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Course Description
The course will focus on the etiology of chronic trauma, its clinical picture, tools of assessment, the phase oriented approach to trauma and treatment pitfalls and therapeutic alliance. The course is partly didactic, based on the assigned readings, and partly discussion of the “Case of Erica”, a teaching case which unfolds in a naturalistic progression over 4 classes.
Course Format: 6 Sessions Live Teleseminar; 2.5 hour sessions each
Course Dates: Sept 13, Oct 11, Nov 15, Dec 13, 2022, Jan 10, Feb 7, 2023
Meeting Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm US Eastern Time
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Required Texts
Required textbooks are listed below and must be purchased by the participant. Additional materials including journal articles will be provided at no cost via this online course portal upon registration.
- Courtois, CA, and Ford, JD (2013) Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach. NY, NY: The Guilford Press.
- Courtois, CA, and Ford, JD, eds. (2020) Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults, second edition. NY, NY: The Guilford Press.
- Herman, JL (2015) Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence – from domestic abuse to political terror. NY, NY: Basic Books.
Course Completion Requirements
Course completion requires attendance, participation in sessions, and completion of session and overall evaluations. APA continuing education credits will only be awarded for live attendance for 50 minutes out of every hour of training.
To receive ASWB ACE credit, participants must participate and attend live the full time of all course sessions and complete session and overall evaluations.
For in-person courses participants are required to sign in and out of each session.
For additional course policies please visit this page.
Target Audience
Licensed mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, accredited psychotherapists, etc.) who are interested in developing their skills in treating clients with chronic trauma related disorders.
This course content is at the beginning/intermediate level.
Additional Information
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Deborah Cohen, LCSW
Email: dcohenlcsw@gmail.com
Deborah Cohen, LCSW has been involved in treating individuals with eating disorders and dissociation for much of her career. Certified in family and couples therapy, she is also the former Coordinator of both the Outpatient Eating Disorders Program at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY as well as the Inpatient Eating Disorders Program at Holliswood Hospital in Queens, NY.
She worked as a research clinician for first responders who developed PTSD in response to the 9/11 attacks. She has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, maintains a private practice in Manhasset and Croton-on-Hudson, NY and consults privately.
She has presented workshops on eating disorders and dissociation at the ISSTD Annual Conference and at the Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders' Annual Meeting. She is a faculty member in the ISSTD Professional Training Program.
She holds an MSW in Social Work from the Columbia School of Social Work and an BS in Music Therapy from the New York University School of Education.
Fees for in-person and teleseminar courses include continuing education (CE) credits. Continuing education credits are available for all teleseminar courses as well as US and Canada-based in-person courses.
Available Credit
- 30.00 APAThe International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- 30.00 ASWB ACEThe International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), #1744, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ISSTD maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2021 – 08/20/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 30.00 continuing education credits.
- 30.00 ISSTD Certificate ProgramThis program is eligible for 30.00 credits in the ISSTD Certificate Program.
Price
"Your Price" above reflects your final price based on your membership status.
ISSTD Cancellation Policy: Cancellations will only be accepted up to 14 days prior to the first course session. Cancellations are subject to a $45 cancellation fee plus the cost of copyrighted materials. The course fee is not refundable if you withdraw from the course less than 14 days before the start of the course. Once the course starts no new students can be accepted more than one week after the course begins. Please note that to receive ASWB ACE credit, all sessions must be attended. All materials used for this course are subject to copyright laws and are not for duplication or distribution by course participants. Fees must be submitted with registration, and must be submitted in US dollars.
The cost of the copyrighted materials for this course is $40
Required Hardware/software
ISSTD uses Zoom for our live teleseminar courses. Information on system requirements can be found here. A guide to live teleseminar courses is available below and in each session of the course in the course portal.