Description:
OPD Points: 5
Learning objectives of this training:Understanding of the differences between `single incident’ and `complex’ trauma and the therapeutic implications of these differencesRecognition of recurrent clinical challenges of working with clients who experience the impacts of complex traumaKnowledge of key `do’s’ and `don’ts’ in the early stages of therapy for complex traumaAttunement to both the importance and limits of the therapeutic relationship Identification of at least two strategies for assisting self-regulation in the context of complex trauma”Ensure you are as familiar with the core features and clinical challenges of `complex trauma’ as you are familiar with the term!” Pam Stavroploulos
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Defining `complex’ trauma, its characteristic features, its differences from `single incident’ PTSD, and the therapeutic implicationsAttuning to dissociation and the clinical issues it posesIdentifying `in session’ challenges when working with clients who experience the impacts of complex trauma and steps towards their resolution`Finding the balance’: strategies and techniques inside and outside the therapeutic relationship ?Evaluation and quiz – your payment includes a quiz which when completed with a minimum of 80% correct answers, will enable you to download your Attendance Certificate.To complete the quiz, please log into your account at pdp-catalogue.com.au and click the orange “Certificate” button under the program’s title.For live webcasts, post-tests must be completed within one month of viewing the program.
Presenter / Provider:
Pam Stavropoulos
Presenter Qualifications:
Pam Stavropoulos PhD is a Sydney based educator, consultant and psychotherapist. A former Fulbright Scholar and twice winner of the Pierre Janet Writing Award for the best clinical, theoretical or research paper in the field of dissociation and/or trauma, she is a member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and co-authored the nationally and internationally endorsed Practice Guidelines for Clinical Treatment of Complex Trauma (2019, 2012). Formerly Head of Research with the Blue Knot Foundation, Pam has held lectureships at the University of New England and Macquarie University, from which she left her tenured position to study and practise psychotherapy, and is a former Program Director of the Jansen Newman Institute, Sydney. The author of Living under Liberalism: The Politics of Depression in Western Democracies (2008) she has written research reports in the community health sector and is a clinical supervisor who specialises in complex trauma-related issues.
