OPEN HOUSE LUNCHEON & CLINICAL PRESENTATION FOR THOSE CONSIDERING POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Wednesday, November 27, 2018 1:00 PM –2:30 PM WORKING WITH PROFOUND CHILDHOOD SEXUAL TRAUMA
The presentation will focus on psychotherapy with a young female suffering from post-traumatic stress subsequent to a rape by a priest when she was 7 years old. The details of the therapy will demonstrate the experiential difficulties encountered over a five-year treatment and what was required from the therapist to help this woman begin to come to terms with her trauma. The profound complications of how non- empathic caregivers influenced her character development will be examined as well.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to recognize:
1. The enormous emotional toll on both patient and therapist in work with this level of trauma.
2. How childhood trauma manifests in adulthood and the challenges for the traumatized victim.
3. The typical manifestations of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Continue reading Open House: Working with Profound Childhood Sexual Trauma at MITPP
