Description
This training will also address the larger public health, community development and social service impacts of unrecognized complex trauma. Participants will explore the specific challenges raised by complex trauma, attachment and dissociation, in the intersection between clients and service providers in order to create the experience of help and support that we intend.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe the impact of complex early trauma on self, attachments, and worldview.
- Explain how impacts on brain development may cause certain behaviour which can be seen as an adaptive response to complex trauma.
- Use supportive strategies to engage and support clients and establish an environment that promotes stabilization and safety.
Who Should Attend
This course be of interest to helping professionals in a wide range of roles from residential and shelter programs, front line service and clinical treatment. It would be appropriate for any and all helping professionals who provide services to a population which includes traumatized children, adults or families.
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: Niki Gomez-Perales, MSW, RSW
Niki Gomez-Perales is a recognized expert in the areas of children’s mental health, complex trauma, attachment and dissociation. Niki completed her B.S.W. from McMaster University in 1986 and her M.S.W. from the University of Toronto in 1991. She has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of child welfare and children’s mental health. For the past 25 years Niki has worked as a therapist at a Children’s Mental Health clinic in Hamilton Ontario.
Niki has lectured on Complex Trauma and Attachment with the ISST-D, the ESTD, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children, Safeguards Training for Children and Adult Services and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She has special interests in the areas of Interpersonal Neurobiology, Polyvagal Theory, Somatic Experiencing, Early and Pre-verbal Trauma and Attachment.
Niki has advanced training in EMDR, Clinical Hypnosis, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy. She is an active member and Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation and a winner of the ISSTD 2016 written media award for her book, “Attachment-Focused Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents: Phase-Oriented Strategies for Addressing Complex Trauma Disorders,” (2015. Routledge).
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.
