The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) as a Trauma Informed Practice for Adults

Part I: NMT Intro Basics

Presenters:

Toni DeMarco, MS, MFT; Cindy Donis, MS, LMFT; Mary Taylor Fullerton, MA, LMFT

Target Audience:

Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs, Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychotherapists, Addiction Counselors, Art Therapists

Course content level:

Beginner/Intermediate

Continuing Education Credit Info:

American Psychological Association - 5 CE credits

Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

For more information, see the Continuing Education section at the bottom of the page.

Workshop Description:

Live Online via Zoom (Time Zones):

8 AM - 1:30 PM - Pacific Time USA

9 AM - 2:30 PM - Mountain Time USA

11 AM - 4:30 PM - Eastern Time USA

4 PM to 9:30 PM - London UK GMT

5 PM to 10:30 PM - Madrid, Spain CET

5 PM to 10:30: PM - Berlin, Germany CET

5 PM - 10:30 PM - Copenhagen, Denmark

6 PM - 11:30 PM - Helsinki, Finland

Can't Attend Live? Your registration gives you 60 days access to the recording!

Individuals who have endured adversity or experienced complex trauma often present with a multitude of complicated survival mechanisms (or, trauma responses) which can be difficult for providers to treat effectively. Nationally, 90% of adults in public behavioral health care settings report trauma in their histories (SAMHSA-HRSA, n.d.). These trauma responses are often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and stigmatized - resulting in us, as therapists, feeling stuck and at a loss.

NMT helps providers “see” these complex behaviors through a neuro-developmental lens that helps us time individually matched interventions in a sequential approach. This method helps to activate underdeveloped or poorly organized regulatory and relational systems.

Traumatic experiences can overwhelm an individual’s neurophysiological system for coping with stress and can have significant impacts on the individual’s physical, mental, and spiritual health (Desmarais et al, 2014).

NMT is built on the premise that trauma and neglect can cause neurological damage and that sequential, neurodevelopmentally appropriate interventions can help improve coping skills and recovery outcomes. Through the NMT assessment tool, therapists can identify what a client’s specific areas of needs are and identify specific interventions to target those areas of functioning.

This workshop will provide a basic overview of the NMT model for adult clients with complex trauma. Participants will obtain a better understanding of the brain, the stress response system, effects of trauma on development and the difference between trauma and neglect to better support their client’s capacity to regulate, cope with stressors, and enhance their recovery.

About NMT: The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) created by Dr. Bruce Perry is an organizing framework that helps one understand when using interventions may be the most beneficial and appropriate. NMT is not a specific therapeutic technique or set of specific interventions, rather a neuro-developmentally sensitive and trauma-informed approach that guides treatment.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explain differences between neglect, chronic trauma and other adverse experiences and the impact on brain development.

2. Describe bottom-up and top-down brain concepts.

3. Identify the 4 NMT domains of functioning.

4. Identify at least 3 ways to increase client self-regulation and sense of safety.

Agenda:

9 - 10:30 am

Reverse engineering our understanding of practice

NMT as a Trauma-informed framework

Break 10:30 - 10:45 am

10:45 - 12 pm

Our Bottom-Up, Top-Down Brain

• Brain Regulation - how it works and when it doesn't

The Four NMT Domains & Basic Interventions

12 - 12:45 pm

Regulate, Relate, Reason States & Traits

Break 12:45 - 1 pm

1 - 2:30 pm

NMT Informed Interventions: "The Six R's" & Sequential Framing

Connecting & Closing

• Small group discussion & guided questions

Your Presenters:

Toni DeMarco, MS, MFT, retired Deputy Director for Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Youth Division, San Mateo County Health System. Toni has worked for over thirty years in both the public and non-profit sectors as a clinician, supervisor, manager and educator, with a specific focus on trauma and its generational impact on families and children. She worked directly with the Juvenile Courts systems, with Juvenile Probation and Child Protective systems related to children’s Mental Health services. She was promoted to Clinical Services Manager, and then to Deputy Director of the Youth System of Care. Additionally, Toni worked to create the Phoenix Permaculture Garden Project, and as the Site Coordinator for San Mateo County’s NMT (Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics), implementation and training program for a decade. She is a certified Phase II NMT Trainer, and a certified Master Trainer in the LivingWorks ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) model. She has spent her career working with issues of youth suicide, self-harm, trauma recovery, horticultural therapy and social justice.

Mary Taylor Fullerton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, experienced behavioral health leader and educator. She received her Master’s Degree in Art Therapy from Notre Dame de Namur University and is currently Clinical Services Manager with San Mateo County Behavioral Health. Over the last 15 years, Mary’s work has focused on promoting Trauma-Informed Care to advance behavioral health system integration. She has held key roles in training, policy and program development, and specializes in high risk populations, including those impacted by addiction and the opioid epidemic. Mary also serves on the faculty in the Drug & Alcohol Studies department at the College of San Mateo and is a certified NMT trainer. Mary values playtime outside of work and is an avid yogi, hiker and driveway chalk artist.

Cindy Donis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Trauma and Attachment Science. Cindy was born in San Francisco and her family is originally from Guatemala. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from U.C. Berkeley and a Master’s in Counseling from CSU Eastbay. Cindy oversees the training and implementation of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics for San Mateo County BHRS, a trauma informed and developmentally sensitive approach created by trauma expert, Dr. Bruce Perry. Over the last 12 years Cindy has provided mental health services to children under the age of five and pregnant and postpartum caregivers in English and Spanish. She has provided consultation and supervision to clinicians working with families involved with Child Welfare. She has undergone extensive training in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Reflective Supervision and is a certified NMT Trainer. Cindy enjoys reading, practicing calligraphy and exploring new foods while traveling with her husband.

Continuing Education:

*Certificates with CE credits are provided at no extra cost!

Satisfactory Completion.

Participants must have paid tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate. Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates will be available following the 5 hrs course completion.

***If participants watch the recording version of the presentation, they will have access to Self-Study CE credits after completion of a short quiz.

American Psychological Association (APA) - 5 CE credits

CE credits for Psychologists: Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

CE credits for Psychologists:

Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers:

Alabama

The Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

California

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Delaware

The Board of Social Work Examiners accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Florida

The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counselling accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Illinois

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Kentucky

The Kentucky Board of Social Work accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Missouri

The Missouri State Committee for Social Workers accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Oregon

The Board of Licensed Social Workers accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Pennsylvania

The State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC)

Alabama

The Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Alaska

The State of Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing Board of Professional Counselors accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

California

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Florida

The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counselling accepts CE credits by APA approved sponsors. Envision is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Envision maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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