as Personality Disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and More

• Traumagenesis
• Traumaddiction
• Comorbidity

Conceptualizing a Framework of Healing for Survivors of Traumatic Stress

• Systemic perspective
• Strengths perspective
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• Survivor metaphor
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Traumatic Stress Exists Across the Continuum of Systemic Levels

• Systemic trauma theory
• Community trauma
• Vicarious secondary traumatization

Theories of Traumatic Stress, Loss and Grief

• Information processing model
• Psychosocial model
• Contemporary thoughts

Bereavement and Adjustment Disorders

• Supporting Normal Bereavement
• Treating Complicated Bereavement

Assessment of Traumatic Stress Disorders

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the APA
• DSM-5® changes
• ACE & Developmental Trauma
• Diagnosing PTSD with the PCL-5

Evidence-Based Techniques/Interventions

• Relaxation/Self-regulation
• Grounding
• Containment
• Writing/journaling
• Drawing art
• Healing metaphors
• Transitional objects

Demonstrations: Interactive Exercises/Application of Skills

• Cognitive Behavioural Techniques
• Narrative Exposure Therapy Technique
• Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
• Bilateral Stimulation

Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks

• Limitations of many accepted models of trauma treatment
• Weaknesses and limitations of evidence-based trauma treatment models
• Limitations of the diagnostic (DSM-5 ®) system
• Limitations and potential risks in grief work, due to research scarcity on the topic

Closure: Lessons Learned

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Case Managers
• Addiction Counselors
• Therapists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Physicians
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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