Trauma Wisdom Circle · September 2024
Essential Skills for Therapy With Adult Survivors of Sexual Trauma
Laura Reagan · LCSW-C
This program has limited CE approval for the live Trauma Expert Teachings Zoom calls on a per-session basis (1.5 CEs per session)
CE Request Deadline
**CES MUST BE REQUESTED NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS AFTER THE LIVE CALL**
- Session 1Sep 13, 20249-10:30am PDT1.5 CEs
- Session 2Sep 20, 20249-10:30am PDT1.5 CEs
**FULL ATTENDANCE FOR THE ENTIRE 90-minute DURATION IS REQUIRED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CES**
September 2024 Calls – Laura Reagan LCSW-C – Essential Skills for Therapy With Adult Survivors of Sexual Trauma
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Course Details
Laura Reagan, LCSW-C is an integrative and somatically oriented trauma therapist, clinical supervisor, consultant,
speaker and coach who owns a group psychotherapy practice in the greater Baltimore area. Laura also hosts Therapy Chat and Trauma Chat Podcasts, and she founded Trauma Therapist Network in 2021. Laura trains trauma therapists around the world in using bottom-up therapy methods and accessing their highest selves while doing meaningful psychotherapy work for sustainable careers. She’s passionate about guiding therapists and trauma survivors to reconnect with their inner worlds and embody their most empowered selves. Laura wants to world to know that trauma is real, healing is possible and help is available. Learn more at www.traumatherapistnetwork.com and find a trauma therapist at www.findtraumatherapy.com .
Session 1: Essential Skills for Therapy With Adult Survivors of Sexual Trauma – Focus on Adult Survivors of Recent Acts of Sexual Violence (Part 1)
This session will explore the first five traits of resilience and how they can be nurtured in clients with trauma. We will cover each trait in depth, with practical exercises and strategies to develop these traits.
Education Goals:
- Enhance understanding of the first five key traits that contribute to resilience in individuals.
- Improve clinical skills in identifying and nurturing these resilience traits in clients with trauma.
- Foster professional growth by integrating resilience-building strategies into therapeutic practice.
Session 2: Top 10 Traits of Resilience (Part 2)
This session will explore the remaining five traits of resilience and how they can be nurtured in clients with trauma. We will cover each trait in depth, with practical exercises and strategies to develop these traits.
- Deepen understanding of the remaining five key traits that contribute to resilience in individuals.
- Improve clinical skills in identifying and nurturing these resilience traits in clients with trauma.
- Foster professional growth by integrating resilience-building strategies into therapeutic practice.
Essential Skills for Therapy With Adult Survivors of Sexual Trauma
with Laura Regan, LCSW-C
Course Agenda
Live Online Zoom Session 1: Essential Skills for Therapy With Adult Survivors of Sexual Trauma – Focus on Adult Survivors of Recent Acts of Sexual Violence– Friday, Sept 13, 2024 – 9-10:30am PDT/11pm-1:30pm EDT – 1.5 hours – 1.5 CEs
Overview: This session will explore definitions relevant to understanding sexual trauma, common reactions, therapist attitudes & beliefs and their impact, and time for Q&A.
Agenda:
- Introduction to presenter and background in the fields of trauma and sexual violence (5 minutes)
- Definition of sexual violence, prevalence, context of patriarchy, dynamics of sexual violence (30 minutes)
- Common reactions following experiences of sexual violence, acute symptoms, barriers to reporting sexual violence (15 minutes)
- Therapist attitudes and beliefs about sexual violence, importance of starting by believing, facts and resources related to reporting, consent, brief overview of effective methods of therapy with survivors of recent sexual trauma (25 minutes)
- Discussion/Q and A with participants (15 minutes)
Live Online Zoom Session 2: Essential Skills for Therapy With Adult Survivors of Sexual Trauma – Focus on Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (Part 2)– Friday, September 20, 2024 – 9-10:30am PDT/11pm-1:30pm EDT – 1.5 hours – 1.5 CEs
Overview: This session will explore types of sexual abuse, common reactions/impacts including the role of dissociation, an overview of diagnosis & treatment of developmental trauma, and time for Q&A.
Agenda:
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- Types of childhood sexual abuse, prevalence, statistics, context of patriarchy, common dynamics related to childhood sexual abuse (30 minutes)
- Common reactions of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, common expressions of childhood sexual abuse trauma in adulthood, common characteristics of families related to sexual abuse, the role of dissociation in surviving childhood sexual abuse (30 minutes)
- Understanding the developmental impact of sexual abuse trauma, learning the impact of betrayal trauma as a form of complex PTSD. Brief overview of effective treatment options for developmental trauma. (15 minutes)
- Discussion/Q and A with participants (15 minutes)
Essential Skills for Therapy With Adult Survivors of Sexual Trauma
with Laura Reagan, LCSW-C
Learning Objectives
Session 1: Essential Skills for Therapy With Adult Survivors of Sexual Trauma – Focus on Adult Survivors of Recent Acts of Sexual Violence (Part 1)
- Participants will be able to name three common trauma reactions exhibited by adult survivors of sexual violence.
- Participants will be able to identify and address at least two barriers to effective therapy with survivors of sexual violence.
Session 2: Essential Skills for Therapy With Adult Survivors of Sexual Trauma – Focus on Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (Part 2)
- Participants will be able to identify three common trauma reactions exhibited by adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
- Participants will be able to name two legal options available to survivors following incidents of sexual violence and describe the therapist’s role in presenting this information.
- Participants will be able to name two types of therapeutic treatment which are effective with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
For intermediate mental health professionals including Psychologists, Social Workers, LPCs, and LMFTs.
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