Description:
OPD Points: 10
This program is also available via self-paced online learning commencing February, April, July, and October. Please refer to our 2024 flyer or website www.talominbooks.com for all offerings.This two-day workshop completes Leah's four-day core training for professionals working with traumatised clients. You are required to complete‘Treating PTSD with Dr Leah Giarratano’ before enrolling in ‘Treating Complex Trauma’ because important workshop material is presented in 'Treating PTSD' and is not repeated in 'Treating Complex Trauma'.The emphasis of this two-day training program is upon imparting practical, accessible skills to use immediately with survivors of complex trauma (especially child abuse and neglect). Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health nurses, medical practitioners, counsellors and occupational therapists are all welcome to attend.
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Topics include:Complex trauma. Complex PTSD. Attachment disorders. Personality disorders. What’s the difference/ relationshipPhased-based treatment model based on best practice guidelinesBuilding and maintaining the therapeutic relationship, including maintaining compassionate boundaries and managing therapy disruptions and terminationUsing the therapeutic relationship to promote emotion regulationUnderstanding attachment re-enactment and betrayal trauma in order to work with challenging behaviours, including: ‘splitting’ between care providers; idolising/demonising the therapist; constant new crises; reduced motivation; external locus of controlPractical therapeutic techniques (including exposure interventions and experiential tools) drawn from: Attachment-based treatment; Emotion Focused Therapy; Dialectical Behaviour Therapy; Metacognitive and Mentalisation Therapies; Schema Therapy; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to help clients presenting with complex trauma symptomatology, including flashbacks, numbing and dissociation, emotional ‘hurricanes’, somatisation, self-hate, self-harming and suicidal acts, dysfunctional relationships and substance abuseManaging and reducing vicarious trauma in the therapist.
Presenter / Provider:
Dr Leah Giarratano
Presenter Qualifications:
Leah Giarratano is a doctoral level clinical psychologist who has developed an expertise in the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has been presenting training programs in Australia since 1996 and in New Zealand since 2000. Leah is the author of seven books covering the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma and in the application of CBT.Her latest text 'Clinical Skills for Managing Complex Traumatisation' (2022) is available at www.talominbooks.com
