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Their lifelong experience of the world as unpredictable is exacerbated by the fear and uncertainty that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to us all. To work effectively with these youth, it’s crucial for adults to first foster their own capacity for self-awareness and self-regulation. It’s not easy, especially now, when we have also endured traumatic stress and losses of our own. Their extreme reactions—ranging from angry arousal to frozen shutting down—can more easily trigger our own increased sense of helplessness and overwhelm.
In this webinar, you will learn about Developmental-Relational Therapy (DRT), an attachment-based model of trauma treatment. You will learn and practice mindful, empathic strategies that help teens feel more secure, connected, present, and regulated—even over Zoom. You’ll discover how to get unhooked from old enactments by exploring:
• The additional challenges for development and trauma therapy in a pandemic
• The Four M’s—mirroring, mentalizing, mindfulness, and modulation—to increase connection and mood regulation
• The React, Reflect, and Respond approach to corrective relational experiences
Winter Promo Special: $99+hst
Event Name
Treating Traumatized Teens and Emerging Adults: Development, Attachment, and the Therapeutic Relationship
Course/Workshop
For: Professionals
Provided by: Dr. Martha Straus, Presented by Solutions On Site
Date and Time
Fri May 12, 2023
(This event is over)
1:00 - 4:00pm
Location
Event Description
Traumatized adolescents and young adults struggle with self-regulation. They are dysregulated across systems--neurologically, cognitively, physically, emotionally, behaviorally, socially, and spiritually. Anxious and vigilant, and unable to trust themselves or caregivers, they may experience even loving relationships as confusing and frightening. But to learn self-soothing, they must first be able to rely upon others and discover the comfort of co-regulation. They benefit from relationships with adults that provide them with the psychological (and physical) sense of stability and containment they cannot supply themselves.Their lifelong experience of the world as unpredictable is exacerbated by the fear and uncertainty that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to us all. To work effectively with these youth, it’s crucial for adults to first foster their own capacity for self-awareness and self-regulation. It’s not easy, especially now, when we have also endured traumatic stress and losses of our own. Their extreme reactions—ranging from angry arousal to frozen shutting down—can more easily trigger our own increased sense of helplessness and overwhelm.
In this webinar, you will learn about Developmental-Relational Therapy (DRT), an attachment-based model of trauma treatment. You will learn and practice mindful, empathic strategies that help teens feel more secure, connected, present, and regulated—even over Zoom. You’ll discover how to get unhooked from old enactments by exploring:
• The additional challenges for development and trauma therapy in a pandemic
• The Four M’s—mirroring, mentalizing, mindfulness, and modulation—to increase connection and mood regulation
• The React, Reflect, and Respond approach to corrective relational experiences
Winter Promo Special: $99+hst
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