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Schedule for Trauma-Informed Practice Group

This is a tentative and ambitious schedule.  We may find that we spend more time on some of these topics than others.  Session 2 will likely lean more heavily on teaching.  Each session will include:

 

  • Check-in/Q and A
  • Teaching
  • Experiential Exercise
  • Application/Practice

Session 1 - April 8th

  • Introductions and Intention Setting
  • Review of Trauma Definitions and History of the Trauma-informed Movement
  • NARM Organizing Principles and Four Pillars

Session 2 - April 22nd

  • Polyvagal and Attachment Theories
  • Phases of Development and Adaptive Survival Styles
  • Toxic Shame, Self-Rejection, Self-Hatred, and Self-Sabotage
  • Internal/External Obstacles, Self-Agency
  • Primary and Default Emotions

Session 3 - May 6th

  • Dos and Don'ts
  • Narcissism and Dynamics of Objectification
  • Countertransference and Parallel Processes​

Session 4 - May 20th

  • Survival Styles, Personality Patters, and Character Structures
  • The Core Dilemma

Session 5 - June 3rd

  • Disidentification
  • Post-Traumatic Growth
  • Assessment

Session 6 -June 17th

  • Review
  • Reflections
  • Moving Forward​