Trauma Therapy Innovations

Trauma Therapy Innovations

Trauma Therapy Innovations

1-hour training for mental health professionals

1 CE

Course Description

This program starts with an introduction to psychological trauma and impact of trauma. Then a comparison of coping vs. healing treatment approaches, and an explanation of memory reconsolidation – the sequence of activities the brain requires to heal traumatic memories. Finally, a review and description of selected research-supported and cutting-edge trauma treatments, including EMDR, PC, Flash, and intensive trauma-focused therapy

Presentation created by

Ricky Greenwald, PsyD, is the founder and executive director of the Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, affiliate professor at the SUNY University at Buffalo School of Social Work, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Greenwald is the author of numerous professional articles as well as several books, including EMDR in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy (1999), Trauma and Juvenile Delinquency (editor; 2002), Child Trauma Handbook (2005), EMDR Within a Phase Model of Trauma-Informed Treatment (2007), Treating Problem Behaviors (2009), and Progressive Counting (2013). His work has been translated into over a dozen languages. Dr. Greenwald is a leading expert in EMDR as well as the Flash technique, the developer of PC, and a leading expert/developer of intensive trauma-focused therapy.

Other TICTI faculty may also present this workshop.

Target Audience

This training is open to mental health professionals (psychologists, social workers, counselors, couple & family therapists, expressive arts therapists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, etc.) as well as interns and grad students.

Course Agenda/Outline

Intro to trauma & impact of trauma

Trauma healing via memory reconsolidation

Leading and cutting-edge research-supported trauma treatments, featuring EMDR, PC, Flash, and Intensive trauma-focused therapy

Course Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Explain how unprocessed trauma creates reactivity or the “sore spot” reaction.
  • Name and sequence the experiences the brain requires for memory reconsolidation.
  • Identify at least three of the leading research-supported trauma healing methods currently available.

Bibliography

Ecker, B. (2018). Clinical translation of memory reconsolidation research: Therapeutic methodology for transformational change by erasing implicit emotional learnings driving symptom production. International Journal of Neuropsychotherapy, 6, 1-92. doi: 10.12744/ijnpt.2018.0001-0092

Greenwald, R., & Camden, A. A. (In press). A pragmatic randomized comparison of intensive trauma-focused EMDR and PC with victims of crime.  Psychological Trauma:Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Greenwald, R., McClintock, S. D., Jarecki, K., & Monaco, A. (2015). A comparison of eye movement desensitization & reprocessing and progressive counting among therapists in training. Traumatology, 21, 1-6.

Manfield, P. E., Engel, L., Greenwald, R., & Bullard, D. G. (2021). Flash Technique in a scalable low-intensity group trauma intervention for COVID-19 related stress in healthcare providers. Journal of EMDR Practice & Research.

Mavranezouli, I., Megnin-Viggars, O., Grey, N., Bhutani, G., Leach, J., Daly, C., Dias, S., Welton, N. J., Katona, C., El-Leithy, S., Greenberg, N., Stockton, S., & Pilling, S. (2020). Cost-effectiveness of psychological treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder in adults. PLOS One.

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