Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma
When
Thursday, July 15, 2021 from 9:00AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Where
This is a LIVE ONLINE Webinar and will take place via Zoom. Instructions on how to access Zoom will be sent via email.Contact
Christina Steudte, LMHCAssociation for Mental Health and Wellness
631-471-7242 ext 1330
csteudte@mhaw.org
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This workshop will focus on the impact of attachment trauma on the adult survivor. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the structural, emotional, and cognitive developmental derailments resulting from childhood/attachment trauma and how this is manifested in the therapeutic relationship. Implications for clinical interventions will be reviewed with special attention given to transference and countertransference. |
Who Should Attend:
Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Creative Arts Therapists, Marriage and Family Therapists, and any professional that is working in the mental health field.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the impact of attachment trauma on normal developmental processes.
- Identify vicarious traumatization/countertransference, and its implication on the preverbal therapeutic dialogue.
- Develop clinical interventions that are specifically tailored to the individual's capacity for self-regulation and level of ego organization.
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APPROVED FOR 3 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS
LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR
(LMSW/LCSW/LMHC/LCAT/LMFT)
Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. (Provider #0156)
Association for Mental Health and Wellness is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. (Provider #MHC-0014)
Certificate of completion will be provided after the return of completed evaluation (via email).
Registration fee: $75.00
About the Presenter
Dean Scher, PhD, ACSW has worked in human services for over 45 years and most recently served as the CEO of Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster from 2006 until April 2021.
From 1974 to 1995 he was employed as a psychologist and Director of Psychiatric Emergency Services at Arden Hill Hospital Mental Health Unit. During that period, Dean was also a Lecturer with the psychology department at SUNY New Paltz.
Dean has lectured extensively on issues of adverse childhood experiences, addiction, and PTSD. His clinical focus has been on the preverbal dialogue in the therapeutic relationship. His research on alexithymia was published in the Journal of Child Sex Abuse.
Dean has maintained a private practice in since 1974.