Description
In this Attachment-Focused Trauma Treatments training, ISSTD Fellow and Lecturer, Niki Gomez-Perales, addresses treatment interventions for some of the most complex clients. Children and adolescents who present with “complex trauma disorders” or “developmental trauma disorders” have experienced a combination of early, multiple and chronic traumas and disrupted attachment. A large number of these children experience dissociative symptoms; some of them have identifiable dissociative disorders. Many have experienced pre-verbal trauma.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe the inter-relationship between disrupted attachment and chronic trauma and the impact on neurological, emotional, and behavioural responses.
- Perform assessment of dissociative symptoms and identify the specific treatment needs of dissociative children and adolescents.
- Use phase-oriented approach to treatment with complexly traumatized clients.
Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for clinical therapists who provide individual and family therapy to children and youth with complex trauma disorders.
Course Dates & Format
There are no scheduled dates for this course at this time.
This is a 6-hour training. This course consists of two 3-hour interactive virtual sessions using Zoom.
Instructor: Niki Gomez-Perales, M.S.W., R.S.W.
Niki Gomez-Perales is a clinical therapist, lecturer and author with more than 25 years of experience in child welfare and children’s mental health. A therapist for the past 20 years in a Children’s Mental Health clinic in Hamilton Ontario, Niki is an active member and Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. Her book Attachment-Focused Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents: Phase-Oriented Strategies for Addressing Complex Trauma Disorders (Routledge, June 23 2015) is the winner of the ISST-D 2016 written media award.
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.
