Description
Sometimes the early life trauma for parent/caregivers has an adverse impact on their current family system, specifically on the child/parent relationship, the co-parenting relationship, and the marital dyad. As such, we recognize the importance and benefit of interventions that will engage the parent/caregiver in “doing their work” so that healing and repair can happen for the individual and the family system.
This training is focused on parents/caregivers who are survivors of developmental trauma. This is not often the focus for those accessing the mental health system as we have a tradition of viewing these individuals as having an “Axis II” diagnosis, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and as such are often challenged to know how to engage the adult in a way that lends itself to healing. This training brings voice to a shift that was started in 2003 by the Treatment and Research Advancements National Association for Personality Disorders (TARA-APD) concerning our understanding of BPD.
This course will provide the participant with a conceptual framework for understanding Developmental trauma from within a psychosocial and attachment framework, a definition of Developmental Trauma which will be differentiated from PTSD, CPTSD and BPD, and an overview of the impact on the brain and presenting symptoms will be outlined.
The role of assessment as a means to formulating effective intervention will be highlighted as the way to address the deficient sense of relational safety, emotion dysregulation, and lack of coherent personal identity and competence many adult trauma survivors struggle with. The assessment tool is the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5).
Learning Outcomes
- Differentiate between PTSD, CPTSD and Developmental Trauma.
- Discuss the shifting perspectives on BPD.
- Examine Developmental Trauma in adults including impact on the brain, attachment and psychosocial development, and the key presenting symptoms.
- Assess for Trauma in Adults. Note: Access to the measures presented requires proof of clinical status. The website to request access will be provided.
Who Should Attend
This course is recommended for mental health professionals such as psychotherapists, counsellors, social workers, and other clinical practitioners.
Course Dates & Format
There are no scheduled dates for this course at this time, however in-service is available.
This is a 6-hour training. This course consists of two 3-hour interactive virtual sessions using Zoom.
Instructor: Ruth Linnen, MTS, (cert) OAMHP, RP, Certified EMDR Therapist
Ruth Linnen began her practice in psychotherapy in 1996. She is the founder and owner of Certified Professional Counselling Centre. She is a Registered Psychotherapist with a specialty in trauma consultation, assessment, treatment, and training with additional training in Critical Incident Stress Management (Advanced), ASIST, and Violence Threat Risk Assessment (VTRA , Level II), CBT, DBT and Sensorimotor psychotherapy. She is also a Certified EMDR Therapist. In her private practice she provides trauma intervention to community-based agencies who have experienced a critical incident as well as Family, Couple’s, Individual, and Group therapy.
Ruth was a primary mental health clinician with CMHA for 19 years providing assessment, treatment, training, and consultation in various areas of mental health including mood disorders, psychosis, and trauma. Her role at CMHA also included program development, training of colleagues in trauma, the provision of psychotherapy groups, and clinical supervision of students.
Ruth provides training workshops and program development to various community partners including Child/Adult mental health, CISM Peer Teams, Community Living, Child Welfare and, First Nation Communities. She is a clinical supervisor for those requiring supervision hours for registration with CRPO and other professionals working in the private and public sector who work with adults, adolescents, and families.
Training Fee
Group Registration: Save 20% off individual fees with a group registration of 4 or more participants. Download the group registration form HERE.
Continuing Education Information
Licensing boards and professional organizations will grant Continuing Education credits for attendance at their discretion when participants submit the course outline and certificate.
In-Service
This is available as an in-person or virtual in-service training and customized to suit your needs.
