Working with Victims of Violence: Interventions and Burnout Prevention

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Christina Reese, PhD, LCPC Related seminars and products

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Christina Reese, PhD, LCPC, has been working with children impacted by trauma and their families for the last 20 years. She is a licensed clinical counselor in Maine, Maryland, and Pennsylvania and is a licensed clinical supervisor. Dr. Reese is an internationally recognized trainer for mental health professionals in creating trauma-informed schools, working with mental health in the classroom and attachment and trauma in children. She is a TBRI practitioner and owns Felicity Counseling Services. Dr. Reese authored the books Attachment, Puzzle Pieces, The Attachment Connection, Trauma and Attachment, The Socially Confident Teen, and Leveling Up.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Christina Reese maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Sheppard Pratt Health System. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Reese receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Christina Reese has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Identify the impact of trauma on a person’s whole being (body, brain and emotions).
2. Describe how different types of violence may impact a person’s core beliefs and worldview.
3. Identify 5 interventions for addressing trauma and restoring pre-trauma levels of functioning.
4. Describe warning signs of burnout.
5. Identify at least 3 ways to prevent compassion fatigue.

Outline

• Introduction – What is Trauma?
• Changes to Body
• Changes to Brain
• Changes to Emotions

• Gang Violence
• Domestic Violence
• Community Based-Mass Violence
• Healing Trauma
  • Interventions for Body
  • Interventions for Brain
  • Interventions for Emotions
  Burnout Prevention and Vicarious Trauma in Workers
  • Defining Self Care
  • Emotion Regulation and Managing Grief

Target Audience

• Social Workers
• Counsellors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Psychologists
• Other Mental Health Professionals