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Shattered Wounds: Understanding Betrayal and Resilience

In-Person
1.5 CE Hour
Clinical

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Description

The presentation will delve into the intricate relationship between betrayal trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and the neurological impacts of PTSD. The aim is to provide a comprehensive understanding of how betrayal trauma contributes to PTSD and how PTSD, in turn, affects the brain.

Understanding Betrayal Trauma

 

Betrayal trauma occurs when individuals or institutions on whom a person depends for survival significantly violate that person’s trust or well-being. It is particularly poignant because it intertwines feelings of safety and trust with harm. Examples include childhood abuse by caregivers, infidelity in intimate relationships, and institutional betrayal. This type of trauma is unique in its potential to disrupt fundamental human relationships and can have profound psychological consequences.

 

The presentation will explore how betrayal trauma is a potent precursor to PTSD. Research indicates that trauma involving betrayal by trusted individuals or institutions is more likely to result in PTSD compared to non-betrayal trauma. This section will cover:

 

  • • The psychological mechanisms of betrayal trauma, including shattered trust and disrupted attachment.
  • • How betrayal trauma leads to higher incidences of PTSD by exacerbating feelings of vulnerability and helplessness.
  • • The role of cognitive dissonance and emotional conflict in the development of PTSD from betrayal trauma.

 

Given the complex interplay between psychological and neurological factors in PTSD, treatment approaches need to be multifaceted.

Target Audience
  • • Counselor
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Nurses
  • • Physicians
  • • Social Worker
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
  • • Psychologist
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is increase knowledge about betrayal trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and the neurological impacts of PTSD.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Define betrayal trauma.

  • Summarize the psychological mechanisms of betrayal trauma, including shattered trust and disrupted attachment.

  • Explain how betrayal trauma leads to higher incidences of PTSD by exacerbating feelings of vulnerability and helplessness.

  • Describe the role of cognitive dissonance and emotional conflict in the development of PTSD from betrayal trauma.

References

  • Skinner, K. (2021). Healing from betrayal trauma: Understanding the impact of pornography addiction. Journal of Addictive Behaviors.

  • Ford, J. D., & Spinazzola, J. (2020). Complexities of betrayal trauma in interpersonal relationships. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

  • Lehavot, K., & Beckman, K. L. (2019). Betrayal trauma among women veterans: The intersection of military sexual trauma and PTSD. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.

Clinical
Counselor

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Nurses

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 1.5 ANCC contact hours.

Physicians

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Professions in scope for this activity are listed below. Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163. Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Worker

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 Clinical continuing education credits. ASWB ACE Credit is not available in NY and NJ.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Counseling Services

Psychologist

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

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LEPs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0125.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Exchange Events. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Adam McLean, Psy.D., CIP

Adam McLean, Psy.D., serves as the Director of Business Development for Guest House Ocala. Upon receiving a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from California University, Dr. McLean has continued to be involved in research activities in the areas of positive psychology, trauma, and addiction as evidenced by working with clients and their families by providing them with evidence-based tools and resources to help them understand the dynamics behind addiction and trauma.

Adam’s clinical career began in Northern Arizona in the non-profit community mental health sector. He assisted in development of a long-term extended care program that combined outdoor adventure therapy with traditional treatment modalities and has also created a long-term treatment center for young adults focusing on substance use disorders and collegiate recovery.

Adam’s passion, education, and experience has allowed him to help hundreds of families get their loved ones into treatment. Adams extracurricular actives include outings to the trampoline park, aquarium and swimming with his son.

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