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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Eric Gentry, Ph.D., LMHC, is an internationally recognized leader in the field of disaster and clinical traumatology, having trained thousands of professionals and paraprofessionals worldwide in the treatment of traumatic stress. His doctorate is from Florida State University where he studied with Professor Charles Figley, one of the pioneers of traumatic stress. Dr. Gentry was one of the original faculty members of the Traumatology Institute and later became the co-director of the International Traumatology Institute at the University of Southern Florida. Dr. Gentry, along with Dr. Anna Baranowsky, is the co-author and co-owner of the Traumatology Institute Training Curriculum – 17 courses in field and clinical traumatology leading to seven separate certifications.

Dr. Gentry has been a clinical member of several CISM teams and has provided assistance in many different disaster and critical incidents including Oklahoma City, New York City, and hurricanes in Florida. He was the developer of the Community Crisis Support Team, which began in Tampa, Florida, and has become a model for communities to integrate mental health services into their disaster response network.

Dr. Gentry is the co-author of the critically acclaimed Trauma Practice: Tools for Stabilization and Recovery (Third Edition) (Hogrefe Publishing, 2014). His other books include Forward Facing Trauma Therapy (Compassion Unlimited, 2016) and the coauthored Trauma, PTSD, Grief & Loss: The 10 Core Competencies for Evidence-Based Treatment (PESI, 2017). Additionally, Dr. Gentry has published many research articles, book chapters, and periodicals in this maturing area of study.

Dr. Gentry has a private clinical and consulting practice and is adjunct faculty at many universities. He draws equally from his scientific study and from his rich history of 30+ years of clinical experience with trauma survivors to balance this training with current, empirically grounded information and experienced-based compassionate intervention skills. You will be challenged, inspired, and uplifted by Dr. Gentry and this unique training.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: J. Eric Gentry receives compensation as Owner of Compassion Unlimited. He receives royalties as an author for Hogrefo & Huber Publishing. Dr. Gentry receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: J. Eric Gentry has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

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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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