Embedded Suffering, Embodied Self: The Challenges of Being a Trauma Therapist

Presenter: Kathy Steele

Target Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors, Nurses, Psychiatrists

Course Content Level: Beginner/Intermediate

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Continuing Education Credit Info:

4 EMDRIA CEs (included for EMDR therapists)

This workshop qualifies for 4 CE hours (Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists).

*Envision does not include the cost of CEs as not everyone needs them. Workshops are therefore priced at a lower cost and only attendees who need CEs pay for them.

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Live Online via Zoom (Time Zones):

9 AM - 1:15 PM - Mountain Time USA

11 AM - 3:15 PM - Eastern Time USA

4 PM to 8:15 PM - London UK GMT

5 PM to 9:15 PM - Madrid, Spain CET

5 PM to 9:15 PM - Berlin, Germany CET

5 PM - 9:15 PM - Copenhagen, Denmark

6 PM - 10:15 PM - Helsinki, Finland

Can't Attend Live? No worries, you will have 60 days to watch the recording!

There is much written on vicarious traumatization in trauma therapists. We know it is common for us to become overwhelmed, burned out, or even traumatized as a result of our work. In fact, this seems to be a normal and periodic hurdle in the developmental journey of the therapist. However, little attention is paid to how we use our embodied self with our clients, and how this affects whether we take on their suffering or not. We will discuss ways in which sitting with trauma affects not only our emotions, but of course, our bodies, where those emotions are felt.

Our capacity for empathy and attachment are essential bridges that connect us deeply with our clients, but also can become conduits for their suffering to be transferred to our own bodies, a burden we may carry to our own detriment. How can we find the best balance between empathy and taking on the pain of our clients without becoming disconnected? What can we learn from our own journey as trauma therapists? It is in only in our small but steady movements toward accepting our embodied self—for better and worse--that we can most fully be with our clients, without having to take on their suffering as our own.

Finally, we will (re)discover ways to care for ourselves through the practices of reflection, enjoyment and exuberance, activity and stillness, and meaningful connection with others. These can provide restoration and resilience to our own vulnerable embodied self.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to

• List ways in which being with traumatized clients affects their own bodies

• Discuss existential crisis and how to understand and manage it

• Describe ways to set mental boundaries, while remaining present with clients in order to prevent vicarious traumatization

• Practice at least 3 ways to replenish and renew themselves to prevent burnout

• Describe what they have learned in their journey as a trauma therapist

Agenda: 9 am to 1:15 pm Mountain Time USA

9 am to 10 am

Trauma Therapy: Doing the Impossible

• Isolation and aloneness

• Meaning

• Suffering

• Freedom and responsibility

• Death and mortality

10 am to 10:30 am

Mirroring and Embodied Simulation

What happens when therapists simulate clients’ negative emotions and suffering?

10:30 am to 11:00 am

Physiological empathy

The Physiological Rollercoaster of attachment

11:00 am to 11:15 pm - Break

11:15 am to 12:00 pm

The therapist and the therapeutic relationship

Negative transference

Defenses in the therapist

The therapists as Wounded Healer

Stress in the Therapist

Vicarious Traumatization (VT)

Recognizing VT

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

The whole person of the therapist

Embodied Engagement

Practices of reflection, enjoyment and exuberance, activity and stillness, and meaningful connection with others.

1pm to 1:15 pm Final Q & A

Your Presenter - Kathy Steele, MN, CS

Kathy Steele has been in private practice since 1985, and with Metropolitan Psychotherapy Associates in Atlanta, Georgia since 1988. She was Clinical Director of Metropolitan Counseling Services, a non- profit psychotherapy and training center until 2016.

She is a Past President and Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), and has also served two terms on the Board of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). Kathy served on the International Task Force that developed treatment guidelines for Dissociative Disorders, and on the Joint International Task Force that has developed treatment guidelines for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. She has received a number of awards for her work, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from ISSTD, an Emory University Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Cornelia B. Wilbur Award for Outstanding Clinical Contributions from ISSTD.

Kathy is known for her humor, compassion, respect, and depth of knowledge as a clinician and teacher, and for her capacity to present complex issues in easily understood and clear ways. She is sought as a consultant and supervisor, and as an international lecturer on topics related to trauma, dissociation, attachment, and psychotherapy. She enjoys collaborating with colleagues around the world on clinical, educational, and research projects. Kathy has (co)authored numerous book chapters, peer reviewed journal articles, and three books with her colleagues.

Continuing Education

There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program. It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards/regulatory body to verify CE requirements for their license to practice. Attendance is automatically tracked through your Zoom login. If you are not present for the entire duration of the live broadcast or if you are watching the Home Study/recorded version of this workshop, you will need to complete a quiz with a pass of at least 75%

There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program. It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards/regulatory body to verify CE requirements for their license to practice. Attendance is automatically tracked through your Zoom login. If you are not present for the entire duration of the live broadcast or if you are watching the Home Study/recorded version of this workshop, you will need to complete a quiz with a pass of at least 75%

EMDRIA - 4 CEs

1) EMDRIA has reviewed and approved the content of this workshop for 4 EMDRIA CEs

2) A separate EMDRIA only certificate will be awarded by Envision to those who qualify after course completion. This EMDRIA only certificate is for submission to EMDRIA. The other Continuing Education certificate is for submission to your licensing board at renewal.

3) *****EMDRIA CEs may vary for those who will only watch the recording as time spent in the break out room will be deducted.

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Satisfactory Completion

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Psychologists

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Psychoanalysts

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Social Workers

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Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists

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4 hours.

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OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for

4 clock hours, #RCST110701

TX: Approved CE Sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists. Provider #151 4 CE hours.

Creative Arts Therapists

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Chemical Dependency Counselors

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Educators

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