Register HERE! 5.9 CEs for Nurses, 6.5 CEs for Psychologists or Social Workers, offered! New webinar every Thursday. Registrants have access until May 31, 2021.

The Faces of Trauma is a 5-part series of webinars discussing the impacts of trauma on many facets of the human experience and offers solutions to help mitigate its effects in a therapy-based settings. While recognizing the value of pharmaceuticals, pharmacology is not addressed. 

MODULE 1

Suicide Prevention as a Healthcare Practice: 

A Health & Safety Issue 

90 minutes

Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian

Mental Health Activist, Speaker & Comedian

• Review of suicide from a survivor’s perspective. 
• Discuss how trauma, at any age, may be a component of suicide ideation.
• Deploy 4 separate resources for working with clients expressing suicide ideation.

MODULE 2

Adverse Childhood Experiences & Trauma Informed Care 

70 minutes

Nicole Black, PhD, LPC, LDCD, 

EMDR Certified, TFCBT Certified, Registered Play Therapist

Review the short‐term and long‐term effects of trauma.

• Define Simple versus Complex Trauma.

• Recognize manifestations of the ACES when working with clients.

• Review the ACES inform assessment and intake.

• Employ the ACES inform our therapeutic alliance and therapeutic approach,

• Relate the ACES inform treatment planning

MODULE 3 

Trust the Process: Using Culturally Relevant Assessment & Diagnostic Practices

as a way to foster hope & resilience

70 minutes

Gerald Pennie, PhD, LPC, NCC

• Describe the effects of proper and improper assessment & diagnosis & how it impacts overall physical & mental health as well as social behavior

• Identify& apply multicultural competencies to support the overall well-being of the client.

• Identify types of assessment for culture & ways to incorporate the findings into diagnosis & service provisions

• Identify ways to integrate Culturally Sensitive Assessment & Diagnosis into the counseling session.

MODULE 4

Trauma Informed Treatment Skills 101

70 minutes

Review the short‐term and long‐term effects of trauma.

• Define Simple versus Complex Trauma.

• Recognize manifestations of the ACES when working with clients.

• Review the ACES inform assessment and intake.

• Employ the ACES inform our therapeutic alliance and therapeutic approach,

• Relate the ACES inform treatment planning

MODULE 5

The fight o my life: Establishing radical self-care 

practices for direct care trauma workers

70 minutes 

Gerald Pennie, PhD, LPC, NCC

• Describe what self-care is

• Discuss the importance of self-care

• Identify barriers to self-care