61st Annual Conference

Friday, February, 27
Morning Workshops
10:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.

Workshop P 58
 How to Use Training to Support Service Delivery Workers Involved in Trauma Work

 

Chairs:             

Felicia Einhorn, M.S.W., CGP, Private Practice, Delray Beach, Florida

Henry Spitz, M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Director, Group Psychotherapy Program, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York

 

This session will address issues involved in using training to support staff involved in trauma work.  The selection, timing and duration of the program elements will be discussed in detail.  Opportunities for sharing work experiences.  Problems and their solutions will also be a central focus.

didactic-sharing of work experiences-demonstration-experiential

 

Course References:

 

1. Dalenberg, C. (2000). Countertransference in the Treatment of Trauma. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.    

2. Klein, R. & Schermer, V. (2000). Group Psychotherapy for Psychological Trauma. New York: Guilford Press.

3. Miller, M.  Working in the midst of unfolding trauma and traumatic loss: Training as a collective process of support. Psychoanalytic Social Work: Special Issue on September 11, 2001,10, (1).