Trauma Informed Care: Taking an Interpersonal Neurobiological Approach

(2 days, 6 hours each day)

Workshop Description: Providing effective and enduring care for complex trauma survivors is a challenging mission for individuals and organizations alike. Those that work directly with traumatized individuals are vulnerable to developing the symptoms of posttraumatic stress, personally and organizationally, causing distress, loss of care effectiveness, clinical errors, burnout, and high rates of personnel turnover. This workshop offers a review of both the signs of health and symptoms of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, highlighting the basic interpersonal and neurobiological factors in complex trauma recovery. Emphasis will be placed upon increasing understanding of complex trauma, employing best practices for post traumatic growth, and establishing realistic expectations for complex trauma recovery in an effective, enduring manner in accordance with prevailing standards of trauma-informed and trauma-specific care. Additionally, this training will focus on practicing compassion satisfaction as a means of stewarding vicarious trauma and meeting the psychological rigors of providing care to trauma survivors at the individual and organizational levels. This workshop is designed to benefit mental health professionals, social workers, physicians, legal advocates, law enforcement personnel, caseworkers, and the professional staff, volunteers, administration, and board members of NGOs working with traumatized populations.

Workshop Level: Beginning to Intermediate

Learning Objectives: As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Day One: Trauma Informed Care: Identifying Complex Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma-Specific Care

1. Describe the five characteristics of health as indicated by Interpersonal Neurobiology

2. Apply ICD-11 standards for the symptoms of trauma and complex trauma.

3. Employ the triphasic model of trauma-specific recovery.

4. Distinguish the concepts of trauma-informed and trauma-specific care.

5. Identify the principles of trauma-informed care with complex trauma survivors.

6. Recognize the role of reenactment of interpersonal trauma for healing as a trauma-specific intervention.

Day Two: Compassion Satisfaction: A Pathway to Individual and Corporate Wellbeing

7. Compare and contrast the signs of Secondary Traumatic Stress, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout.

8. Compare and contrast the concepts of Trauma Resilience, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Compassion Satisfaction.

9. Utilize the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) instrument to assess for Secondary Traumatic Stress, Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction.

10. Recognize workplace factors that contribute to Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in contrast to those which promote Compassion Satisfaction.

11. Apply empirically supported wellness practices to the development of personal and organizational well-being plans to promote Compassion Satisfaction and professional well-being.

Presenter: Dan Sartor, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS

Dan Sartor is the founder of Renewal Leadership Solutions, LLC and Clinical Director at The Wings Center at Eagle Ranch. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (GA & IL), Licensed Professional Counselor (GA), and a Board Certified Counselor with over 25 years of experience in mental health care. Dan is a past Vice President and Professor of Counseling at Richmont Graduate University and has been featured on WebMD as an expert on trauma. He has provided keynote and workshop presentations for national and international antitrafficking organizations and co-authored a training manual with Shared Hope International for medical professionals to identify and effectively treat in the medical system victims of commercial sex trafficking. Currently, Dan serves as a member of the Accreditation Review Panel for National Trafficking Sheltered Alliance.

Dan holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Biola University (Rosemead School of Psychology) and a M.A. in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary. He earned a M.B.A. from Kennesaw State University. He provides executive coaching, corporate training, program evaluation, consultation, and clinical supervision to domestic and international organizations on trauma-informed care, complex trauma, vicarious trauma, and compassion satisfaction through Renewal Leadership Solutions, which exists to facilitate the transformation of organizations and communities by sourcing leaders with the knowledge, skills, and insights to promote flourishing for themselves and others throughout their spheres of influence.

Event Venue

Ecclesia Houston - Northside, 6615 Irvington Boulevard, Houston, United States