Producer: VPA/Brattleboro Retreat
Victims of traumatic events often face many ongoing challenges in their daily lives. Treating trauma-related mental health disorders, like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while managing ongoing stressors is clinical challenge. Furthermore, current national and international events can serve as an unending source of ongoing stress for these individuals. Exposure to such events can compound already difficult situations and make treatment complex. The appropriate care requires expertise in assessing traumatic events, trauma-related psychopathology, knowledge of evidence-based practices for trauma-related psychopathology, and how to integrate all of this information during treatment.
This workshop will provide an overview on best practices to assessing trauma exposure, trends of the use of the term “trauma” and how to define a traumatic event, evidence based practices for trauma-related disorders, and how to expand treatment beyond the therapy room.
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor live continuing education for psychologists. The Vermont Psychological Association maintains responsibility for its programs and their content.
Completion of this course earns 6 continuing education credits. Psychologists licensed in states whose licensing board approves continuing education offered by APA-approved sponsors may earn continuing education credits for this course.
Courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved for continuing education for psychologists by the Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners. This course qualifies for 6 continuing education credits.
Continuing education courses sponsored by the Vermont Psychological Association are pre-approved by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation for continuing education credit for licensed independent clinical social workers in Vermont. This course provides 6 CE credits for Vermont licensing.
This course has been approved for continuing education credit by the Vermont Board of Allied Mental Health and earns 6 continuing education credits.
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. These credits are also accepted by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice for clinical social workers licensed in New Hampshire, as provided in Mhp 402.02(b)(1). The course qualifies for 6 continuing education credits.
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. These credits are also accepted by the New Hampshire Board of Mental Health Practice for clinical mental health counselors licensed in New Hampshire, as provided in Mhp 402.02(b)(1). The course qualifies for mandated credit types as follows:
Ethics:
Suicide Prevention:
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved to offer continuing education to licensed clinical social workers by the Vermont Office of Professional Regulation, and is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education to psychologists. This course thus qualifies for 7.2 continuing education credits for Massachusetts licensed clinical social workers in Massachusetts under 258 C.M.R. §§ 31.04(2)(d), 31.04(5).
This course has been approved by the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association for continuing education credit for licensed mental health counselors in Massachusetts. MaMHCA Approval # 22-0511
The Vermont Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association as a continuing education sponsor for psychologists. Continuing education credit in the amount of 6 credits earned in this course may be accepted by the Connecticut Department of Public Health for licensed clinical social workers under Conn. Agencies Regs. § 20-195o(c)-3.
This course is pre-approved for credit for Connecticut licensed professional counselors under Conn. Agencies Regs § 20-195cc-3(a)(1). This course qualifies for 6 continuing education credits.
| Research References (301.2 KB) | 2 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Case Conceptualization Worksheet (143.9 KB) | 1 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Life Events Checklist (818.2 KB) | 4 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| PTSD Checklist (806.1 KB) | 3 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Primary Care PTSD Screen (1.1 MB) | 3 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Additional Resources & References (89.7 KB) | 1 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Define a "traumatic event" according to the DSM - 5.
Understand how the term "trauma" has changed in the past decade.
Conceptualize traumatic stress at varying levels (i.e., individual, social, societal).
Identify evidence-based treatments for traumatic-stress related disorders.
Label the key components of evidence-based treatments for traumatic-stress related disorders.
Determine how best to extend the reach of clinical care beyond the traditional therapy room.
