Complex trauma: working together, working better to support adult survivors of childhood abuse
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Learning objectives
At the completion of the session participants will be better equipped to consider the possibility that their next patient may have experienced complex trauma.
The webinar will:
- Raise awareness of prevalence and indicators of complex trauma
- Identify the key principles for effective assessment and management of mental health issues for people with complex trauma
- Assist recognition of the challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary collaboration in the provision of mental health services for people with complex trauma
Format
The webinar will be comprised of three parts:
- Predisposing activity (case study)
- Facilitated inter-disciplinary panel discussion
- Questions and answers
Predisposing activity
Participants will be required to read the short case study upon which the webinar panel discussion will be based:
Session outline
- Introduction and welcome
- Brief individual panel presentations
- Facilitated panel discussion with prompting questions / Q&A
- Closing comments from panel
- Thank you for your participation
Panel
Facilitator
Recommended reading
ASCA (Adults Surviving Child Abuse): Best practice workshops for health professionals – Working with adult survivors (PDF, 238KB)
Benstead, U. (February, 2011). ‘The Shark Cage’: the use of metaphor with women who have experienced abuse. Psychotherapy in Australia, 17, 2.
Briere, J., & Scott, C. (2006). Principles of trauma therapy: A guide to symptoms, evaluation and treatment. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Cloitre, M., Cohen, L. R., & Koenen, K. C. (2006). Treating survivors of childhood abuse: Psychotherapy for the interrupted life. New York: The Guilford Press.
Courtois, C.A. & Ford, J. D. (Eds.). (2009). Treating complex traumatic stress disorders: An evidence-based guide. New York: The Guilford Press.
Courtois, C. A (2010). Understanding Complex Trauma, Complex Reactions and Treatment Approaches. http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/cptsd-understanding-treatment.html
Herman, J.L. (1992). Trauma and Recovery. New York: Basic Books.
Levine, Peter. A. (1997). Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma, North Atlantic Books, USA.
Levine, Peter. A. (2008). Healing Trauma. A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body, Sounds True, Inc., USA.
Levine, Peter. A. and Kline, Maggie. (2007) Trauma Through A Child’s Eyes, North Atlantic Books and ERGOS Institute Press, USA.
Ogden, Pat, Minton Kekuni & Pain, Clare (2006). Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy. New York: Norton.
Ross, C.A. & Halpern, N. (2009). Trauma Model Therapy. Manitou Communications, Inc.
Rothschild, Babette (2011). Trauma Essentials: The Go-To Guide. New York: Norton.
Scaer, Robert. (2005). The Trauma Spectrum. Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., USA.
Shapiro, Robyn (2010). The Trauma Treatment Handbook: Protocols Across the Spectrum. New York: Norton.
Solomon, Marion T. & Siegel, Daniel J. (2003). Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain. New York: Norton, 2003.
CPD Points
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN): This activity has been endorsed for 2 CPE points by the ACMHN Accreditation Committee for Endorsement.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): Quality Improvement (QI) and CPD approved for 4 category 2 points. The activity ID is 757111.
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP): Members are able to claim hours spent under Section 4. Self Guided Learning.
Australian Association of Social Workers: CPE Points - 2 per learning hour. Appellation No: 00469.
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine: Approved with ACRRM for 2 Core PDP points (OEACR-11009-MHPN).
Australian Psychological Society: This activity has been endorsed by the APS and will attract 1.5 hours of Continuing Professional Development
Occupational Therapy Australia: Approved for 1.45 CPD hours in Category 5.
Certificates of Attendance for those who attended the live webinar will be issued within 3 to 4 weeks of the live event.
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