Ethical Considerations When Working With Trauma CEU Event

This program will include ethical guidelines for treating trauma survivors including informed consent, risk management and establishing and maintaining a strong therapeutic alliance. It will reference the ACA Code of Ethics and the NASW Code of Ethics to help provide understanding of its applicability to working with trauma and review ethical decision-making models to inform care.

1. Participants will gain understanding of ethical considerations in working with trauma survivors.
2. Participants will be able to understand the ACA & NASW Code of Ethics influence on treatment with trauma survivors.
3. Participants will review ethical decision-making models to help inform care.

• Attendance for the full 1.5 hours.
• Submission of a completed evaluation form.

**Pending Approval by LCA for 1.5 hours of ethics for LPCs & PLPCs**

**Pending Approval by NASW-LA for 1.5 hours of ethics for LMSWs and LCSWs*

Robyn is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) in the state of Louisiana, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Arizona, & a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in the state of North Carolina. She is a Level 2 Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP-II), Certified Military Clinical Counselor (CMCC), and Certified First Responder Counselor (CFRC) with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts degree both from Louisiana State University. Robyn is a Level 2 Internal Family Systems therapist, having completed Level 2 on Trauma & Neurobiology with Dr. Frank Anderson. Her specialties & interests include trauma, OCD, and military/first responder issues. She has undergone a variety of trauma-focused trainings including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Levels 1 & 2 of Internal Family Systems, EMDR + IFS Integrations, and various exposure techniques such as Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD.

She is co-owner of Clarté Counseling, LLC in Lafayette, LA and is dedicated to giving back to her profession. She is known for volunteering at the Louisiana Counseling Association conference for nine years, a volunteer for the American Red Cross, and provides several continued education presentations to help serve the need. She also has a passion for working with the United States military and our nation's first responders, offering free sessions to veterans, active duty, and reservists, and financial assistance to first responders as a contracted therapist with The Overwatch Collective. She has mostly recently been awarded the 2024 Humane and Caring Person award at the Louisiana Counseling Association conference.

Event Venue

Online