Who is this for:
This workshop is intended for licensed mental health providers who are working with a diverse range of clients in a variety of settings.
Instructional Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Recommended Courses Prerequisites:
None
Course Description:
When clients with PTSD enter treatment, they often express difficulties spanning many domains of their lives. It is often compelling to prioritize their present-day difficulties. However, attempting to target present-day challenges as the clinical entry-point often yields only minimal improvement in those areas, and leaves distressing PTSD symptoms, such as intrusive memories and hypervigilance, untouched.
In this course, you will learn how to get to the heart of a client’s PTSD in order to drive improvements clinically from the inside out. This course provides clarity about why each client developed PTSD in the first place, and what stalled out their natural recovery from the traumatic event(s) they experienced. This course will also include practical guidance for developing a clear and comprehensive conceptualization and formulation of each client’s PTSD: why they developed it, how they developed it, and what is maintaining it. This conceptualization can identify key areas where clients are stuck which can help guide effective treatment that addresses both present-day struggles and their underlying cause.
Why You’ll Love this Course:
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has many different shapes and forms. This course provides clinicians with an in-depth understanding of why and how each of their unique clients with PTSD are stuck, as well as a clear identification of factors that necessitate clinical attention in order to aid clients with PTSD towards recovery.
Featuring:
Skill demonstration of determining factors inhibiting client non-recovery from traumas
Case examples
“PTSD Case Formulation: Additional Resources” Handout
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course course, participants will be able to:
Describe at least six vulnerability and resilience factors related to trauma recovery.
Identify at least two variables associated with non-recovery from traumatic events.
Utilize a Cognitive Behavioral case conceptualization of PTSD.
Stephanie Sacks, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Stephanie Sacks, Ph.D. is a co-founder and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MindScience Collective. She is a licensed clinical psychologist (FL PY10014, DC PSY1001172) who is passionate about teaching, training, clinical work, entrepreneurship and the dissemination of evidence-based information to the masses.
In her private practice, Dr. Sacks specializes in the provision of evidence-based cognitive behavioral treatment for Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders, OCD-Spectrum Disorders and Anxiety Disorders, with particular expertise providing care to clinically complex clients. She has a sub-specialty working with journalists who are exposed to occupational trauma and has received training from the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma.
She is a National Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Trainer and Clinical Consultant. She is also an invited lecturer and clinical consultant for many organizations, including the National Center for PTSD. Dr. Sacks is the creator of the Trauma Therapist Training Course, an interactive cohort-based learning experience that enhances therapists’ competence and confidence for working with trauma-affected clients.
She is an Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University and a voluntary Clinical Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California. She has proudly served as clinical and research supervisor at a number of academic and medical institutions. Dr. Sacks has authored numerous peer-reviewed research articles and contributed to a book entitled Cognitive Processing Therapy for Complex Cases.
Disclosure:
Dr. Sacks is a cofounder of MindScience Collective and will receive financial benefit from all course sales. She receives income as a Trainer and Consultant for Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD. Dr. Sacks also receives compensation as a lecturer for the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD).