This event is not sponsored by the Alumni Association and does not fall under the benefits of Founding Membership status.
When: February 22-23, 2019 / 8:30am – 5:00pm
Where: Richmont Graduate University- Atlanta Campus, 1900 The Exchange SE, Suite 100
Continuing Education: 12 NBCC CE Clock Hours Awarded. 12 CE Clock Hours Awarded to Psychologists. Partial attendance is not awarded.
Target Audience: This is an intermediate level training for counseling professionals and students working with traumatized populations.
Fees:
Presenter: Dr. Vanessa Snyder
Dr. Vanessa Snyder is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist and AAMFT Approved Supervisor in Training. She is a 2008 graduate as well as the Dean of Clinical Affairs at Richmont Graduate University. She received her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University in VA. Her areas of research interests include: sexual abuse and trauma; trauma effects on the God perception; trauma treatment with play/art therapy, assessment in treatment of adults who experience trauma/complex trauma; secondary traumatic stress, complex trauma model protocol used for human trafficking and dissociative disorders. She is currently working with Hope for Justice (Nashville, TN) on research and program evaluations of trauma treatment models in sex trafficking shelters. Vanessa is also the Academic Dean for the Institute of Sexual Wholeness
Topic: The purpose of this course is a focus on dysfunctional family systems and how incest and molestation alter the family structure in harmful ways. This course will also look at typical diagnostic categories stemming from sexual trauma and discuss therapeutic strategies for recovery and healing.
Learning Objectives: As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
Agenda
Welcome and Introductions Overview of sexual abuse
Family Dynamics
Trauma and stress reactions
Long-term effects of sexual abuse
Coping
Treating Sexual Trauma
Diagnosis
Ego state continuum
Stage approach to treatment
H.E.A.R.T Model of Treatment
Component Based Treatment
Self-care
Registration: Click Here.
For questions about the course, please contact Dr. Vanessa Snyder at vsnyder@richmont.edu.
For questions concerning registration or Continuing Education, please contact Martha Busby at mbusby@richmont.edu.
In order to receive a full refund, you must request prior to February 18.
Richmont Graduate University has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4534. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Richmont Graduate University is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Richmont Graduate University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Richmont Graduate University maintains responsibility for this program and its content.